With apologies to pointe shoes, nothing says “classical ballet” like a tutu. For more than a century, little has changed with the basic structure of its two essential styles: the historically older ...

As the quiet, constant hum of various sewing machines overlaps with music floating up from dance studios below, a team of busy costumers concentrate on the task at hand. This hum is ever-present in ...

This was a prickly topic in the dance cyberworld last month after critic Lewis Segal ranted in the Los Angeles Times that today's productions "wallow in flatulent nostalgia," ignore the present and ...

As the lights dimmed and the dancers leapt into motion, Columbia Repertory Ballet’s fall gala became a tapestry of sensation—classical ballet melding with a neoclassical and contemporary edge. Tutus ...

The unabashedly confident young Houston Ballet soloist burned that question into my brain Thursday by unleashing a streak of piqué turns so lightning fast, I half expected her to leave charred lines ...