Founding his own company, he built a tightly knit community in New York around his classes. His “Nutcracker,” set in the city ...

Michaela DePrince, one of the ballet world’s brightest stars, has died. She was 29. An orphan of war in Sierra Leone, DePrince moved to the United States while still an infant and went on to perform ...

When Contemporary Dance Theater founder Jefferson James first moved to Cincinnati with her husband in 1964, there was no real dance scene in the city. “There was sort of a society of ballet studios ...

NEW YORK -- Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and a rare celebrity in that field, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre ...

She helped lay the foundation for modern dance in the U.S., collaborating with Alvin Ailey as well as her husband, Geoffrey ...