"Marius Petipa: The Emperor's Ballet Master" by Nadine Meisner; Oxford University Press, $34.95 Not all queers want in their dreams to dance like swans. Even so, the image that probably comes to mind ...

The instructions received were at once specific and allusive: 16 bars of music here to arouse expectations, 24 bars there for a “haughty and finicky” dance. In one place, hunting horns were called for ...

The trailblazing ballerina returned to the stage after five years for one final performance at a gala for American Ballet Theater. By Sarah Bahr and Nina Westervelt Alexei Ratmansky creates a joyful ...

Kari and Parker Coomans, Hosts of the 2023 Petipa Awards Ceremony and Red Curtain Addict Founders. Photo by Jack Devant Étoile of Paris Opera Ballet, Hugo Marchand receiving the Saphire Award from ...

Decades before Cecil B. DeMille sent horse-drawn chariots thundering through the desert, the world’s most famous ballet choreographer created an epic version of Egypt for the stage, and paraded live ...

When Alexei Ratmansky signed on as artist-in-residence at American Ballet Theatre, in 2009, part of the deal was that he would make for the troupe a new production of “The Sleeping Beauty,” the ...

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