Now more than ever before it needs to be connected to the culture and the direction we 're heading , '' says Jennifer Homans , a dance critic who has written about the history of ballet . Isabella Boylston is a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in New York City . She has been dancing since she was four years old and began her career as an apprentice with the Royal Ballet. Some in the dance community ask what is the place of ballet in a fast-paced , high-tech society . New York University is opening Center for Ballet and the Arts to explore questions about ballet .
Isabella Boylston is a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in New York City . She has been dancing since she was four years old and began her career as an apprentice with the Royal Ballet. Some in the dance community ask what is the place of ballet in a fast-paced , high-tech society . New York University is opening Center for Ballet and the Arts to explore questions about ballet .