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International dance troupe’s power and lyricism on show in trio of works by Benjamin Millepied

4/5 This triple bill in the Dance Reflections festival is a joyous look at a man who wasn’t fun to marry, but was a remarkable choreographer

At dance companies around the world, ‘Nutcracker’ season is in full swing. Clémence Michallon speaks to dancers and critics about the show that has become a staple across countries and generations

George Balanchine’s choreography is gorgeous to look at, and there are standout individual performances, but it really needs more lush grandeur

He was a trail-blazing genius who electrified US ballet. But he was also a dictatorial grudge-bearer who married four of his dancers. How should we remember the Russian-American choreographer?

The writer talks to Sarah Crompton about her book exploring the pain and sacrifice of ballet training even for those who don’t make it to the top, and the way it perpetuates traditional ideals of femininity

A former student at the School of American Ballet dissects an art form that too often plays host to obsession and bullying

Fiction by Percival Everett and Ling Ma, nonfiction by Annie Proulx and biographies of George Balanchine and J

“Ballet is woman” claimed the legendary New York choreographer George Balanchine. But “where are all the women ballet choreographers?” asked researchers Oellen A. Meglin and Lynn Matluck Brooks in 2012. They found only 23 articles on women ballet choreographers in the New York Times’ 171-year history.