Patience and ambition have stood as the cornerstones of Angel Corella’s near-decade-long tenure as Philadelphia Ballet’s Artistic Director. So when the opportunity presented itself, he called on both ...

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Is this town big enough for two productions of "Carmen" on the same weekend? Or are the Florentine Opera and Milwaukee Ballet headed for Carmaggedon? We will find out the weekend of May 16-18, when ...

In 1995, the Joffrey Ballet got a one-way ticket to Chicago and crossed its fingers. After four decades in New York, the company was on the brink of closure, arriving here with a pile of debt and a ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Ballet is remaking a classic opera-turned-ballet with Angel Corella's Carmen. Corella says the story is full of "jealousy and betrayal," describing it as a very tragic ...

Carmen, that beguiling Andalusian beauty created by a 19th-century French writer and afterwards made legendary by artists of different nationalities—in opera, dance, and film—continues to fascinate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Onstage during Arielle Smith’s fabulous new, female-first vision of the classic “Carmen,” which had its world premiere at the San ...

Ballet Arkansas promises "a captivating tale of passion, betrayal, and desire ... that blends classical and contemporary styles and features the talents of a community cast of performers, with ...

Through graceful leaps and expressive faces, Eugene Ballet takes the story of Carmen to new levels without spoken word or song. When the opera was first performed on March 17, 1875, it shocked and ...