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 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.

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

Out of these 5 ballet documentaries, choose the one you enjoyed the most!

Poll: Which out of the 10 ballet companies is your favorite from this list.

At Vaganova Ballet Academy Under Vadim Anatolyevich Sirotin Teacher of “Methodic for Character, Historical Dance and Acting Skills”

A dancer's spin, especially when he's balanced on one foot, is a pirouette. A pirouette is a ballet term meaning to whirl or spin while balanced on the toes. In the case of a ballerina, she would pirouette while "en pointe," poised on the very toe of her...

Iana Salenko (Ukrainian: Яна Саленко; born 19 July 1983) is a Ukrainian ballerina. She is a principal dancer at the Berlin State Ballet, and a guest artist with the Royal Ballet, London

That the entire idea of dancing is for the audience to see the moves, but with Beriozka things are a little bit different. In this traditional Russian dance, performers appear to be floating across the stage, and it is nothing short of impressive. Their s...

Two great ballerinas dancing the female variation from "Grand Pas Classique".

Many summer intensives have a variety of different classes daily, that you don't often take regularly year round. Which class do you enjoy most from the list?

There are so many male variations that are very musical, and extremely beautiful that are overlooked. Here are 5 especially great ones you should watch.

She is dancing and appearing in several scenes with Beyoncé and on her own.