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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 ...

‘Tis the season when interpretations of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker abound. Dance companies dust off that old chestnut and try to fill seats, and their coffers, by giving it new life in any way they can.

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 ...

Why is Connecticut Ballet bringing back its Léo Delibes’ “Coppélia”? Because we could all use a laugh. A beautiful, romantic, exquisitely choreographed ballet dancing laugh. The show played the ...

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 ...