A double bill performance of ‘Scheherazade’ and ‘The Firebird’ will open State Street Ballet’s 30th year. (Courtesy photo) “Scheherazade,” premiered by State Street Ballet in 2014, and “The Firebird,” ...

Scheherazade may be an iconic legendary and literary character, but translating her story into a stage production presents substantial problems. In the famed collection of folk and fantasy tales known ...

Gordon Peirce Schmidt is choreographing a new ballet, to debut in July, which will celebrate the ancient, Middle eastern city of Petra. Schmidt is the executive artistic director of the Grand Rapids ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Milwaukee Ballet will present a revival of ...

LINES Ballet, a company is famous for blending dance and music styles from many cultures, performs Jan. 21 and 22 in New Orleans as part of the New Orleans Ballet Associations 2010-11 season. RJ ...

One of the most ancient and famous works of world literature will be presented in an entirely contemporary way, as the Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs its version of "Scheherazade" this weekend at ...

No one can accuse Rodney Gustafson of being forgetful when it comes to great dancers and great ballets. Gustafson, whose State Street Ballet company celebrates its 20th year of continuous operation ...

Here they come, as they do every Christmas, to the piercing sound of flutes and thumping rhythms of plucked strings: adorably cute dancers dressed in silk pajamas, sometimes emerging from tea boxes, ...

In discussing the Milwaukee Ballet's season-opening doubleheader, artistic director Michael Pink said that audiences can sit through the entire program with eyes closed and just enjoy the gorgeous ...

The girls of a poet’s dreams. A classic Russian folk tale. And a story out of “The Thousand and One Nights.” These are hardly revolutionary subjects. But 100 years ago, when Michel Fokine made ballets ...