Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today. By Javier C. Hernández “It’s jeweler’s work,” ...

It was with some reluctance that I went to Boston last week to see the Kirov Ballet dance “Swan Lake” at the Wang Center, where it was part of the Bank of America Celebrity Series, which first brought ...

Valery Bogokina Myers, standing at left, watches dancers take part in a master class she taught recently at Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. Costumed dancers pose with choreographer and teacher Valery ...

Michael Kaiser is not the sort of guy to crow, but if he were, he'd have good reason. Washington is in for a blitz of world-class ballet this week and next as Russia's Kirov Ballet rounds out its run ...

The Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington DC has had to make cuts and beef up its fund-raising efforts after losing significant support last year from its main donor. Officials at the nonprofit ...

On the Kirov Ballet, occasioned by performances at the Met this summer. The Kirov Ballet is the company that the choreographer George Balanchine left behind when he sailed from Russia in 1924. It is ...

The Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the kind of place where you can see Weird Al Yankovic or the Jamz Cheerleading Championship. But back in September, for two nights only, it was the Kirov ...

Full disclosure: I'm not much of a classical dance fan. I enjoy a sharply performed Robot, a good Pop-and-Lock, the occasional well-executed Worm. Por ejemplo: C'mon, who could argue with that? But ...

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews. By Trip Gabriel Among the ...