Wherefore art thou Romeo and Juliet? Riding Segways? Wearing Renaissance costumes that incorporate jeans, hooded sweaters and muscle shirts? Not to mention the slight rewriting of the title of the ...

There are few tragedies more haunting than the death of innocents, as Shakespeare, Euripides and the daily news remind us. One of the best known of these tragedies gains new power through a moving and ...

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Swedish choreographer Mats Ek shocked the dance world when he announced in January that he would be retiring his repertoire of works from the world stage. The news means Southern California audiences’ ...

Cullberg Ballet: 8 tonight and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $35 and $52. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, 700 Howard St. (415) 392-2545 or www.performances.org. He gave the dance world a "Sleeping ...

A ballet dancer from the Borders village of Oxton has become principal dancer at The Royal Swedish Ballet. Calum Lowden said he was "ecstatic" and "surprised" after being given the position. A ...

Mats Ek, one could say, is drawn to blood. The Swedish choreographer has been digging into pain and violence for 40 years. He set his version of “Giselle” — that tender, Romantic-era love story — in ...