Flexibility plays a major role in the advancement of a ballerina. Being flexible has many advantages that will work in your favor when you're trying to improve overall as a dancer. Her are some stretches you should be doing every day in order to improve...

A Pas de Deux is a dance between two people, usually a man and a woman. A pas de deux usually comes at a high point of drama in a ballet and is often between lovers.

Amazing 5th Year Vaganova Students In Character Class

Imagine you are accepted into any company of your choice. From the following list, which is your dream company?

There are many inspiring stories of young artists that remain untold or unheard of. It's not until someone decides share their side of the story with the rest of us. Here are the 5 best, and most inspiring ballet movies.

Pavlo Pavlovych Virsky was a dancer, balletmaster, choreographer, and founder of the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, whose work in Ukrainian dance was groundbreaking and influenced generations of dancers.

Chinese State Circus performing swan lake. Unbelievable balance and focus!

We all know that there are those of us who always keep our dance bags in tip-top shape and perfectly organized. Then there are those of us who, no matter how many times we take time to organize our bags, always end up with a jumble of stuff in our dance b...

So many dancers strongly dislike the fact that they have to sew pointe shoes. It's probably the only thing they truly hate about dance, and who can blame them! Here are two easy ways to knot your sewing thread.

This contestant blew the audience away by dancing to his own animated backdrop

Theatres, in general, are beautiful places. Big or small, aesthetically pleasing or otherwise, each has its own history, its own character, a personality that often becomes as much a part of the production as the actors. But some theatres stand out from o...

Which is your favorite ballet to watch from the list? Watching a ballet can be very different than performing it. Many times you may enjoy watching a ballet far more than you enjoy performing it.

Six year old girl and seven year old boy, on Ukraine's Got Talent.

These flat-bottomed predecessors of the modern pointe shoe were secured to the feet by ribbons and incorporated pleats under the toes to enable dancers to leap, execute turns, and fully extend their feet. The first dancers to rise up on their toes did so...

Memorable stories are all around us. They are in the opera, in a musical, in a song, and in a book. Ballet is unique in its storytelling where the tale is told in the dance, without words, with only music to guide the dancer across the stage. There are hu...