
Misty Copeland named first black female principal dancer at ABT
Ms. Copeland, the dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet, was named a principal dancer on Tuesday.

“Billy Elliot”: Broadway musical meets proletarian drama
Combines a commercial, crowd-pleasing form of expression that also roots the characters and plot firmly in class conflict and consciousness.

Revolutionary Soviet ballet premieres in the U.S.
It took a full 82 years, but a revolutionary Soviet-era ballet that was purported to be Joseph Stalin's favorite has finally come to American shores.

