In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a division of the South Korean army is turning out pirouettes and tendus. Weekly ballet classes provide these soldiers, who guards the zone at the ...

After Universal Ballet, of Seoul, loaded in its sets Thursday, in Zellerbach Hall, the company of 70 dancers ran through its ruggedly anti- authoritarian, Soviet-inflected "Romeo and Juliet," ...

What if ballet dancers were to change their roles, from dancing to choreography? The Korea National Ballet is now presenting the KNB Movement Series I, featuring dancers who not only perform on stage ...

South Korean ballet is currently in a golden age. Names of our dancers who are active as principal performers at world-class ballet companies—such as Kim Ki-min, a principal dancer at Russia’s ...

Park Sae-eun is the first Asian ballerina to reach the highest rank at the Paris Opera Ballet in its 352-year history. Danseuse étoile: On June 10, South Korean ballerina Park Sae-eun made history not ...

BEIJING ― Just a year after the National Ballet of China had the Korean premiere of its staple repertoire “Raise the Red Lantern,” its Korean counterpart ― the Korea National Ballet ― premiered its ...

Veterans and active-duty service members can receive free tickets to a Korean folk ballet June 15 and 16 in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The Little Angels ...

Three generations of Korean ballet dancers will share the stage this week — not as fellow dancers, but as choreographer, stager and performer. Together, Hue Young-soon, Kim Ji-young and Kang Hyo-jung ...

Mary Jo Freshley, right, performs during a rehearsal at Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center for Halla Huhm Korean Dance Studio’s 75th Anniversary Concert. Freshley began helping out at the ...

In my quest to discover whether Korea’s culture and its rabid pursuit of education at any costs geared toward the national suneung, or College Scholastic Aptitude Test, could change, I journeyed to ...

FILE PHOTO: Zakharova and other dancers perform during a rehearsal of "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow SEOUL (Reuters) - A ballet show in South Korea featuring principal dancers ...