I recently went to look at the pointe shoes of the ballerina Emma Livry, who danced at the Paris Opera from 1858 to 1862. Today’s pointe shoes are constructed around a box cushioning the toes. But ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google They’re keeping the competition on their toes. Hundreds of young ballet dancers simultaneously perched on their tippy ...

Principal dancer Tiler Peck shares how she created her latest New York City Ballet work, "Symphonie Espagnole." ...

Dancers from Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, and Columbia gathered at the Alvin Ailey Studios for the Columbia Ballet Collaborative Ivy Ballet Exchange on Sunday. With Yale ...

Connecticut Ballet is performing its free “Ballet Under the Stars” shows in parks around Connecticut this summer.

Five dancers who started their careers in the 1940s redefined dance in the United States, becoming some of the first American prima ballerinas in the world's top companies, from the Ballets Russes to ...

Members of Hollywood Ballet presented the troupe’s boundaries-pushing brand of dance on Thursday, as part of its “Music With ...

While there’s no “one way” to become a professional ballerina, many performers who dance for a living follow a typical trajectory. Keep reading to learn the steps (you are a dancer, after all) to help ...