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Metropolitan Classical Ballet to present first performance since December

Arlington-based Metropolitan Classical Ballet will present a program of four classic and contemporary ballets today at Texas Hall at the University of Texas at Arlington, its first performance since December.

Rockbridge Ballet Receives Two Significant Grants

The Rockbridge Ballet has announced the receipt of two grants, one from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and a second from Washington & Lee Universitys Community Grants.

Ballet logs 700th show abroad

MILAN (Kyodo) The renowned Tokyo Ballet, founded in 1964, has put on its 700th overseas performance at La Scala theater in Milan, Italy, a record number staged by a Japanese troupe overseas. The Tokyo Ballet on Sunday performed "The Kabuki," an original piece by the late French choreographer Maurice Bejart. Its landmark stage performance involved about 70 dancers.

Ballet star Cornejo loves life at the top

American Ballet Theatre star Herman Cornejo has made his mark over the years in the company's visits to Orange County. I'll never forget the Argentina-born dancer in one of the two devilishly difficult male roles, Rabbit of Twyla Tharp's "Rabbit and...

Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

In center, Julie Kent, Michele Wiles and Ethan Stiefel in The Sleeping Beauty at the Music Center this weekend. | Photo by Gene Schiavone - by Ellen Reid for LAist Make no mistake, The Sleeping Beauty is a bona fide ballet: There are tutus, fairies, sparkles, flowers, lots of little girls and even an American Girl Doll you can buy at the T-shirt stand. But, the American Ballet Theaters (ABT ...