In Russian history, the year 1937 has become synonymous with the worst mass repressions of the Soviet period. But it was also the year that, on Feb. 10, a dance company was founded in Moscow ...

and six dancers in pairs, not counting several soloists. Petipa, a genius of classical ballet who for nearly 60 years served at the Russian Imperial Court, was not in the habit of exercising ...

Russians have a reputation as authorities on classical ballet. That reputation has had a tendency to overshadow the more contemporary dance techniques attempted. But a new movement of Russian ...

The two extracts from the suite give us the chance to look at very different dances: the whirling Russian Dance, based on a Ukrainian folk dance, and the elegant Waltz of the Flowers. The Russian ...

Ballet fans and members of Russia's cultural elite on Thursday filed past the open casket of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal ...