When Olga Smirnova in March quit Moscow's famed Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the prima ballerina's decision shook the ballet world. Russian dance critic Leila Guchmazova ...

For decades now, Russians have known the drill. When there's bad news brewing, such as the death of a leader, or a convulsive event, such as the Chernobyl disaster, State TV switches its programming ...

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - At the London Coliseum theatre, a cast of Ukrainian dancers rehearse a new production of "Giselle", as Russian-born choreographer and former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei ...

Dedicated to Ukraine, Alexei Ratmansky’s evening-length ballet “The Art of the Fugue” is both dispassionately unsentimental and profoundly moving.

BEIJING, July 26 (Reuters) - The artistic director of Moscow's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet has vowed that his company will eventually perform in the West again, having been subject to a cultural ...

The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow has dropped a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire after a law on so-called "gay propaganda" was tightened. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin ...

Russians remember Yuri Grigorovich, a choreographer who was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet for three decades. He died May 19 aged 98. Yuri Grigorovich has died. He was a towering figure in ...

Her versatility and theatricality brought her world renown and an appearance with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. She later became a troupe’s artistic director. By Alastair Macaulay LONDON — Beryl Grey, ...

MOSCOW, 25 October (BelTA) - The Bolshoi Theater of Russia will come on tour to Belarus in November 2023, director of the theater Vladimir Urin said at a press conference dedicated to the beginning of ...