Ballet’s living center is shifting eastward, with more and more of the most exciting arts and artists coming out of China, Korea and Japan. New and truly modern productions are being exported ...

Fifteen years after her entry into the field with the short work Trace it was time to go big. Topp has made her first full-length ballet using Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as a launch pad for a ...

THIS IS BALLET as we like it. Produced in the pretty Rococo Richmond Theatre and set to everybody’s favourite Puccini melodies, we are told the well known story of beautiful women, handsome men and ...

For his first ever tutu ballet, Butterfly based on Petipa’s Le Papillon, choreographer Lucas Jervies wanted to mix things up. “I decided to flip the genders and have the male lead as the butterfly ...

Ballet dancers perform "The Butterfly Lovers" at Lincoln Center in New York City, the United States, Aug. 22, 2025. Adapted by Hong Kong Ballet, "The Butterfly Lovers" made its overseas debut at the ...