In the early 1900s, a relatively unknown Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballet Russes. Stravinsky wasn’t Diaghilev’s first choice — many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A story of rebirth, beauty and magic will cast a spell over audiences when it’s danced on an area stage. The New ...

Upstairs, at Liberty Station’s Dance Place, all but two San Diego Ballet dancers were rehearsing last month for the company’s signature dance, “Mambomania.” It’s one of the works, along with “The ...

The Aiken Civic Ballet presented "The Firebird" for hundreds of Aiken County elementary and middle school students Thursday. Afterwards, Kennedy Middle School sixth-grader Juwon Brown received an ...

Ballet Theatre of Maryland opens its 45th Anniversary Season with The Firebird at Maryland Hall for the Arts, October 13-15. The company’s new staging of this iconic ballet will honor the traditional ...

Sometimes the youngest of audience members will cry, not because they’re scared, but because the story saddens them. “They cried last year when we did ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ ” Eva Kruger, of the ...

The Firebird soars back to the stage this October. This all-new production of the Stravinsky ballet is based on the elusive, mythical firebird of Russian folklore. Ballet Theatre of Maryland, the ...

The flash of a firebird, a family sent into a spin and a classical ballet explosion. Michel Fokine’s The Firebird with Igor Stravinsky’s music is a ground-breaking classic of the early 20th-century ...

Leo Holder is standing in the cavernous warehouse of the Local 52 Motion Picture Studio Mechanics in Astoria, Queens. He raises his arms, striking them apart like Moses parting the sea, and four ...

Mention “The Firebird,” and dance fans may immediately think of the Ballets Russes and Igor Stravinsky’s iconic score. But Abilities Dance Boston has something different in mind with their new version ...

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