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“Ms. Morishita is a legend of the Japanese ballet world for sure. Everyone is wondering when her retirement performance will be,” Yoshida said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Aside from following the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team, she has few hobbies outside ballet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rick Seah, a doctor who treats athletes and dancers at the U.K.’s Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, said ballet dancers need strength and endurance in their muscles and ligaments to reach and maintain many complex positions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Seah said it is rare to see ballet dancers performing at 77.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

In ballet studios, open trays of crushed resin are usually set aside for the dancers.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

According to recent industry reports, ticket sales to American operas and ballets hover between 1.4 to 3 million each, depending on the year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

Prominent among these were ballets by Ms. Tharp, the one-time experimentalist modern-dance maker whose creations for ABT made up the opening bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

For the occasion, artistic director Susan Jaffe astutely chose 11 one-act ballets and four pas de deux.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

Stafford and Whelan have commissioned 12 ballets by choreographers of color in the last six years, it says.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall