When we spin—on an amusement park ride or the dance floor—we often become disoriented, even dizzy. So how do professional athletes, particularly figure skaters who spin at incredible speeds, avoid ...

The Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the kind of place where you can see Weird Al Yankovic or the Jamz Cheerleading Championship. But back in September, for two nights only, it was the Kirov ...

The Joffrey Ballet’s Christine Rocas and Miguel Blanco in the Chicago premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s “RAkU,” part of the “Stories in Motion” program. (Photo: Cheryl Mann) THE JOFFREY BALLET IN “STORIES ...

Duane Gosa didn’t discover dancing until he was 16. Now, he does it for a living. And he does it on his tippy-toes. He’s now a member of the all-male ballet ensemble Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte ...

The Joffrey Ballet’s Midsummer Night’s Dream provides its audience with an aesthetically pleasing, technically brilliant embodiment of the sentiment “What is going on?” The ballet takes its name from ...

Kay GreeneJT had never seen “The Nutcracker” when she first joined Champaign Urbana Ballet’s staff three years ago. “I sat out in the audience during a dress rehearsal, and when snow fell from the sky ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) “Royal” will soon take the stage at DeVos Center for Arts and Worship, but this isn’t your average fairy tale. “Royal” is an original ballet by HIS Dance Ensemble. It tells ...

In 2018, Alex Oliva’s first job out of grad school at MIT was as an engineer at WiTricity, a wireless company in Watertown. Five years later, he left for his second — as an acrobat/aerialist. This ...