Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday. His death was confirmed by the Mariinsky Theater, a venue in the city ...

A leading Russian ballet dancer quit the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and is leaving the country for the Netherlands after denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Olga Smirnova ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Katerina Fedotov, president of the Russian Ballet Orlando, moved from Ukraine to Central Florida with her family 25 years ago. “When you have hope, a belief, or a dream, dreams do come ...

Vladimir Shklyarov, one of ballet's leading dancers, has died aged 39 after falling from a fifth-floor balcony. His death was confirmed by the St Petersburg company on Saturday and, according to ...

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The once archetypal image of the Russian ballerina—silent, compliant, and delicate, regardless of national celebrity status—is distorting in real time. On Wednesday, the National Opera Ballet ...

Artistic director of Bolshoi Ballet from 1964-1995 Ballet maestro remembered as 'legendary figure' Famed for male roles in ballets such as Spartacus Resigned in 1995 as Bolshoi struggled after Soviet ...

Russian Ballet Theatre will perform a breathtaking new production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake that will travel to 52 cities across the United States, with stops in Trenton, N.J., and ...

Russian Ballet Theatre announces a breathtaking new production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake that will travel to 52 cities across the United States, with four local stops in Pennsylvania and ...

Ballet’s back at the Bushnell. A new tour of “Swan Lake” from the young yet staid Russian Ballet Theatre rehearsed for days at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, where the show premiered Wednesday. On ...

Trio Voronezh is three classical trained musicians who play Russian folk instruments. They join Fred in NPR's Studio 4A for some Russian music. They play a polka from a ballet score called "The Bolt," ...