NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As the sun sets on the narrow streets of Africa's largest informal settlement, children hurry to change from daily clothes into pointe shoes and other ballet gear.

Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo is sure to pull audiences in with laughter, but it doesn’t take long for watchers to realize that these ballerinas really know their stuff. Founded in 1974, the ...

Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet — and a ...

Olga Supphozova glides across the stage in pointe shoes and a feathered tutu, her arms extended in elegant lines of beauty and strength. But the piece is called “The Dying Swan” for a reason — pretty ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As the sun sets on the narrow streets of Africa’s largest informal settlement, children hurry to change from daily clothes into pointe shoes and other ballet gear.