Half a year ago I started taking ballet lessons from a former Russian prima ballerina. I have gradually come to understand the Russian method based on the Vaganova system, which has produced so many top-notch ballerinas on the world stage. Not that I'm a...

This is some crazy hyperextend legs.

Victoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov. Maria Khoreva, Maria Bulanova, Maria Petukhova, Anastasia Nuikina, Daria Ionova, Svetlana Savelieva, Katerina Kuzmicheva, Anastasia Uzhanskaya, Julia Spiridonova, Alexandra Khiteeva, Lada Ivanova, Anastasia D...

MOSCOW, July 23 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti . Aram Khachaturyan 's ballet "Gayane" will be shown on Tuesday at the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow after a break of almost 60 years, it will be presented by the Armenian National Academic Ope...

Agrippina Vaganova is a ballet dancer and teacher, the founder of the theory of Russian classical ballet, who brought up several generations of outstanding Russian ballerinas, including Marina Semenova and Galina Ulanova. Vaganova became famous, despite e...

Leonid Sarafanov was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He graduated from the Kiev State School of Choreography in 2000 and became a soloist with National Ballet of Ukraine the same year. In 2002 L. Sarafanov joined the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet where he was a Princip...

5 facts about Isabella Boylston, young principal dancer at ABT, currently the youngest principal ballerina at American Ballet Theatre!

Nureyev danced the male solos from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and from Khachaturian's Gayane in his debut. His connection and charisma with the audience can be seen in this historical video of his first debut on American television.

The importance of sleep for dancers and overall performance.

This old video of Bolshoi stars Geltzer and Tikhomirov shows that standards of technique as well as standards of physique for ballet dancers have changed in the course of a century.

This is a video of Mikhail Baryshnikov's performance of the variation La Bayadere at the first ever International Ballet Competition. Mikhail Baryshnikov's Competition Solo from 1969 in Moscow at the First International Ballet Competition. This performan...

A list of stretches that will improve your turnout. Each stretch comes with a description of the goals of each position.

There are so many different forms and styles of dance. Which is your favorite?

Quiz- 8 questions about Misty Copeland, principal dancer of ABT.

The different kinds of turns in Ballet require focus, technique, and motivation. Which is your favorite one to practice?