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Ballet

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ABT: American Ballet Theatre

The American Ballet Theatre's homepage offers information about performances (past and present), Dancer Bios, and a Photo Gallery of black and white photographs of performances, staged poses, and behind-the-scenes shots.

https://www.abt.org/
American Ballet Theatre - Ballet Dictionary

How many times have you heard or used the terms "pirouette" or "pas de deux" without really knowing what they meant? A number of words related to ballet have made their way into common usage, although many people may not know what they really mean or what they would look like if performed by a trained dancer. The American Ballet Theatre has created this Online Ballet Dictionary of 170 terms with...

https://www.abt.org/explore/learn/
Critical Dance Forum

Terpsichorean pursuits sometimes get short shrift on arts sites, but this site celebrates all aspects of dance and ballet. CriticalDance is an international non-profit entity established to support all of the dance arts, and their site includes forums, photo galleries, external links, and articles culled from their magazine. First-time visitors may want to start by looking through the online...

https://criticaldance.org/
Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era

Born in Kiev 115 years ago, Vaslav Nijinsky would become one of the premier ballet dancers of the 20th century, despite the fact that after age 28 his professional career ended, and he spend most of the remaining 30 years of his life in treatment for schizophrenia. On this site, developed by the New York Public Library, visitors can learn about Njinsky's prolific career in ballet through the early...

http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/nijinsky/home.html