Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe. In this episode we introduce the...

Roberto Bolle is an Italian ballet dancer. He is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal dancer étoile at La Scala Theatre Ballet. Here we see him performing the Bolero de Ravel at the San Remo Festival 2024.

In this special presentation from RAI in Italy, we see a unque performance by Roberto Bolle, prime ballet dancer accompan ied by Alessandro Quatro in the violin. A magnificent and unque performance. Enjoy!

The members of the Opera National de Paris presnts a lockdown ballet to thank first responders during teh coronavirus pandemic in France.

The 21st edition of Fire Island Dance Festival featured 43 professional dancers entertaining three sold-out crowds with Broadway, ballet, contemporary and modern dance. Fire Island Dance Festival returned for its 21st edition July 17-19, 2015, with some of the most talked-about world-class dance com...

At the 2017 Fire Island Dance Festival, Havana, Cuba’s Acosta Danza, led by dance legend Carlos Acosta, presented For Us, a mesmerizing ballet that explored the passion, frustration and sadness of a couple in love. Dancers Mario Sergio Elías and Raul Reinoso expressed this tragic love story through

Taking Flight: This engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet’s most exciting rising stars.

Matt Doyle, Patti LuPone and Etai Benson discuss what went into gender-bending "I'm Not Getting Married Today," and how the added anxiety surrounding gay marriage added to the overall anxiety of the scene. Includes clips of the cast of "Company" performing the iconic song by Sondheim.

The White House celebrates christmas with a tap dance of the Nutcracker. The Nutcracker ballet was composed in 1892 by the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky based on a story written in 1816 by Prussian author Ernest Hoffman, not even close to anything American. Not until 1934 was it performed out...

Created at Theaterfestival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, August 4, 2016 JÉRÔME BOSCH : LE JARDIN DES DÉLICES / HIERONYMUS BOSCH: THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. (Excerpt). A COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD production in coproduction with the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation (Netherlands)