If there were any lingering doubts about the sheer strength and athleticism of dancers, they have surely been quashed thanks to the recent rash of bad-ass ballerinas on screen. From the graceful yet ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> What is the point of going up on pointe? Dancing on toe constitutes ballet’s defining image, but what does it mean beyond looking difficult and unnatural? One answer is that ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional series, in which we find out: “How do they do that?” Sometimes, in a ballet, time stops. “The Sleeping Beauty,” coming to Pacific Northwest Ballet ...

This post was updated March 12 at 8:59 p.m. With “Homecoming,” the American Contemporary Ballet takes audiences back to school by combining drill team choreography with 1980s nostalgia. “Homecoming” ...

Pro Ballerina Scout Forsythe carries a knife, a lighter, and floss in her dance rehearsal bag every day just to repair her pointe shoes. In this episode of On Pointe, Scout breaks down the seven types ...