Ballet’s living center is shifting eastward, with more and more of the most exciting arts and artists coming out of China, Korea and Japan. New and truly modern productions are being exported ...

Fifteen years after her entry into the field with the short work Trace it was time to go big. Topp has made her first full-length ballet using Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as a launch pad for a ...

1 WAITRESS Will Embark on 10th Anniversary North American Tour This Fall 2 MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL Launches 25th Anniversary North American Tour Fresh from its appearances at the Chicago Dancing ...

THIS IS BALLET as we like it. Produced in the pretty Rococo Richmond Theatre and set to everybody’s favourite Puccini melodies, we are told the well known story of beautiful women, handsome men and ...

For his first ever tutu ballet, Butterfly based on Petipa’s Le Papillon, choreographer Lucas Jervies wanted to mix things up. “I decided to flip the genders and have the male lead as the butterfly ...

Ballet dancers perform "The Butterfly Lovers" at Lincoln Center in New York City, the United States, Aug. 22, 2025. Adapted by Hong Kong Ballet, "The Butterfly Lovers" made its overseas debut at the ...

IT seems extraordinary that a piece of art work as familiar as Madame Butterfly could move the soul using any other medium than grand opera. Yet I have had a revelation. You may question the truism ...

Shanghai Ballet, one of China's major classical dance companies, visits Houston for the first time Tuesday. It will perform "The Butterfly Lovers," a tragic love story that involves a disguised ...

Few among us can claim to be ballet aficianados, but if you are interested in the art, you are unlikely to find a much more accessible introduction than this. With simple sets, intricate choreography ...