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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has revealed Week 9 performances. Learn more about the lineup and see how to purchase tickets.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has revealed Week 5 programming featuring a variety of stunning performances and crafted events for friends and family. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will bring the acclaimed Social Tango Project—an innovative dance company founded and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina— for an immersive week-long engagement during Week 4 of the Festival.

The final Ashton Worldwide bill at the Royal Opera House (23-24 season) was a Gala programme performed by the Sarasota Ballet in the Linbury Theatre

Archbishop Rummel High School Genesian Players will present the Broadway musical classic, 'Peter Pan' November 11, 12, and 13, 2022 at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center.

Robert John Weber, Jr., 63, passed away May 3rd in Wanaque, New Jersey. Born in Midland, Michigan, Robert was a dancer, actor and choreographer who performed on Broadway in Miss Saigon and Meet Me in St. Louis, in the Broadway national tour of Jerome Robbins Broadway and as principal soloist with multiple European ballet companies.

The Statement of Historical Significance on Streatham Hill Theatre has been produced by Aedas Arts Team, a world leading architecture and design practice for The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre. It has been completed with support from 440 crowdfunders, the Mayor of London, Lambeth Council and the Theatres Trust.

1910 saw George V ascend to the throne, the trial and execution of Dr Crippen, the publication of EM Forster's Howard's End and the birth of Alice Marks, later Alicia Markova, the country's first prima ballerina. It also witnessed the establishment of the Dancing Times, the first independent magazine devoted solely to dance.

Galas are peculiar beasts. In attempting to please everyone, you sometimes please no one at all, but fortunately, for this nostalgic run through the rich history of English National Ballet, no one was disappointed by the varied and often emotive selection of greatest hits.

New York Theatre Ballet presents Cinderella from February 9-10, 2019 at Florence Gould Hall with performances each day at 11am, 1pm and 3:30pm.

The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance will present the exclusive U.S. presentation of Akram Khan's Giselle, English National Ballet's 2017 Olivier Award winner, running  for four performances, February 28 - March 2, 2019 at the Harris Theater in Chicago.

For his first solo museum show in the United States, artist Nick Mauss (b. 1980) will present Transmissions, an exhibition conceived for the Whitney, which explores the reciprocal relationship of modernist ballet and the avant-garde in New York from the 1930s through '50s. The exhibition-which features daily dance performances in the Whitney's eighth-floor Hurst Family Galleries-goes on view March 16.

Returning to Bristol in its 40th anniversary year, Rudolf Nureyev's Romeo & Juliet will be performed by English National Ballet at the Bristol Hippodrome (21-25 November) following critically acclaimed performances in London. Scroll down for a look at the dancers in action!

Two works new to English National Ballet's repertoire, Sir Kenneth MacMillan's masterwork, Song of the Earth and August Bournonville's La Sylphide recreated by Frank Andersen and Eva Kloborg, will be performed at the Manchester Palace Theatre from Today 11 -  Saturday 14 October.

Returning to Bristol in its 40th anniversary year, Rudolf Nureyev's Romeo & Juliet will be performed by English National Ballet at the Bristol Hippodrome (21-25 November) following critically acclaimed performances in London. Scroll down for a look at the dancers in action!

Two works new to English National Ballet's repertoire, Sir Kenneth MacMillan's masterwork, Song of the Earth and August Bournonville's La Sylphide recreated by Frank Andersen and Eva Kloborg, will be performed at the Manchester Palace Theatre from Wednesday 11 -  Saturday 14 October.

BroadwayWorld continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, and resources. Below, check out a piece by Arlene Yu, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dance Collections Manager, on: Sono Osato and the Arrival of the Ballet Girl on Broadway!

This afternoon, Friday 28 April 2017, Sir Matthew Bourne was presented with the Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Services to the Arts by Graham Watts OBE, Chairman, Dance Section of Critics' Circle & National Dance Awards, at a luncheon held at the National Liberal Club. Scroll down for photos!

A collective of the UK's leading dance organisations - East London Dance, English National Ballet, Sadler's Wells and Studio Wayne McGregor - has announced a new collaborative initiative to drive a shared vision for East London to become a world-leading hub for dance.