A new production by Ballet North Texas is bringing the story of Maria Tallchief to life, honoring the Native American artist ...

The first Black woman promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland is theGrio Awards’ 2023 Trailblazer Icon. Considered a prodigy since she discovered ballet at age 13, ...

Despite assumptions to the contrary, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief showed that Indigenous people could not just exceed the standards of Western arts but also set new ones, writes associate professor ...

Chocolate Ballerina Company, a contemporary community-based dance organization that supports the hidden talents in youth and adult artists of color in the Philadelphia region, is seeking to expand ...

The US Mint has started shipping out quarters with the likeness of a famous Osage nation woman. Maria Tallchief was America’s first major prima ballerina and broke barriers as a Native American ballet ...

In the rarified world of prima ballerinas, Tiler Peck ranks among the elite, having become a full-time New York City Ballet (NYCB) company member at just 16 years old and a principal dancer at 20.

To judge by last year’s furore over Ballerina Alicia Markova, she was the only occupant of ballet’s top drawer. Last week the other occupant was getting some of her due. Crowds jammed Manhattan’s City ...

On Nov. 27, 1949, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s premiere of ...