To gear up for her role as a professional ballerina in Black Swan, Natalie Portman trained with Mary Helen Bowers, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of the Ballet Beautiful ...

At the Paris Opera Ballet, the top tier of dancers is called "étoiles" (or "stars"). Backstage at the Palais Garnier – the opulent theatre built as a centrepiece to Haussmann-era Paris – each étoile ...

For four years, Alejandro Cerrudo has served as Charlotte Ballet’s artistic director. The choreographer and former dancer’s works have been performed by professional companies around the world. But so ...

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Mary Helen Bowers, a former ballet dancer and founder of Ballet Beautiful, created Ballet Baby while pregnant with her now 5-month-old daughter. "There were so many changes happening physically, so it ...

The 2008 UAE performances bring a line up of accomplished dancers representing the cream of Russian ballet from the Bolshoi and Stanislavsky companies. The Russian Festival Ballet consists of the top ...