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  • In honor of Native American Heritage Month in the U.S., Google’s video Doodle—created in partnership with Native American guest artists Lydia Cheshewalla, Chris Pappan, and Yatika Starr Fields— ...

  • This gorgeous project was created in 2017, but for any dancer who missed it, it’s definitely worth revisiting. A true inspiration, this beautiful short film, titled Ballet Rotoscope was created ...

  • Dance has always been a big part of photographer Yulia Artemyeva‘s life. The photographer spent the majority of her childhood and youth involved with ballet and was inspired further into her professio...

  • The Vaganova method is a method of teaching classical ballet that was developed by Agrippina Vaganova. This method fused the romantic style of the French ballet and dramatic soulfulness of the Russian...

  • When he started his training at age 6, no one could tell that Marius Petipa would grow into one of the greatest classical ballet dancers. Born in 1819 Marseilles, France, the young Marius disliked dan...

  • The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) was established in London, England in 1920 by Genee, Karsavina, Bedells, E. Espinosa, and Richardson and received its Royal Charter in 1936. Genee was its first presid...

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