Giselle is a difficult ballet to get right. The balance between the “reality” of Act 1 and the Gothic otherworldlyness of Act 2 can be extremely hard to find, and the responsibility falls on all those ...

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Grand Rapids Ballet has dismissed executive director Mary Jennings after less than two years in the role, replacing her with an interim CEO as the ballet rethinks its leadership strategy. The ballet ...

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Glen Tetley’s landmark 1962 ballet, set to Schoenberg’s atonal score, is stark, strange and psychologically charged Sometimes the revival of an old work can make it, and us, feel revitalised: if it ...

Harry Styles is at the forefront of a seachange in men’s footwear—and moving engendered sartorial boundaries comes with some practical benefits, too. Private jets typically cruise at higher altitudes ...