Forget the flowing scarlet feathers you picture when someone mentions The Firebird. Ballet Arizona opens its intriguing take on the classic Russian ballet this week – with a futuristic twist. It’s ...

Mysterious and seductive, The Firebird is a world-famous ballet about an adventuresome prince who happens upon trouble and seeks the help of a mystical female creature willing to make the ultimate ...

Denver is a dance city: It hosts a classical ballet company, as well as the nation’s second-largest contemporary ballet company, mere miles from one another. Few cities between the coasts boast such ...

In Russian folklore, the firebird is a magical creature whose flaming appearance can signify great change, a bringer of both blessings and doom, to those who encounter it. Stravinsky's "Firebird" is ...

Robert Hill hopes Orlando audiences will take a leap of faith. “It’s easier to sell something people have heard of, like ‘Swan Lake,'” says the artistic director of Orlando Ballet. “But everyone ...

Newport Contemporary Ballet continues their performance series with the searing CATCH FIRE!, consisting of two premiere works: Ashes, choreographed by Tristian Griffin, and Firebird, reimagined by the ...

From Abilities Dance Boston's "Firebird" to a series of folktales from Asian American Ballet Project, WBUR arts contributor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A story of rebirth, beauty and magic will cast a spell over audiences when it’s danced on an area stage. The New ...

‘Folklore meets funk” is how San Diego Ballet describes its production of “Joplin and Firebird,” with choreography by Javier Velasco. This Russian folk story — with its heroes, villains and a magical ...

(This review is by American-Statesman freelance writer Claire Christine Spera.) Ballet Austin’s productions of “Agon” and “The Firebird” at the Long Center made for an evening of contrasts threaded ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Gil Boggs arrived in Denver in the spring of 2006 to become artistic director of the Colorado Ballet, he got right down to business. Literally within ...