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 ...
The national company has a new leader, Jurgita Dronina, and a desire to raise its profile to a troupe that can rank among ...
The Westside School of Ballet welcomed three professional dancers after they left their homes, friends and career behind in Russia. American dancers Joy Womack and Adrian Mitchell are both former ...
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Reuters) - Xander Parish is a British-born ballet dancer who was a principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Then, in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine ...
Creative imagination at its most disciplined and visceral will be on high-flying display on a Costa Mesa stage Saturday night, Nov. 12 as “Reunited in Dance” brings together 18 dancers from the ...
During the 1991 August Coup in Russia, the ballet Swan Lake played on a loop on state TV. The unusual broadcast alerted Soviet citizens that something was catastrophically wrong in Moscow. On Friday a ...
In Tolstoy's tragic portrait of Anna and Tchaikovsky's music, Eifman found all the inspiration he needed. "For me, Tolstoy is ...
Joy Womack dances during rehearsal at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California - Copyright AFP Natalia KOLESNIKOVA Joy Womack dances during ...
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MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Russia's famed Bolshoi Theater will host the Paris Opera Ballet on Friday for the first time since the fall of communism, producing four neo-classical works from the second ...