SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Ballet dancers Adrian Blake Mitchell and Andrea Lassakova moved to Russia years ago to chase their dream of performing with the best in a country where people live and ...

Police in Russia are investigating after renowned Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov reportedly fell to his death over the weekend. He was 39. Shklyarov was a star dancer at the Mariinsky, the ...

Russian-American ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina, who had been sentenced in Russia to 12 years on treason charges, has been ...

Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova has departed her home country to pursue a dance career in the Netherlands following her public denouncement of the Russia-Ukraine war. The world-famous classical ...

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- Some of the world's most revered ballet dancers in Russia are now fleeing the country as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on. Two of those dancers are now in ...

British ballet dancer Xander Parish has made the decision to leave Russia and the country's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Xander shared the news Sunday on Instagram. "Dear ...

For decades now, Russians have known the drill. When there's bad news brewing, such as the death of a leader, or a convulsive event, such as the Chernobyl disaster, State TV switches its programming ...

The national company has a new leader, Jurgita Dronina, and a desire to raise its profile to a troupe that can rank among ...

MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Russia's famed Bolshoi Theater will host the Paris Opera Ballet on Friday for the first time since the fall of communism, producing four neo-classical works from the second ...

Ballet dancers Olga Smirnova (R) and Artemy Belyakov perform during the Diamonds ballet of the New Year gala event at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. EPA Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova ...