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At a news conference, Misty Copeland, newly minted as a principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, spoke about her early doubts and about the pleasure of seeing more racially diverse audie…
The Boston Conservatory's music, dance and musical theater programs would retain autonomy "within a new Berklee organization."
The fall galas, which were conceived by Sarah Jessica Parker, a vice chairwoman of the company's board, have raised more than $7.5 million since 2012.
The production is among the highlights of the 2015-16 Peak Performances season at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Ms. Moore's departure leaves Ballet Theater looking for a successor as it winds up its 75th-anniversary season.
Injured in "Giselle," Natalia Osipova withdraws from American Ballet Theater and Royal Ballet performances in the United States.
Lauren Lovette and Anthony Huxley were named principal dancers with the company, and Ashly Isaacs was promoted to soloist.
As part of the 50th anniversary of its parks concerts, the New York Philharmonic will be joined by local warm-up acts and food trucks.
Lawyers in the case said that they were exploring whether the company could be reorganized so it could emerge from bankruptcy and accept a multimillion dollar bequest from a benefactor.
The Metropolitan Opera's Summer HD Festival will run from Aug. 28 through Sept. 7.
The Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will sing the role in a new production of "West Side Story" under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival next year.
BAM announces its lineup for the coming Next Wave festival starting in September.
Polina Semionova, who was to have danced an excerpt from "Giselle" at Monday's gala, is withdrawing because of an injury.
The coming season of the Miller Theater at Columbia University will include contemporary works, early music and a new holiday program for families.
They are among 14 major visual artists whose works will be on display and for sale at the opera house's Gallery Met.
"Voodoo," by the pioneering African-American composer H. Lawrence Freeman, will be performed in a pair of June concerts at Columbia University that will be recorded.
The tenor Lawrence Brownlee will star in "Charlie Parker's Yardbird," which Gotham will present at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Ms. Copeland, a soloist at American Ballet Theater, was chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.
The Wallace Foundation is beginning a six-year effort to help dance companies, opera troupes, orchestras and theaters develop new audience-building programs.
The company has lined up $6.5 million to tour and for a new production of Balanchine's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with some Florida flavor.
The institute, in in Rockville, Md., will close its ballet school at the end of the summer, and begin offering scholarships to help young dancers study at schools of their choice.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present the world premiere of Rennie Harris's "Exodus" in June.
The company, founded by the Walmart heiress Nancy Laurie, had generous contracts for dancers and its own Chelsea theater.
The 2015-16 season will feature seven world premieres, including, in winter, the first full-length ballet by the choreographer Justin Peck.
Mr. Taylor has commissioned new dances by Larry Keigwin, Doug Elkins and Lila York for his company Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance.
