Ballerinas aren’t really supposed to be funny; all those dying-swan and sleeping-princess roles require seriousness of purpose, or at least an unbreakable serenity. And yet I’ve long suspected that ...

Why is Connecticut Ballet bringing back its Léo Delibes’ “Coppélia”? Because we could all use a laugh. A beautiful, romantic, exquisitely choreographed ballet dancing laugh. The show played the ...

Onstage, dance, Cacti, Alexander Ekman, contemporary dance, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans It’s not often that a ballet makes people laugh out loud, but that’s what Swedish choreographer ...

Never tell a Trock he’s mocking ballet. You could end up with a pointe shoe in the eye. It also means — excusing the pun — that you’ve totally missed the point. For the uninitiated, as in uninitiated ...