Long before Misty Copeland grabbed international headlines as the first African American woman named principal dancer at American Ballet Theater in New York, Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet was ...

Kids at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club are learning brand new vocabulary: piroutte, tendu, battement fondu — all part of the BE BOLD after-school ballet program created by the Misty Copeland ...

First Position is a welcome antidote to tawdry reality shows like Dance Moms and breathless competitions like So You Think You Can Dance. Director Bess Kargman’s documentary follows a half-dozen ...

Jae'Auna Brantley likes to round her hands up toward the sky and plié — a true ballerina. When Usher or the Korean-pop group BTS plays, she can't help but slip in a little shake of the hips or show ...

Misty Copeland at the BET Black Girls Rock show in in Newark, New Jersey, in 2013 Photo by Brad Barket / BET / Getty Images for BET When Misty Copeland was 13 years old, she took her first ballet ...