After performing with two of the world’s top ballet companies, Drew Nelson found himself trading pirouettes for problem sets and embarking on an entirely new journey as a student at Tufts. Following a ...

More than 200 aspiring ballet dancers from across the United States and around the world are spending their summer in Austin, ...

"I began ballet at the age of 2 and entered pre-professional training when I was 8, training intensively throughout my childhood and early teens with the goal of pursuing ballet at a professional ...

Alexander Marmolejos Durán tells PEOPLE that becoming a professional dancer wasn't the end of his struggles, but the beginning of a new challenge ...

A princess cursed to live as a swan, a prince whose love could break the spell, and Tchaikovsky's hauntingly iconic score -- "Swan Lake" is one of the most famous and most demanding of ballets of all ...

Two professional ballet dancers in Texas treated the audience to a true fairytale ending during a performance of Cinderella. On Sunday, Feb. 22, Ballet San Antonio principal Sofie Bertolini was ...

Professional ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who once performed alongside Beyoncé, has died. She was 29. “With pain in our hearts, we share the loss of star ballerina Michaela Mabinty ...

As a young ballet dancer, Adriana Pierce lived with two separate selves: the dancer at rehearsal and then, outside the studio, the queer woman exploring her identity. She did not think it possible for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 21—A dancer ran up to her ballet teacher, sweat trickling down her face, as a mix of professional and local ballet dancers ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — With no time to spare, professional ballet dancers arrived in Columbus Wednesday afternoon. By evening, they were already in rehearsals for the Columbus Ballet’s annual ...

Years later, she returned to ballet through teaching and wheelchair dance and now advocates for greater inclusion in the art form By the time Kate Stanforth was 14 years old, ballet wasn't simply an ...