Filming began in the summer of 2024, primarily at Ballet Western Reserve, with additional scenes shot around Youngstown.

The traditional pink shoes and tights break the visual line of the bodies of Black dancers. After 60-plus years, Robin Williams, a ballet dancer, recently experienced a first: performing in pointe ...

(CNN) — Although Robin Williams has been a ballet dancer for more than 60 years, she experienced a first during her performance of The Nutcracker this December. Williams said when she danced the Dance ...

“When I first decided to form a ballet company, Mother said: ‘Dear, why don’t you just see a psychiatrist?’ I told her it would be cheaper to form a ballet company.” So Rebekah Harkness went ahead, ...

For many young Black ballerinas, something as simple as finding ballet shoes that match their skin tone can feel like an uphill battle, one that affects their confidence, sense of belonging, and ...

Kicking off the event, three dancers from Pieces of a Dream Academy of Dance presented a ballet routine. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what ...