Nov 17 Watch 5:04 These Parkinson’s patients find relief at the barre By Shana Fischer For the million people living with Parkinson’s disease in the United States, medication is the most common form of treatment. But some doctors are now prescribing dance as a way to slow the symptoms -- and bring joy to patients… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch 6:46 Why Twyla Tharp wants us to ‘shut up’ and do what we love By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Twyla Tharp is the greatest choreographer of our era. Her groundbreaking career in dance blended classical ballet with contemporary culture. Now, at age 78, Tharp is sharing her innovative approach to health and aging in a new book. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 17 Alicia Alonso, grande dame of Cuban ballet, dies at 98 By Peter Orsi, Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press As founder and director of the National Ballet of Cuba, Alonso personified the island's arts program under Fidel Castro's communist rule and she kept vise-like control over the troupe past her 90th birthday despite being nearly blind for decades. Continue reading
Apr 25 In “Ballet Across America,” Misty Copeland and Justin Peck paint dance’s diverse future By Michelle Harven, Dayana Morales Gomez “I hope that American ballet will continue to evolve in a way that really embraces who we are as artists and Americans,” Copeland said. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 1:40 From battlefield to ballet, South Korean soldiers dance off stress By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a division of the South Korean army is turning out pirouettes and tendus. Weekly ballet classes provide these soldiers, who guards the zone at the demilitarized zone along the border of North… Continue watching
Mar 15 How Oakland’s turfers and ballet dancers found their groove By Kelly Whalen The challenge: bring together some of the Bay Area’s top turf dancers alongside the region’s rising ballet talent in a single dance project. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 5:32 Not Trending: Inventors and innovators you’ve never heard of By PBS News Hour When we only pay attention to the things that are trending in our social networks, we may be missing some compelling stories. Carlos Watson, CEO of website Ozy, joins Gwen Ifill to share a few overlooked items, including efforts to… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 3:32 U.S. dancer makes a leap to the European stage By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, 18-year-old Miko Fogarty pirouettes and arabesques her way through San Francisco, explaining her experience as a not-so-typical ballerina who has won a spot on one of the world’s most prestigious stages. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch: This California ballerina takes ‘dancing in the street’ to a whole new level By Abhi Singh, KQED Miko Fogarty, a Bay-area teenager, is on her way to the U.K. to pursue a career as a professional ballerina for the prestigious Birmingham Royal Ballet. Continue reading
Jun 30 Misty Copeland makes history as American Ballet Theatre’s first black principal ballerina By Joshua Barajas Misty Copeland, who has been outspoken about race in the world of dance, has become the first black principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre, a first in the top ballet company's 75-year history. Continue reading