Ballet Rising

ballet rising is dedicated to highlighting inspiring stories of people around the world, whose passion for classical ballet is redefining its culture and elevating ballet as a truly global art form. we will be traveling to countries around the world to discover how ballet is growing in the hopes that highlighting their stories will encourage the global ballet community to help them grow. years ago, it seemed most big stars in the ballet world came from places like europe and north america with a few from other places like japan, cuba and argentina. nowadays the talent pool has expanded, and more and more big names are coming from countries like china, mexico, brazil, south korea and many more. there is an expansion underway due to globalization that seems like it will only continue and fuel the exposure to, and the passion for, international arts like ballet. more and more dancers are coming from a wider range of ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. as ballet expands it is chang