Principal dancer Elizaveta Kokoreva and soloist Alexei Putintsev of the Bolshoi Theatre take part in a rehearsal in Moscow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Much like the Russian government, the Bolshoi Theatre, ...

Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich, who was for three decades the lead choreographer at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, has died aged 98. Born in the Soviet city of Leningrad to a ballet ...

Yuri Grigorovich at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in 1985 during a Bolshoi tour - Robert Pearce/Fairfax Media via Getty Images Yuri Grigorovich, the Russian choreographer, who has died aged 98, was ...

The National Ballet of Japan makes its debut at the London Royal Opera House on Thursday, pirouetting into a void left when Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled over the war in Ukraine. In 2022, the ...

Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova has departed her home country to pursue a dance career in the Netherlands following her public denouncement of the Russia-Ukraine war. The world-famous classical ...

From 6 to 12 October 2025, the Winter Theatre in Sochi is hosting the 10th Yuri Grigorovich International Competition "Young ...

MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Pressure is growing on the manager of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre after a prime-time television show criticised him over a "decade of scandal", including an acid attack on its ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Teatro Real, one of Europe’s major opera houses, said Friday it’s canceling a set of upcoming performances by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet over the war the country is waging on ...

Conductor Valery Gergiev, considered among the greatest of his generation, was declared persona non grata in many theatres and by his own agent. — © AFP Conductor ...

In his recent year-end address to the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for patience with the war in Ukraine, saying the country would meet its goals. But in Moscow, the war can often ...

Madrid (AP) -- Spain’s Teatro Real, one of Europe’s major opera houses, said Friday it's canceling a set of upcoming performances by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet over the war the country is waging on ...