Columbia City Ballet's 'The Sleeping Beauty' brings magic through dance

For Columbia City Ballet artistic director William Starrett, the touring production of "The Sleeping Beauty" has it all. "It's spectacular," Starrett says. "It is a huge production, with the most tutus of any ballet.

Bolshoi's Corps de Ballet in Top Form in 'Beauty'

Grandiose is the best one-word description I can come up with for the Bolshoi Theater's partly new production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty" that premiered in mid-November at the theater's newly reopened Main Stage.

Fairy Tale Birthdays

Thumbelina, Rumplestiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White, are classic fairy tales passed from generation to generation. This January and February, we celebrate the birthdays of the authors of these and many other works, happy birthday to the Brothers Grimm.

Run-ins with the ultras

See Naples and die, runs the old saying. What was once an exhortation to witness the beauty of a city sat in Vesuvius's shadow could now be interpreted – if some of the wilder media reports are believed – as a direct threat to visiting football supporters.

Breathtaking beauty in Dolomite region

The beauty of Italy's Dolomite region comes to life in the winter when ski enthusiasts bring much-needed money to the farming region.