ballet

His dad did a really interesting interview about how he feels ballet helped Jan with his balance, flexibility, strength and explosiveness.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Andrew Robare, a corps de ballet dancer since 2022, tore up the stage by tearing into the often cheeky choreographic details with confidence and sureness of footing and posture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

In other performances, Joseph Markey, a corps de ballet dancer since 2021, made much of this character’s persona but less of its choreographic challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“That was the first professional performance I ever saw of ballet or anything,” Monson de Kansky said during a recent interview at her home, where she has lived for 60 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

“Now, let’s go build up your strength for these hikes. And before you know it, we’ll have you back in ballet school.”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Stravinsky had spent nearly two decades working inside self-imposed forms—neoclassical symphonies and ballets built on borrowed material.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The lengthier Met calendar offers multiact, narrative productions that focus on the troupe’s theater aspect, such as this year’s scheduled June-to-July season of four narrative ballets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

If you go back to the 15th and 16th centuries, ballets were like a party, like combining the Met Gala with a high school prom and a giant party — that’s what it was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

Stafford and Whelan have commissioned 12 ballets by choreographers of color in the last six years, it says.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

Even though The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring ballets all have narrative threads, Stravinsky played against this tendency in his scores for them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall