With elements of “Black Swan,” “Suspiria” and even “Flashdance,” Amazon’s “Birds of Paradise” tells the story of two young American ballet dancers at a prestigious academy in Paris involved in a ...

Mating dances are not unusual in the bird kingdom, but the displays put on by birds of paradise are mesmerizing. The male bird in the above clip is doing his best to impress a female, and the display ...

Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic gymnastics than initially meets the human eye. For the first time, scientists ...

Welcome to the lesser bird of paradise show! With a backdrop of lush vegetation, this strikingly beautiful bird is putting on a display of his life. You can have a front row seat by taking a look at ...

Few art forms have inspired filmmakers as much as ballet: Over the decades, the ballet movie has practically become a film genre unto itself, ranging from campy teen classics like Center Stage to ...

Newly publicized audiovisuals support full species status for one of the dancing birds-of-paradise in New Guinea. This new species, called the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise, is found only in the ...

Ballet can be an elusive artistic form for those unfamiliar with it, in no small part due to its inaccessibility. Unfortunately, the opaque nature of the field often means that attempts to illuminate ...

Birds-of-paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae), a family of passerine birds that includes more than 40 species, have an elaborate courtship display. The male dances frenetically, showing off brightly colored ...