

Spotlight Saturday: Darcey Bussell
Today's Spotlight Saturday focuses on retired English prima ballerina Darcey Bussell. Curtain call after a performance of 'Themes and...


Tutu Tuesday
It's Tutu Tuesday, and here's something a bit older than usual: Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova, in rehearsal for Don Quixote,...


Spotlight Saturday: Sylvie Guillem
It's Spotlight Saturday, and today's star is French prima ballerina Sylvie Guillem. Photoshoot, 1985 She was born in Paris on 25 February...


Spotlight Saturday: Mia Slavenska
Today's Spotlight Saturday focuses on American prima ballerina Mia Slavenska. She was born Mia Corak in Brod na Savi, in what was then...


Tutu Tuesday
Here's Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in Don Quixote - look at that lift! - Selene


Spotlight: Carlotta Grisi
It's Spotlight Saturday! This week's focus is Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi. She was born Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi on 28...


Spotlight: Agrippina Vaganova
This week's Spotlight Saturday is Russian ballerina and teacher Agrippina Vaganova. Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova was born on 26 June...


Spotlight: Fanny Elssler
Spotlight Saturday is back! Today's instalment features noted Romantic-era ballerina Fanny Elssler. She was born Franziska Elssler on 23...


Tutu Tuesday
It's that time again - here's Gillian Murphy of American Ballet Theatre as Odette in the company's amazing production of Swan Lake....


Spotlight: Yvette Chauvire
Okay, so... technically this is more like Spotlight Sunday (oops), but here's this week's Spotlight article, on a French ballerina who...