Dane Shitagi documents professional ballerinas on the streets or the subways of New York City—to gorgeous, super-popular effect. Some people go to the ballet. More recently, others bring the ...

Yet, all that pretense and fame was stripped away. "Because of the unassuming simplicity in our preparation, I didn't expect to see the exceptional classic beauty that was consistently created in our ...

The ballet look is in vogue. “Balletcore” — think tulle, leggings, leg warmers etc. — can be seen on runways with "freaky tutus" and in department stores with Miu Miu’s popular $1,000 flats, on TikTok ...

A New York City photographer has gone behind the curtains of one the most esteemed ballet companies to give viewers an unprecedented look at the world of professional dance. “I just love ballet,” ...

Performing as a prima ballerina in one of the country’s best ballet companies can be grueling, but for at least three dancers from the San Francisco Ballet, the hard work doesn’t end on stage. In ...

Former ballerinas can dance in many ways. Angela Sterling, for example, does it with a camera. The Boston native performed with Pacific Northwest Ballet for 12 years, retiring in 1997 at the age of 28 ...

Major news in the ballet world today as 32-year-old superstar dancer Misty Copeland was named the first black principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. She is the first female to earn the ...

On @Ballerinafarm, the hugely popular Instagram account run by Hannah Neeleman—a farmer, social media influencer, former Juilliard ballerina, and mother of eight—there is a video in which she dances ...

“I wanted to dispel myths about women of color,” former ballerina Aesha Ash tells SELF. “What better way to do that than as a ballerina?” In recent weeks, photographs of Ash walking and posing around ...

I’m a retired professional ballet dancer and on paper, I’m a traditional wife. My husband, also a retired ballet dancer, is the breadwinner. I’m the bread-maker. The chauffeur for three teenagers. The ...

Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet), founded by ballerina Theresa Ruth Howard, is a nonprofit organization that “preserves the contributions and stories of black artists in the field of ballet” ...