Once known as the famous International Ballet School West, the brick building tucked away on Montana Avenue that launched the careers of famous prima ballerinas has been transformed and into one of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MILAN (AP) — Carla Fracci, an Italian ...

As far as ballet competitions go, there are few on an equal footing with The Fonteyn. The annual event attracts “the finest young dancers from around the globe” to London and takes its name from ...

Having ovecome insecurity over her age, Ferri ready to dance with Romeo 20 years her junior Defying all odds, at the age of 53, world-renowned Italian prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri is still not ...

Ballet dancers Olga Smirnova (R) and Artemy Belyakov perform during the Diamonds ballet of the New Year gala event at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. EPA Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova ...

Carla Fracci, an Italian cultural icon and former La Scala prima ballerina renowned for romantic roles alongside such greats as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, died Thursday at her home in ...

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