AMERICAN BALLET THEATER

The Herodion stage in Athens will host "The Stars Shine Under the Acropolis," a stunning ballet gala featuring top international talent. The event will showcase stars from the Paris Opera Ballet, the Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Berlin State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, the Royal Danish Ballet and American Ballet Theater.

America's national ballet company returned to China on Nov. 2 for the first time in a decade in the latest sign that the strained U.S.-China relations are beginning to improve.