BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Twenty-one years ago a little girl left Bakersfield with big dreams. Now, Tiler Peck, age 36, is ...

Embark on a journey into the enchanting world of ballet with "Prima Ballerina" as your guide. Set to captivating ballet music ...

India Bradley is a prima ballerina making history in the dance world. Bradley has become the New York City Ballet's first Black soloist in the company’s history, The New York Times reports. Promoted ...

(CNN) — The Osage Ballet overlooks a creek in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian reservation. Before class, students can be found warming up with plies and battements, battering pointe shoes or ...

Oklahoma native Maria Tallchief became the first American prima ballerina, breaking barriers by receiving the highest title a dancer could be awarded. Choreographer Ken von Heidecke, a former dancer, ...

The first Black prima ballerina, Misty Copeland, has hung up her pointe shoes, after announcing her retirement earlier this ...

Once known as the famous International Ballet School West, the brick building tucked away on Montana Avenue that launched the careers of famous prima ballerinas has been transformed and into one of ...

Not every dancer can be a ballerina, and not every ballerina gets to dance with the New York City Ballet. So when one makes it, and then stays with the company for three decades, it's a big deal.

Maria Tallchief refused to abandon her Osage Nation roots—and came to symbolize a new era for American ballet. Now, she’s been recognized with a U.S. quarter in her honor. No American woman had ever ...

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 ...