The legendary dancer took the stage with ABT one last time at its Fall Gala. Misty Copeland has hung up her pointe shoes at American Ballet Theatre. The trailblazing ballerina and principal dancer ...

Karlya Shelton, front and center, with the swans, performing George Balanchine's choreography for a Tchaikovsky serenade in 1979. © Jack Vartoogian / Front Row ...

The dancefloor's 100 most essential tracks. The term “dance music” may conjure visions of heaving clubs, packed festival tents and partying with abandon, and certainly these concepts are a substantial ...

Ballet sneakers have been slowly gaining traction for years. The shoes first made waves in 2021, when the hybrid sneaker style made its debut on the runway at Simone Rocha. Fast-forward to 2025, and ...

The timeless show has become a Christmas stalwart and a major source of revenue for ballet companies. But it wasn’t always so successful. Dueling duetJames Streeter as the Mouse King (left) spars with ...

When Nigerian dancer Blayke took the title at the 2021 Red Bull Dance Your Style Nigeria, spectators said his moves defied logic. In his words, he was driven by innate passion and improvisation. He ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sugar Plums are off the menu at Covent Garden. After nearly two decades of seasonal Nutcrackers, the Royal ...

Young New Yorkers are ditching the bars for the barre. The New York City Ballet has become the latest youth craze thanks to a discounted ticket series — which has increased sales by 50%, organizers ...

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, 29, was a second soloist with Boston Ballet. Renowned ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince and her adoptive mother died within one day of each other, their family ...

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world's biggest stages, has died, her family said in a ...