Is Sayako Toku the fastest ballerina in the West? The unabashedly confident young Houston Ballet soloist burned that question into my brain Thursday by unleashing a streak of piqué turns so lightning ...

The Washington Ballet revealed its 2011-2012 season today, and it looks pretty promising. The lineup includes a program featuring works by Twyla Tharp, a full-length ballet based on Alice in ...

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 ...

Real men — or at least real dads — wear tutus. That’s the message Tennessee resident Thanh Tran put forth earlier this week when he slipped into a black tutu to perform alongside his 8-year-old ...

It’s out with the tutus and in with the booty shorts. Ballet BC was out to prove they no longer need fluffy, frilly outfits to do jetés and pirouettes by giving away over 200 pastel tutus to commuters ...

A new exhibition in NYC features high-end couture, historic ballet costumes and modern athletic wear Nadine Daher - Reporter Standing center stage in her signature Dying Swan costume, prima ballerina ...

Ballet Ireland's attempt to bridge traditional ballet with a more contemporary version stagnates somewhere between the two. The Irish premiere of choreographer Ludovic Ondiviela's Lost could make for ...

Wrong, according to a number of instructors who say they have seen a rise in the number of adults taking up the dancing style. Expression Dance principal Sarah Taylor, 31, said: “There’s a big ...