"Be able to fit in a toaster!" "We don’t want to see your lunch!" From as early as age 7, commands like that are common in the competitive, highly disciplined world of ballet—one of great beauty, but ...

While ballet is famous for its elegant iconography; delicate arabesques, refined port de bras and effortless-looking pirouettes, to name just a few, there are few more physically challenging ...

So Cinderella, a story about transformation, has itself been transformed, most markedly with imagery from the natural world – leaves, flowers, fruits and seeding grasses proliferating across the walls ...

Kate Flowers remembers vividly the moment a childhood ballet teacher pinched the skin on her 10-year-old belly between her thumb and forefinger – making clear, without saying a word, that her stomach ...

Misty Copeland knows ballet hasn’t always been the most accessible art form. Even as she’s broken barriers in the space, becoming the first African American woman promoted to… Misty Copeland knows ...

A world of enchantment and sweets will be coming to Poway when Southern California Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 21 and 22. The holiday favorite has become a tradition for the audience and ...