Scala Theatre called her early beginnings a "fairytale story" and credited Fracci's "talent, obstinance and work" for helping her become "the world's most famous ballerina [who] has inspired ...

Whether you’re the most famous ballerina in the world or just starting out, you have the same journey. A ballet class begins with pliés and so on whether you’re 13 or 43. We all do the same ...

Anastasia Volochkova was a world reknown dancer with Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet until company officials decided this summer that at 5’6”, 110 lbs., Volochkova was simply “too heavy to lift.” Volochkova ...

Show more In her final performance with the company, Darcey Bussell, Britain's most famous ballerina, presents a triple bill celebrating the work of three of the Royal Ballet's greatest creative ...

Like most Swan Lakes, hers also draws on elements from the 1895 version by ballet masters Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, including the White Swan pas de deux – “you don’t mess with that ...