Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser is pleased to announce Pennsylvania Ballet’s premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals; a co-production between Houston Ballet Foundation and Pennsylvania Ballet.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for Cinderella, on stage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts from May 28 – June 8, 2008.

This June The Australian Ballet presents Jerome Robbins – a celebration at the Arts Centre. The programme is a tribute to the world-famous choreographer, whose genius stretched across decades and art forms The programme commemorates the tenth anniversary of Robbins' death and will be one of many such tributes around the world during 2008.

Texas Ballet Theater presents Ben Stevenson's renowned masterpiece, Dracula, at Dallas' Music Hall at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall April 18, 19 and 20. Ticket prices start at $18.

Iain Webb and the Sarasota Ballet continue a season of firsts with a program including Tony Award winning choreographer Matthew Bourne's The Infernal Galop from 1989 and a world premiere of Wolfgang for Webb by Dominic Walsh.

Pennsylvania Ballet and Wachovia Wealth Management present Coppélia at the Merriam Theater at the University of the Arts April 18-27, 2008 First performed by the Company in 1978, and most recently revived in 2002, Coppélia remains one of Pennsylvania Ballet's most popular full-length works.

Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer, Chi Cao, is to appear in a film adaptation of Li Cunxin's bestselling autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer. Chi, who has been cast as the adult Li, will appear alongside dancers from The Australian Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet in the film, which is to be directed by the internationally acclaimed Bruce Beresford.

Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces today two special engagements for Boston Ballet after the close of the Company's 2007-08 Boston season. This Spring, the company will perform as part of the acclaimed Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina (May 24 and 25) and as part of the Ballet Across America series at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (June 13 and 15).

2008 is a big year for The Australian Ballet. In addition to 162 performances across the country, The Australian Ballet will tour four works to Paris, London and Manchester in September and October, marking the company's 30th international tour in its 46 year history. The company will present contemporary, mainly large scale Australian works, full of awesome ensemble movements and exquisite passages that showcase the brilliance of our leading dancers.

Ballet San Jose announced a five-week, eight-city tour to China scheduled for May and June, 2008. The company, under the direction of Artistic/Executive Director Dennis Nahat, will depart San Jose on May 17th (returning on June 24th) on a private 747 loaned to the ballet by Fry's Electronics.

Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser is pleased to announce that 2-time Tony Award-winner John Lithgow will appear in 3 performances of Pennsylvania Ballet's premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Carnival of the Animals; a co-production between Houston Ballet Foundation and Pennsylvania Ballet.

Texas Ballet Theater, Dallas and Fort Worth's preeminent professional ballet company, today announced that the Youth Ensembles of its Texas Ballet Theater School Dallas Campus recently received a total of 16 awards at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – Semi Finals International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition held at the Irving Performing Arts Center in Irving, Texas.