Classical ballet has a familiar place in our minds. We know who invented it, the major stars and the eras they pioneered, and the classics of the repertoire—Christmas comes, and so does “The ...

One of my earliest memories of classical dance was watching Mikhail Baryshnikov in “White Nights” brazenly win a bet with 11 consecutive pirouettes. The raw beauty and heroism of the moment stayed ...

Xiaogang Ye laughed awkwardly as he recounted a conversation with a western music lover. “He said: ‘Hey, your music interests me. But it’s very high—I suppose the voice has to be high when reading ...

When Seth Boustead — leader of a Chicago-based music ensemble — wanted in 2006 to commission via the internet a new composition from a Chinese composer working in China, he had trouble finding one.