Australian Ballet opens Cal Performances' fall season with Christopher Wheeldon's "Oscar," staging ballet's first full-length romance between two men in an ambitious but uneven work.

Oscar” is an unparalleled contemporary celebration of the great poet, artist and writer — and the heart-wrenching humanity of ...

For centuries, classical ballet has asked choreographers to operate using extreme positions and unconventional actions—the 180-degree penché arabesque; tossing a fellow dancer up onto one shoulder and ...