The demanding dancing hardly lets up in “Raymonda” — and San Francisco Ballet has rarely danced better. Through nearly 180 minutes of this three-act ballet, the company’s dancers launch themselves ...

Continuing its run of historic ballet firsts, the Segerstrom Center opened its 30th season on Thursday night with the U.S. premiere of the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra’s production of the rare three ...

The Boston Ballet premiered Mikko Nissenen’s reimagined one-act version of “Raymonda” as part of their Winter Experience this February. “Raymonda” stands alongside “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Swan Lake ...

On its eighth trip from Russia to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg’s stellar Mariinsky Ballet brought a work from the classical canon that’s dogged with a story many consider beyond ...

The ENB director has pulled the story forward to the Crimean war, based the female lead on Florence Nightingale – and adapted the choreography for today’s more slender dancers When people talk about ...

For San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, choosing a frequently performed warhorse such as “Swan Lake” as the first work she would choreograph for the company was never in the cards.

The great Marius Petipa, aged 80 when he crafted the steps, was on a creative roll following the success of The Sleeping Beauty and channeled half a century’s experience into the final work of his ...