Performing on the tips of the toes is part of the mystique of a female ballerina but male dancers devoted to the pointe technique want to be taken more seriously “I was always attracted to pointe ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle is home to hundreds of students and professional dancers, but one particular student is pushing to evolve opportunities for dancers of all kinds.

In 1832, ballerina Marie Taglioni followed her father's instructions to get up on the points of her toes to dance, in an effort to portray a floating, supernatural being. It ushered in a new era of ...

OAKLAND – Just a mention of his beginnings in dance and it doesn't take long for a smile to spread across Roberto Vega Ortiz's face. "I've always danced. Always, always," said Vega Ortiz, Ballet 22 ...

Five bamboo stalks rise from the stage. Dancers move like spirits of the grove — arms and legs stretching skyward, lines taut ...

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 ...

Ballet could be called the art of gracefully defying gravity. Alighting on their toes, ballerinas seem to flout the earthbound pull to which the rest of us are subject. And no time is that more ...

Which ballet pointe shoes are best? Ballet shoes can provide you with comfort and protection while you are practicing and performing ballet. Ballet pointe shoes, in particular, are designed ...

Ballet has always had a complicated relationship with gender. In the classical roles we watch on stage, men play princes and heartbreakers who leap high in the air and take up entire stages with large ...