En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | The Washington Ballet

One of America's greatest ballerinas, turned artistic director, has passed on the tradition of true classical ballet to today's dancers in Washington DC.

Despite the uneven performances, the evening offered a painful reminder: the future of Cunningham's opus is fragile and delicate. With his own company disbanded, his future is in the hands of dancers who are not trained in his technique and did not have the good fortune of working directly with the great choreographer.

Space-Age Ballet Frontier premiered to honour JFK. 

A successful program of Kylian, Peck and Forsythe. 

Washington Ballet's Giselle under the new directorship of Julie Kent

Dazzling pop-ballet 'Bowie and Queen' marks Company Director's grand finale

Webre's ends his tenure at the Washingotn Ballet not with a whimper but a bang. 

The Washington Ballet celebrates Shakespeare's anniversary with a performance of Stephen Mills' Hamlet. 

Energy, Fun and Experimentation: Watchwords of the season at the Washington National Ballet

Choreography somewhat frenetic, but plenty of seasonal jolliness in DC's Nutcracker. 

Septime Webre's Great Glorious Latin Ballet 'Mash-up' energises the DC ballet crowd.

Washington Ballet's junior company crosses the river to bring ballet into the wider community, with a Sleeping Beauty performance.

Septime Webre’s Alice in Wonderland is a visual tour de force for the Washington Ballet. 

The much-hyped casting of Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack in Washington Ballet’s Swan Lake enticed a remarkably young, diverse and hip crowd into the Eisenhower Theater at Washington's Kennedy Center.