WORCESTER, Mass. -- Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing.

More than 400 young ballet dancers from the Northeast have converged on Worcester, Massachusetts, to vie for scholarships at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions. This four-day event, hosted at a historic theater,

Widely considered America’s first prima ballerina, Tallchief is being celebrated by New York City Ballet, where she was a Balanchine muse, in her centennial year.

More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

Chattanooga Ballet, bound for Jackson Friday Jan. 24-25, will highlight Mississippi's Mary Kate Shearer in performances.

Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing. More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered

Raphaël Pichon was at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport with his Ensemble Pygmalion orchestra and chorus on March 12, 2020, catching a plane to New York for his U.S. debut nine days later at the Park Avenue Armory in Monteverdi's ''Marian Vespers.

The ballerina is leaving the company in February after 25 years. She will dance the lead in “Firebird” in her final program.

Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a program that featured Verdi’s “Four Seasons” and Tchaikovsky.

More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing.

Marina Harss Harss has written about dance for Goings On since 2004.