Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For four years, Alejandro Cerrudo has served as Charlotte Ballet’s artistic director. The choreographer and former dancer’s works ...

CHICAGO -- Nicole Ciapponi pops off her boot and rolls down her sock, revealing a large mass on the inside of her right foot. A four-inch scar runs across the bump. The wad of scar tissue protrudes at ...

To gear up for her role as a professional ballerina in Black Swan, Natalie Portman trained with Mary Helen Bowers, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of the Ballet Beautiful ...

At the Paris Opera Ballet, the top tier of dancers is called "étoiles" (or "stars"). Backstage at the Palais Garnier – the opulent theatre built as a centrepiece to Haussmann-era Paris – each étoile ...