In 1986, when Ballet of Dolls first performed its then-transgressive, cabaret-style of ballet, it appeared artistic director Myron Johnson had successfully turned the old “dancers-as-dolls” trope on ...

When is a ballet class more than just about polishing plies and Arabesques? When it's taught by Myron Johnson. The founder of Ballet of the Dolls, Johnson had a personal crisis exactly a year ago that ...

If memory serves, most shows by Ballet of the Dolls have a disco finish. The entire troupe cuts loose – and that’s saying a lot, as their cabaret-style shows already play fast and loose with gender, ...

MANILA, Philippines - Kathryn Bigelow is the toast of womanhood today for her amazing accomplishment in filmmaking, but for the past five decades, there has been another female icon who has inspired ...

3 ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 15 Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present a newly commissioned work for Minneapolis-based dance theater company Ballet of the Dolls, ...

When is a ballet class more than just about polishing plies and Arabesques? When it's taught by Myron Johnson. The founder of Ballet of the Dolls, Johnson had a personal crisis exactly a year ago that ...

With its leader attending to health matters, Minneapolis dance troupe Ballet of the Dolls has canceled the remainder of its season. The two planned shows, “A House of Good Repute — the Norma Wallace ...

Myron Johnson, founder and artistic director of Minneapolis dance troupe Ballet of the Dolls, has changed his “Faith.” The show Johnson will stage this year for the Ordway Center for the Performing ...

MOBILE, Alabama – When jealous Swanilda confronts Coppelia, the young lady with whom her boyfriend Franz has been flirting, she quickly learns that her romantic rival is a real doll. Not a doll, as in ...

The white-capped clown doll leaped. His black-capped counterpart swooned. Between the two dancers, a graceful fairy doll was tugged between the struggle for her affections. The duel of the Pierrot ...

Imagine being a child again and staring at a shelf filled with well-loved Victorian dolls. Then, inexplicably, you see them come to life before your eyes. The tiny unnatural scene would be unsettling ...

Founded in 1986 by choreographer Myron Johnson, the Ballet of the Dolls is a dance-theater company housed in the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. Their performances, which feature elements of ...