Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov partners with Veronica Tennant in The National Ballet of Canada's production of La Sylphide at Ontario Place in Toronto on Aug. 14, 1974.

Though Barton and Baryshnikov toured the work in Europe, Brazil and the U.S., the ballet school students are bringing the work to Russia's Mariinsky — the last Russian stage the famed dancer ...

Russian Seasons was originally created for New York City Ballet in 2006. The score is Leonid Desyatnikov's The Russian Seasons (2000) for violin, voice and string orchestra.

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Alexei Ratmansky, who was the Bolshoi ballet’s artistic director from 2004 until 2008, described an atmosphere of intrigue.

The ballet announced his death Monday at the age of 98. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Maynes has the story of a man whose productions were wildly popular at home and potent in the Cold War culture wars.

Young Calgary ballerinas auditioned for their roles in the Great Russian Nutcracker, Sept. 7, 2019. The performance will take place on Nov. 15 at the Jack Singer Auditorium.

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor, Alexander Prior, turned to the Russian tradition of ballet in front of a packed and enthusiastic audience at the Winspear Centre on Thursday, May ...

Yuri Grigorovich, one of the most significant choreographers of the 20th century, who as the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995 reshaped Russian ballet in the late Soviet ...

Russian choreographer Yuri Grigorovich speaks during the State Prize awards ceremony marking the Day of Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2017. [REUTERS/YONHAP] Russian ballet ...