A male ballet dancer is on a mission to encourage more male dancers to take up the more traditional female role of one who goes up on his or her toes, or en pointe. Kadeem En Pointe has filmed himself ...

Local ballet dancers leaped onto the stage Wednesday in the Pike Performing Arts Center in Indianapolis. They wore bright colored leotards to perform as angels, sunbeams and dolls in t ...

Upstairs in a lofty studio at the Margaret Alkek William Center for Dance, there's something a little different about Monday's afternoon class. Some of the male dancers wear cargo-style joggers and ...

Britain’s first professional black ballerina was left "winded" and "breathless" after witnessing the restoration of her historic pointe shoes on the BBC’s popular programme, The Repair Shop. Julie ...

Ballet star Misty Copeland, who has been a voice for diversity and inclusion in ballet, is taking her efforts beyond the studio and stage — and straight to your phone. The American Ballet Theatre ...

The traditional pink shoes and tights break the visual line of the bodies of Black dancers. After 60-plus years, Robin Williams, a ballet dancer, recently experienced a first: performing in pointe ...

In theater, “break a leg” is a phrase used to wish a performer luck. But for ballet dancers, it isn’t simply an expression but an occupational reality. The intense physical demands of ballet put ...