by Jenny Block | Apr 13, 2026 | News, The Latest
Ben Stevenson, the former longtime artistic director of Houston Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater, passed away on March 29, just a week shy of his 90th birthday. He leaves behind a legacy that feels like a multitude of lifetimes. “He did some film and danced for...
by Sophie Bress for Dance Magazine | May 29, 2025 | News, The Latest
Yuri Grigorovich, a choreographer and ballet master who helped define Soviet-era Russian ballet, died on May 19, 2025. He was 98. Grigorovich was well-known for his choreographic contributions to classical ballet—most notably his 1968 full-length, Spartacus—as...
by Gavin Larsen for Dance Magazine | May 2, 2025 | News, The Latest
With the passing of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux on April 13, 2025, the ballet world lost a guide, an inspiration, a champion, and a “dance dad” to generations of students. Bonnefoux’s illustrious career began in his youth in his native France. He became an étoile with the...
by In Memoriam | Sep 23, 2024 | The Latest
When news broke earlier this month that ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince had passed away at age 29, the dance world reacted with shock, confusion, and profound sadness. She was so young; she had already accomplished so much in her extraordinary life, and yet her...
by Joselli Deans for Dance Magazine | Nov 17, 2023 | Dance Magazine, News, The Latest
Ballerina and teacher Delores Browne Abelson, known professionally as Delores Browne, transitioned on October 2, 2023. Her close friend, Marilyn Napoli, confirmed that Browne had battled kidney cancer for several months. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Browne...
by In Memoriam | Feb 3, 2023 | News, Profiles
John White Jr., a former soloist with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and co-founder and director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet (PAB), passed away on December 28, 2022. Through his love and lifelong commitment to the art and technique of classical ballet, he had...
by In Memoriam | Sep 28, 2022 | Profiles
On July 25, 2022, Clara Cravey Stanley, a former dancer with Harkness Ballet and Ballet de Caracas and the longtime head of the Houston Ballet Academy, passed away at the age of 72. She was a loving wife, aunt, stepmother and grandmother. Clara Cravey...
by Marina Harss For Dance Magazine | May 3, 2021 | Site Network
To watch Jacques d’Amboise, the legendary New York City Ballet dancer who died this week at the age of 86 due to complications from a stroke, coach dancers in the roles he had performed over the course of his long career was to see an artist who not only...
