Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced promotions for the 2022/23 season. Immediately following the final performance of Swan Lake ...

Barelegged swans are a bit like baseball players without caps. But as the art form confronts its history of racial homogeneity some traditions are being rethought. By Martha Schabas The film follows a ...

There’s a reason why dance companies don’t create many new full-length ballets anymore. The cost, the complexity, the uncertainty of finding an audience for something fresh and untested – in this ...

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Dozens of young dancers from Calgary and other cities put their best toe forward Saturday, auditioning for coveted spots in the National Ballet School of Canada’s Professional Ballet-Academic Program.

The company will perform Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas, which was the last show they premiered before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most dance companies — even ballet companies — like to think of themselves as diverse and versatile. But in the case of National Ballet of Canada, it's not just ad copy. The troupe's range and ...

Ask anyone in the ballet world how often they see a full-evening, three-part program devoted exclusively to the work of women choreographers, and they’ll tell you that this practically never happens.

For the first time in its 60-year history, Canada's National Ballet School (NBS) will be graduating more male students than female. The class of 2020 at the Toronto-based academy is comprised of 16 ...

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - A production of "West Side Story Suite" has offered new challenges to some of Canada's ballet dancers, forcing them to add song to their dance routines and study a whole new ...

Ashleigh Powell, director of teacher training and community dance for the National Ballet School's world-renowned Professional Ballet-Academic Program, leads young dancers in auditions at Decidedly ...