Ballet Beats

The Citizens Bank Opera House welcomes the return of Boston Ballet with Mikko Nissinen's The Nutcracker at the end of the November.

To see a trailer of the upcoming production, please visit The Ballet Herald.

If you're in the Salt Lake City area and wanting your fix of Bram Stoker's thrilling tale come to life, Ballet West's Dracula, choreographed by Ben Stevenson, may be just the event to attend.

To watch a trailer video, please visit The Ballet Herald.

After nearly 22 months, The Sarasota Ballet returns to live theater performances at the end of October with their program titled New World featuring Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring and Ricardo Graziano's Sonatina.

To watch a trailer for the program, please visit The Ballet Herald.

Artistic Director Peter Boal announces the PNB Dance Film Festival (managed by Price Suddarth), bringing a showcase of digital dance films to new audiences.

To find a link to submission details, please visit The Ballet Herald.

Alejandro Cerrudo’s It Starts Now premiered at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, and the innovation on the table was as refreshing as reaching for a jacket when feeling the first crisp autumn breeze in all of the evening’s captivating, transcendent, and silky glory.

To see photos and watch a trailer for this performance, please visit The Ballet Herald.

Along with the announcement of the Queensland Ballet 2022 Season comes the news that Li Cunxin will stay on as Artistic Director for another three years.

To see photos and a season trailer, please visit The Ballet Herald.

Artists Climate Collective, founded by Keaton Leier, Madeline Bez, and Charlotte Nash, is a project that seeks to bring a group of artists together to connect on the topic of the climate. Their first digital release is called Art to Action.

To view photos of this new piece, please visit The Ballet Herald.

Like a calming spirit embracing the energy of pre-performance jitters, George Balanchine’s voice fills the dark backstage footage that opens Connie Hochman's In Balanchine’s Classroom. This is the beginning of a one-and-a-half hour journey through the history, the thoughts, and – as the title suggests – the classroom of a man who changed the landscape of ballet in the United States.

To view photos and the trailer for the documentary, please visit The Ballet Herald.

The three year designation by Segerstrom Center for the Arts begins in December 2021 with ABT’s annual engagement of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker.

For photos, please visit The Ballet Herald.

32 years after joining National Ballet of Canada, Sonia Rodriguez's farewell performance with the company will be dancing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

To see images and videos of Sonia, please visit The Ballet Herald.