Yuri Grigorovich has died. He was a towering figure in the field of dance as the Soviet Russian choreographer who ran Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre during the last three decades of the U.S.S.R. The 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 ...

Time was, if big-time dance came to town from New York or Europe, they'd play San Francisco's Opera House: the Royal Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem.

Culture and compassion will take centre stage on January 24 at 6pm, as the prestigious School of Russian Ballet brings the ...

Russian ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov can still turn heads at 77. The dance icon made a rare appearance Wednesday in New York City alongside former Sex and the City co-star Sarah Jessica Parker ...

Talk of Russian ballet and familiar classics like Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker come to mind instantly. So, it comes as a surprise that a 50-year-old Russian ballet company in ...

(Reuters) -Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, the Bolshoi Theatre said on Monday. Grigorovich, ...

Acclaimed Russian ballet choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, has died aged 98. Described as one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, he was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from ...