I learned the importance of the dance costume at a very early age, as both my parents were dancers, and I can remember watching repeated costume fittings for hours from my crib near the piano in my ...

It’s not unusual to get a new outfit for your 50th birthday. But George Balanchine’s “Jewels” is getting 66 of them. The 1967 ballet, created by Balanchine as a plotless three-act work (inspired, so ...

To learn about the costume making for Dayton Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” watch the video above. When Brandon Ragland applied for the Dayton Ballet’s artistic director position, he was asked whether or not ...

Onstage during Arielle Smith’s fabulous new, female-first vision of the classic “Carmen,” which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Ballet Thursday night, the titular character wields a fiery ...

David Heuvel is retiring after 31 years, and this production of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ is his ‘swan song.’ When a ballet dancer is performing a character — whether a sugar-plum fairy or a dying swan or a ...

There is something a bit ballet-ish to the beautiful tale of "Little Women," in the sense that the characters in Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel move through the world in a powerful and memorable ...

The definition of a ghost light? It’s a safety precaution in theaters, often a single bulb, left on after hours, so unsuspecting staff won’t cross the darkened stage and trip over a prop or fall into ...