CHICAGO -- Nicole Ciapponi pops off her boot and rolls down her sock, revealing a large mass on the inside of her right foot. A four-inch scar runs across the bump. The wad of scar tissue protrudes at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For four years, Alejandro Cerrudo has served as Charlotte Ballet’s artistic director. The choreographer and former dancer’s works ...

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To gear up for her role as a professional ballerina in Black Swan, Natalie Portman trained with Mary Helen Bowers, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of the Ballet Beautiful ...

At the Paris Opera Ballet, the top tier of dancers is called "étoiles" (or "stars"). Backstage at the Palais Garnier – the opulent theatre built as a centrepiece to Haussmann-era Paris – each étoile ...

Those passionate about ballet will need no encouragement to experience the new documentary “Ballerina,” and those who don’t care will be tempted to change their minds should they see it. As the lyric ...

“Because I dieted so much in the past, I just can’t diet again,” says Mary Helen Bowers, fresh off a Ballet Beautiful workout at her whitewashed Soho studio. “It’s something I don’t want to do, and I ...

"One Thousand Pieces" makes its local debut this week and was choreographed by Charlotte Ballet artistic director Alejandro Cerrudo.