Ballet News

RIGA - The bastions of Latvian culture are gearing up for their fall seasons. The red velvet seats and glamorous foyers are being touched up to welcome the crowds of theater lovers to the hallowed halls of both ...2.7

This September dance event ushers in Harriman's enviable 18-event season of master musicians and emerging prodigies; classical ballet and modern dance; chamber and symphony orchestras; jazz giants and Celtic ...2.7

Rare treat as French opera set in Sri Lanka opens in India Posted by Sawf News Connect on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 French composer Georges Bizet may never have imagined that his first opera, The Pearl ...3.2

Katy Hackney and fiance Zac Huffman in their Sharonville studio. WHAT: Sharonville Off Broadway Performing Arts Academy WHEN: Classes start Sept.2.7

Happy hour has just begun at the 600 Restaurant at the Watergate, but save for a man bent over a ... For the past two years she was a member of the Washington Ballet, dancing at the Eisenhower in the neoclassical masterpieces of George Balanchine, the traditional full-length story ballets, and works by leading contemporary choreographers.2

In early July, Rolando Sarabia, 23, one of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba's leading dancers, sneaked across the border into the United States in the way, he said, that so many Cubans do: "Walking, walking, ...2.9

If you were thinking about taking a breather between the openings of the High Museum of Art ... Among events being considered: Atlanta Ballet dancers performing at the Atlanta Botanical Garden; MARTA providing buses for a "cultural road show" a tour of attractions off the beaten path; and one theater has offered to stage "guerrilla theater" ...2.7

The Bolshoi Theater's 2005/06 season will open for the first time on the New Stage, built two years ago to make the renovation of the main building possible, Managing Director Anatoli Iksanov said Tuesday.2.7

The sturdy and the fragile ... Damian Smith offers his version of the role of Tadzio in Jim ... Much bigger: he has been principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet since 2001, and much lauded as one of the most versatile and exciting leading men on the American ballet scene.2.9

A new dance studio is coming to Atlantic. Villa Dance will start classes on Tuesday, Sept.2.9

By Joseph Cress , August 30, 2005. When Carlisle native Jason Reed took a break from his New York City freelance professional dance career, he expected to do nothing more than relax with family and friends.2.9

Up to 60 children will be selected to perform in dance at the world renown Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker" November 15, & 16 at Rose State Performing Arts Center.2.9

In Athens, the English National Ballet will dance to Rudolf Nureyev's inspired choreography.2.7

Dressed in fatigue-style pants of blue, brown, orange and black, the youthful dancers in Krash Krew storm onto the stage during a Midwest tour.2

A ballet about one mother's struggle with breast cancer and the unveiling of a calendar featuring photographs of Martin County breast cancer survivors will be highlights of an Oct.2.7

Breckenridge - The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is on a roll. In March, the company made its second appearance at the Joyce Theater in New York City, garnering another round of laudatory reviews.2.7

Three classes of Columbia Dance Academy students joined to present a medley of Appalachian music for the annual dance recital held recently at Columbia State Community College.2.9

The Borobudur temple in Magelang will stage a ballet performance at night, reminiscent of the popular Ramayana dance-drama performed in the compound of the Prambanan Hindu temple some 80 kilometers apart.2.7

Thousands of festival-goers took in the street entertainment on the Royal Mile. All of the major festivals reported takings improving by 7 to 13 per cent, and the Fringe passed the million-ticket mark for the ...2.9

John Crazy Legs Turney and his band of merry dancers gathered at the Haven recently to kick up ... Mary Johnson from Dearbrook and good friend Barb Ament of Pelican Lake met each other when both lived in Neenah.2.9

Scottish Ballet has been out on the margins of international ballet embarrassingly long, its absence from the top drawer signalled by the two decades during which an invitation from the Edinburgh International ...2

Doing something for a decade in a row doesn't automatically make one a master at it.2.7

This costume was designed by Leon Bakst in 1921 for a Lady-in-Waiting in the ballet "The Sleeping Princess" choreographed by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes in Moscow, Russia.2.9

Yanlai Wu of Mt. Lebanon, shown at Point State Park, will open her Chinese classical dance school in Downtown this weekend.2.9

Four local cultural centers will offer several new classes for their first fall session.2.7

Rather, more than 100 children ages 5 through 12 auditioned in front of a smaller audience of ballet directors and coaches Saturday, hoping to land a role in the ballet company's upcoming presentation of ...3.1

Don't panic. October is one of the long months. There's room for all of it ... 12-16 run by the Kirov Ballet at Zellerbach Hall.2.7

In ballet shoes and stretchy clothes, 20 high schoolers danced and kicked off the school year a little early last week in Studio 3 of Roy Wilkins Auditorium in downtown St.2.7

Jason Lang/NOW Coquitlam's Curtis Foley, 19, has been accepted to train at the Cannes Jeunes Ballet school in southern France.2.9

Nathan Coppen and Jacinta Ross-Ehlers in La Boheme. West Australian Ballet State Theatre, Arts Centre Running time 170 minutes Until September 5 IT IS hard not to like La Boheme - The Ballet, with its beautiful ...2.9

AS I WIPED away the cold droplets of rain from my hair and wrapped a woefully inadequate shawl over my head like a babushka, I wondered where those balmy July evenings in Paris went.3.1

There are still a few spots available for the Belfast Maskers' workshop "The Passion of Greek Dance for Males and Females," 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept.2.7

Premier Ralph Klein was on hand for Thursday's sneak preview of the Jube's new look.2.9

SAN GABRIEL VALLEYWIDE NEWS LOS ANGELES - The Music Center of Los Angeles County is calling on Southern California high school performers, artists, and photographers to apply for the 18th Annual Music Center ...2.7

Matt Brunson, a Del Mar surgeon, enjoys dissecting the fine points of art forms.2.7