A young ballet dancer performs a graceful routine to the music of Coppélia – and takes home first prize in a major international competition. An 11-year-old Japanese dancer was awarded top prize at a ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Ferdinand Herold, Adolphe Adam and Leo Delibes, three French composers who were significant figures in the world of ballet ...

If marches and waltzes are inherently Viennese, Mazurkas are intrinsically Polish and nocturnes are forever Irish at their core, much of the world’s greatest ballet music will always be associated ...

We move on to a pair of songs without words. The Flower Duet from the opera "Lakme" by Leo Delibes became not only one of the composer's most successful pieces, but also one of the most famous tunes ...

Ballet is a universally loved musical and dramatic artform, and we can gain a deeper appreciation of its beauty by considering ballet’s spectacular rise to popularity in France during the mid-19th ...