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Spring to Dance Festival welcomes Grand Rapids Ballet to St. Louis for company ...MLive.comGrand Rapids Ballet -- The Envelope Grand Rapids Ballet dances David Parsons' "The Envelope" at the Spring Dance Festival in St. Louis this week. Steven Houser, Yuka Oba, Laura McQueen Schultz and Cassidy Isaacson (above) appeared in [...]

BBC NewsLSO conductor on 3D ballet and WagnerBBC NewsOn 6 June, the world-famous Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg will be broadcasting a performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" live and in 3D to hundreds of cinemas in 60 countries internationally. It is the first time a ballet has been ... [...]

Ballet gala brings out the chiffon and sequinsKXAN.comNEW YORK (AP) — Fashion takes a back seat to nothing — not even seriously chilly weather — at New York's fanciest dance gala. And so there were lots of bare-shouldered, shivering ballet patrons clutching their long, silky trains and hurrying past ...and [...]

CBC.caFuture of Goh Ballet's Nutcracker uncertainVancouver CourierA prominent ballet company is scrambling to find a location for its annual production of The Nutcracker after its contract was cancelled with the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts. Chan Hon Goh, the director of the Goh Ballet, said she was told ...Goh [...]

MetroRaven Girl: Audrey Niffenegger and Wayne McGregor's dark creationMetroHowever, the commission from Royal Ballet resident choreographer Wayne McGregor was enticing enough for Chicago-based Niffenegger to put aside work on her third novel to create a 'new, dark fairy tale'. 'Fairy tales have shaped the culture,' she says.How to follow The [...]

Hartford CourantREADER SUBMITTED: Enjoy "A Night At The Ballet"Hartford Courant"How long has it been since you experienced a true ballet, not a end-of-the-year-dance-recital but a true ballet? Valley Ballet, of Canton, has been staging exceptional ballets for 33 years. It offers programs of complex choreography and great dance ... [...]

Downtown ExpressAnother ballet school floats into Battery Park CityDowntown ExpressA new ballet school opened last week in Battery Park City, focused on making ballet accessible to young children, as parents enroll their kids in dance lessons at younger and younger ages. Children's Warehouse, a ballet studio for children ages three [...]

Metro.usIn Boston Ballet's 'Coppélia,' the dancers make tricky footwork look like ...Metro.usFollowing a spectacular penultimate production of “Chroma,” Boston Ballet closes a superb 2012-13 season with the classic Balanchine piece “Coppélia.” The ballet, which only made its Boston debut in 2010, is performed by Mikko Nissinen's dancers with ... [...]

Manhattan Youth Ballet's 2013 Summer Intensive Set for 8/12-30Broadway WorldManhattan Movement & Arts Center announces Manhattan Youth Ballet's Summer Intensive at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center at 248 W. 60th Street, NYC (between Amsterdam and West End Avenues) in the Lincoln Center area. Manhattan Youth ... [...]

Vancouver's Goh Ballet Academy could be looking for a new stage for its production of the Nutcracker this Christmas. [...]