Read more American Ballet Theatre stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3464/american-ballet-theatre.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T16:01:09http://www.newser.com/story/59404/first-lady-praises-arts-on-nyc-visit.htmlMichelle Obama emphasized the administration's support for the arts on a visit to New York City yesterday, the New York Times reports. Speaking at the ribbon-cutting for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's partially reopened American wing and at the star-studded opening night of the American Ballet Theater, the first lady...http://www.newser.com/story/59404/first-lady-praises-arts-on-nyc-visit.html2009-05-19T10:49:16http://www.newser.com/story/29066/youtube-lets-ballerinas-diy.htmlFormal ballet is one of the most rigid education systems in art—dancers spend years doing exercises before they are even allowed to purchase pointe shoes. But some students are abandoning the hierarchy and turning to a less-stringent, modern master—YouTube. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at aspiring...http://www.newser.com/story/29066/youtube-lets-ballerinas-diy.html2008-06-03T19:44:38http://www.newser.com/story/13330/abt-ballerina-killed-in-jersey-crash.htmlA dancer for the American Ballet Theater is dead and her dancer husband seriously injured after a fender-bender on an icy New Jersey highway turned fatal. Jennifer Alexander and her husband were returning from a Pennsylvania performance of The Nutcracker when they exited their vehicle after a nine-car pileup, and...http://www.newser.com/story/13330/abt-ballerina-killed-in-jersey-crash.html2007-12-05T11:57:06http://www.newser.com/story/3469/ballerinas-dance-into-history.htmlTwo of the dance world's biggest names took their leave this weekend as Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols sashayed into retirement in touchingly similar fashion—onstage with their young children in a hail of cheers and flowers. Nichols, 48, bowed out after 33 years with New York City Ballet; Ferri,...http://www.newser.com/story/3469/ballerinas-dance-into-history.html2007-06-24T20:16:56