Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spirits, dreams, swans and an Arabian tale. These subjects do not seem out of place when it comes to the subjects of ballet but more than 100 years ago, when ...

Yuri Fateyev, the Mariinsky Ballet’s acting director, describes his two upcoming shows as “absolutely opposite productions in the same region.” The Russian dance company and orchestra formerly known ...

For the dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet, the unearthly demands of classical technique come easily: the elegant hypermobility, the suppleness, the pointework. Grace is their default mode. But when it ...

Kim Ki-min, a principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet, will perform in a local tour with Béjart Ballet Lausanne (BBL), founded by French choreographer Maurice Béjart (1927–2007). The performances ...

Vladimir Shklyarov, seen in the Mariinsky Ballet Theatre's production of George Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," has died. He was 39. (Robbie Jack / Corbis via Getty Images) Vladimir Shklyarov, ...

In most American cities, on most weekends of the year, you will likely find a large number of little girls fidgeting in pastel leotards, waiting for their chance to sway and twirl across wide open ...

2 Review: BALLET TO BROADWAY: WHEELDON WORKS, Royal Ballet And Opera 3 Review: ROMEO & JULIET, Royal Ballet And Opera Celebrate the holiday season with an exciting tradition - the Mariinsky Theatre's ...

Two dancers from the Russian company were set to perform at a benefit for a prestigious competition for young dancers, but they were sidelined after protests by pro-Ukrainian activists. By Javier C.

It’s as though both of Russia’s major ballet companies have been caught in the unyielding grip of a polar vortex. Bitter fissures have cracked through their elegant facades: Valery Gergiev, general ...