“It has never been done, what Jennifer Homans has done in Apollo’s Angels,” said Toni Bentley in The New York Times. The dancer turned critic has written “the only truly definitive history” of ballet.

Ballet's history is not just about choreography and technique — it's also a history of nationalization, the changing ways we view the body,... The Tutu's Tale: A Cultural History Of Ballet's 'Angels' ...

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The history of the Royal Academy of Dance, outlined at an exhibition in London, is synonymous with the history of ballet in Britain. By Roslyn Sulcas “It is absolute nonsense to say that the English ...

Billed as "the only 'Nutcracker' in Charleston with a full live orchestra," the Charleston Ballet has once again joined with ...

Beatrice Waterhouse happened to go to a college that had a notable dance program. She hadn’t taken a ballet class since her early teens, but she figured she’d take a course on the history of dance. It ...

Friday, March 8, opening night of The Sarasota Ballet’s performances of Poetry and Liberty, marks an important moment in dance history, with the much-anticipated revival of Sir Frederick Ashton’s ...

What ballet dancers do on a daily basis is already so unnatural to the body, and as you get older, the body needs more time to recover and heal.” Only with lifelong training can a dancer perform as ...