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Nikolay Tsiskaridze 05.03.2009, 08:39

‘Art is dead – but ballet lives on’

Modern technology has killed real art, and nobody can tell a fake from the original, believes Russian ballet dancer Nikolay Tsiskaridze. What you can’t falsify, though, is dance, says the renowned Bolshoi leading man.

20.12.2008, 23:14

Stalin’s favourite ballerina dies at 92

The renowned Russian Prima ballerina, Olga Lepeshinskaya, has died in Moscow at the age of 92. She was the star of the Bolshoi theatre for 30 years.

22.05.2007, 17:22

Best of ballet compete for Benois de la Dance

“Benois de la Dance” is the Oscar of the ballet world. Founded by the International Dance association 15 years ago, it has quickly gained recognition. The jury has been presided over by Russian choreographer, Yury Grigorovich.

30.07.2009, 16:29 19 comments

Soviet repressions remembered

Remembering the fate of political prisoners and reminding of human rights are the aims of the memorial museum of political repressions Perm-36. The museum has held the 5th International forum “Pilorama-2009”.

A portrait of Sergei Diaghilev by Valentin Serov
24.09.2010, 12:21

Being Serge Diaghilev

A festival dedicated to one of the key figures in the world of ballet in the 20th Century, Sergey Diaghilev, founder of the legendary Ballets Russes, kicks off in London on Friday.

photo by Damir Yusupov 22.09.2009, 11:03

Boris Godunov’s comeback

The Bolshoi Theatre opens its season tonight with one of the most popular Russian operas, “Boris Godunov”, brought together by one of the country’s most revered blue-chip filmmakers, Aleksander Sokurov.

27.09.2009, 19:09 1 comment

Mariinsky opens new season with Anna Netrebko

Anna Netrebko, one of the world’s best sopranos, will be opening the new season at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. She will be performing the main part on “Iolanta”, opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

"War and Peace" by Andrey Konchalovsky

16.10.2009, 16:33

“War and Peace” for entertainment

Even an epic opera can be staged like a Hollywood blockbuster! That has already been proven by one of Russia’s top filmmakers whose name is familiar in the West – Andrey Konchalovsky.

Svetlana Zakharova 09.04.2009, 14:22

‘Video game’ for Bolshoi prima ballerina

Bolshoi Theatre prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova will dance in a ‘video game’ ballet.

AFP Photo / Interpress / Evgeny Asmolov 21.05.2009, 20:18

Major classical music festival kicks off in St. Petersburg

Over 100 concerts and performances will be presented as part of the seventeenth musical festival “Stars of the White Nights,” supervised by maestro Valery Gergiev.

How to impress the modern ballet public

Published: 10 March, 2009, 19:28


Sylvie Guillem and Russel Maliphant in Push

With Moscow and St. Petersburg permanently vying for the status of Russia’s cultural capital and with their respective ballet strongholds – the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres –

 
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