It's been more than two years since behind-the-curtain intrigue at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet escalated into violence. In that time the victim has come a long way toward healing. The story now from Tracy ...

The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow has dropped a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire after a law on so-called "gay propaganda" was tightened. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin ...

The language of ballet is one of dramatic gesture: In La Bayadère, after the beautiful temple dancer is bitten by a poisonous snake, she communicates her resignation to death by throwing her hands up ...

Scandal rocked the Bolshoi this year when its artistic director had acid thrown in his face. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the troupe's recently sacked principal dancer, tells Judith Mackrell why he thinks his ...

To try to understand a land which birthed a Putin, I went back to my old notes. I have been to Russia several times. A taxi, empty, cruised past, slowly, repeatedly, then grudgingly stopped. In ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Bolshoi is back. The Moscow company is one of the biggest names in ballet: its name even means "big", covering both the company's ...

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The Crusades are about to launch, and in a castle in the south of France, a group of Hungarian knights is partying. Among them is Jean de Brienne, a cavalier smitten with a local princess. The ...

An American dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow has quit the renowned institution, claiming that she would have had to pay a bribe in order to secure a solo role. Joy Womack, who hails from Los ...

A view of the empty hall of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on May 15, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via ...