Lloyd Freeman, a board member of the Philadelphia Ballet, started the "Daddy and Me" initiative to encourage more men — particularly Black men — to bring their children to the ballet. He brought his ...

LONDON — A Black ballerina at one of Europe's premier ballet companies has called out racism in the elite dance world. French national Chloé Lopes Gomes, 29, said she was mocked for her skin color and ...

Arthur Mitchell (right) introduces dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem at the White House, 2006 - Jim Watson/AFP When, in 2015, Misty Copeland became the first black principal ballerina at the ...

Ten years after Misty Copeland made history as the first Black woman to perform Odette, the lead role in the classical ballet “Swan Lake,” she is recalling the tremendous self-doubt leading up to the ...

The expectations of what a ballerina should look like — graceful, elegant, skinny — were perfectly clear to Colleen Werner when she was young. "I first dieted when I was 10 years old," Werner, 24, ...

The Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) has made history by naming Jonathan Batista its first-ever Black principal dancer. The Seattle-based ballet company is also celebrating its 50-year anniversary, KUOW ...

Next week, the Kennedy Center will host “Pathways to Performance: Exercises in Reframing the Narrative” on Tuesday, July 2, and Wednesday, July 3. “The title points out that sometimes people who are ...

Presenting a holiday tradition has been a labor of love for Black Diamond Ballet’s artistic director, Sharon Sobel Idul. After nearly two years of theaters going dark, Black Diamond Ballet, ...

After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her accomplishments on — has retired from American Ballet Theatre.Copeland, who last ...

The fall dance calendar began with English National Ballet under new leadership. Then came Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” and “Black Sabbath: The Ballet.” By Roslyn Sulcas Reporting from London As the ...

Sofia Liñares in a promotional photo for Black Sabbath: The Ballet, the Birmingham Royal Ballet's new show honoring the city's legendary heavy metal band Perou In 1970, when Black Sabbath released its ...