"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2019, Alexandra Basmagy, then a corps de ballet dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the ...

The Alabama Ballet is one of only eight companies in the world licensed to perform George Balanchine’s choreography for the ...

Just a year after giving birth to her first child, Ballet West principal artist Jenna Rae Herrera is back in the spotlight performing almost every night in the holiday classic ...

At this time last year, Nicholas Patterson could barely walk from chemotherapy. Now he is dancing with the Sugar Plum Fairy.

In 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Alamy You don’t have to follow the world of professional dance to ...

When Kassiani “Nini” McFarland is not at school, she can almost always be found at her dance studio. McFarland was born in Bozeman and started ballet dancing at age 3, after her grandmother began ...

She's American Ballet Theatre's first Black female principal dancer. Misty Copeland uses her voice to advocate for representation -- not only in dance, but also in the world -- and says she feels she ...