It’s not unusual to get a new outfit for your 50th birthday. But George Balanchine’s “Jewels” is getting 66 of them. The 1967 ballet, created by Balanchine as a plotless three-act work (inspired, so ...

Houston Ballet’s costume shop, in late November, bursts at the seams with costumes for the The Nutcracker. When I visited the week before Thanksgiving, the show’s 1,750 opulent costumes bulged from ...

In a room at the School of Ballet Arizona, this phrase is tacked onto a bulletin board and followed faithfully: “There are three ways to build a costume — good, fast and cheap. Of these three options, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- At a time when the San Jose Dance Theatre should be focusing on their upcoming performance of "Sleeping Beauty," the nonprofit dance company is asking for the public's help ...

Detroiters will be treated to an exclusive “first look” at the iconic ballet Firebird . The company will host masterclasses, ...

David Heuvel is retiring after 31 years, and this production of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ is his ‘swan song.’ When a ballet dancer is performing a character — whether a sugar-plum fairy or a dying swan or a ...

Tickets will be selling fast for a returning crowd favorite, “This Is Halloween,” presented by Midwest Regional Ballet from Thursday to Sunday at Memorial Auditorium. Showtimes are slated for 7 p.m.