Backstage at the Bolshoi: A New HBO Film Peers Into the Dark World of Russian Ballet

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

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

When watching or performing a ballet, it is always most exciting when its time for a variation. Most ballets revolve around variations as well as the Pas de deux. From the list below, which do you enjoy both dancing and watching the most?

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...

What do you think the average weight should be of a ballerina? A man dancing in ballet raises not less than a ton for each performance, that is, he raises a ballerina about 200 times.

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

Quiz- 7 questions to test your knowledge of ballet history and origin.

Its interesting to see how each individual has a unique way of preparing their pointe shoes to fit their person preferences.

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...

Adrian Blake Mitchell is a danseur with the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Mitchell has danced various soloist and principal roles in his first year at the theater.

"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"(Masha) is a dance for a ballerina. It is the third movement in The Nutcracker pas de deux. This pas de deux is from Act 2 of the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker.

Sometimes, dancers simply would like a snack that is super-portable, mess-free, and nonperishable. That is wherever energy bars are available. The trick is to grasp which of them square measure most like real food: tasty, low in more sugars, and high in d...

The Igor Moiseyev State Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance is the first professional choreographic group in the world engaged in the artistic interpretation and promotion of the dance folklore of the peoples of the world. The main artistic principles of the...

The internationally renowned classical ballet company, the Bolshoi Ballet, has produced some of the world’s most exquisite ballet dancers over the years. Here are video Bolshoi Ballet's male principal dancers for the past 10 years. List of Principals &...