Retiring principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre Herrera, here as Odette, takes her final bow with ABT this season. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy ABT. For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to dance. At 7 years old, without having anybody in the family who danced or any connections...

Gillian Murphy PhotosGillian Murphy BiographyNotable: American Ballet Theatre Gillian Murphy was born in Wimbledon, England and raised in the United States. Murphy began her ballet training at the age of three in Belgium and continued her ballet classes at the age of five in Florence, South Carolina. After training in South Carolina as a member of […]

Visa red tape has dashed English National Ballet’s plans to open its gigantic arena Swan Lake with the scheduled Russian star Polina Semionova. The 26-year-old ballerina from Berlin Ballet was much acclaimed on her debut with ENB in the production six years ago, and her return was expected to make a big splash for ENB’s summer blockbuster, marking the company’s 60th anniversary. But as the swans flock into the Kensington arena, Ms Semionova will still be in the air flying in from Berlin.