Artistic director Sophie Williams uses the term “female forward” when describing Pointeworks, the contemporary ballet organization she founded that sold out its inaugural show at The Conrad in La ...

Avant Chamber Ballet has been spotlighting female dance-makers with its annual Women's Choreography Project for about a decade, commissioning 20 new works. This year's show features premieres by Avant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Solange Knowles to Josephine Baker, Black women have been breaking the mold in the field of dance for generations. Over the ...

For many ballet dancers and former students, love of the art form endures even after they stop dancing. Ballet Salon was ...

Ballet is a performance art that takes dedication, and sometimes sacrifice, to get to the professional level. Researchers in the Performing Arts Medicine Clinic at UNT Health Science Center at Fort ...

When we think of ballet, we often imagine lithe, lean, long-limbed ballerinas gracefully and effortlessly performing demanding technical feats. However, maintaining a body that fulfills this aesthetic ...