Unlike musical scores or theatrical plays, ballets are rarely, if ever, written down. The lineage of the longest-lived classics can be traced through dancers who have shared their knowledge of pivotal ...

After years focused on international repertory and new work, the company is returning the choreographer August Bournonville, “our place of belonging,” to the heart of its mission. By Marina Harss ...

After performing with two of the world’s top ballet companies, Drew Nelson found himself trading pirouettes for problem sets and embarking on an entirely new journey as a student at Tufts. Following a ...

Fresh off of her graduation from Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington resident Hannah Rosenberg is heading to Copenhagen for her second year at the Royal Danish Ballet Summer School. The ...

Each year, at the end of the Royal Theatre season in Copenhagen, auditions are held for the ballet school. Children, for the most part between the ages of eight and eleven, come to the school for the ...

When Flemming Flindt was named director of the Royal Danish Ballet a year ago, the ballet world was caught flatfooted. At 29, he was not only one of the youngest dancers ever to head a major ballet ...

Peter Schaufuss was just five years old when Frederick Ashton came to Copenhagen in 1954 to begin choreographing the first “Romeo and Juliet” ballet in the West for the Royal Danish Ballet. Both his ...

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A performance at Copenhagen's Royal Theatre faces an unusual problem: the stars of the show -- sold out in advance -- could face deportation before the final curtain falls. In ...

One of Denmark’s greatest ballerinas, she toured widely — in London, Moscow and New York — and played a version of herself in a Disney TV production. By Marina Harss Amy Watson will helm the storied ...

The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized ...