Feet are a big deal in ballet. Students and professionals alike obsess over how their feet look, feel, and function. Who can forget the cliche image of delicate pink pointe shoes tip-toeing across the floor? Beautiful ballet feet have a reputation, but th...

How can a beautiful art form such as dance be restricted or even illegal? Well, the 4 countries listed below are just some of the places where dance is looked upon in a disgraceful way.

There are so many Ballet Companies around the world, and many of you are curious about which ones are ranked the highest. While this topic will always remain subjective, since Ballet is a form of art, here is a compilation (in no particular order) of the...

These flat-bottomed predecessors of the modern pointe shoe were secured to the feet by ribbons and incorporated pleats under the toes to enable dancers to leap, execute turns, and fully extend their feet. The first dancers to rise up on their toes did so...

The dance of ballet was first introduced to the world in the fifteenth century Italian Renaissance courts. Years later, a wealthy Italian woman, Catherine de Medici, who was also married to King Henry II of France was a huge fan of the art form.

Ballet is a beautiful art form that has been around for centuries. When most people hear the word “ballet”, they tend to picture a tall, thin woman in a tutu. But there are many male ballet dancers and they are just as talented and essential as the female...

So who are the most famous true hip-hop dancers and who are the most famous lyrical (new-style) hip hop dancers?

Flexibility plays a major role in the advancement of a ballerina. Being flexible has many advantages that will work in your favor when you're trying to improve overall as a dancer. Her are some stretches you should be doing every day in order to improve...

A ballerina star of the Russian Bolshoi Theater was denied a US visa, depriving her of a gala she was scheduled to attend in New York, Russian agencies said Thursday, against a backdrop of drastic reduction of staff diplomatic

Why do you spend so much money and time for your daughter’s ballet classes and rehearsals so that she goes on stage once a year?

Photos of Architectural Digest magazine in 1985 of a luxurious Parisian apartment of the legend of world ballet Rudolf Nureyev, located on the Voltaire embankment, opposite the Louvre. Photos of the Rudolf Nureyev's apartment of the chic interior, the op...

Half a year ago I started taking ballet lessons from a former Russian prima ballerina. I have gradually come to understand the Russian method based on the Vaganova system, which has produced so many top-notch ballerinas on the world stage. Not that I'm a...

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.

This quiz tests your knowledge of basic to advanced ballet terminology and their translations.

This is some crazy hyperextend legs.