Visitors look at the painting "The signing of the treaty on the formation of the USSR on Dec. 30, 1922, in the Bolshoi Theater" by Stepan Dudnik at the State Central Museum of Contemporary History ...

The Bolshoi hasn't pulled a premiere so late in ... All of this, of course, is painting with broad brushstrokes. Russia is not totally testosterone-fuelled but a place of nuance and variety.

this is art." La Bayadère is a romantic tragedy set in India. It has featured performers in black make-up since it was first performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in St Petersburg in 1877. Throughout ...