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 Joseph Carman | Jun 10, 2018 | Career, Dance History
Two hundred is the new 30. Or at least it seems so for Marius Petipa, whose ballets are as active as ever as we celebrate his 200th birthday this year. Nearly all major ballet companies dance Petipa’s iconic ballets, which reflect his prolific creative output....
by Julia Rosica | May 23, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
La Fille Mal Gardée, or in English “The Wayward Daughter,” is one of the oldest story ballets still in modern repertoire. The tale’s enduring magic lies in themes of youth, following your heart and true love, along with playful bits of...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 19, 2017 | Training
Some may consider New York’s Symphony Space a smaller theater, but big things were happening inside June 6–10. Just under 200 young dancers from all over the world were testing their luck at the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition in hopes...
by Jen Peters | Jun 1, 2009 | Company Life
Whitney Jensen had her eye on the prize last July at the Varna International Ballet Competition. A student at Valentina Kozlova’s Conservatory of Dance in New York City, she became the first female and first American in the competition’s history to win the...
