In Tolstoy's tragic portrait of Anna and Tchaikovsky's music, Eifman found all the inspiration he needed. "For me, Tolstoy is ...

Vladimir Shklyarov, one of ballet's leading dancers, has died aged 39 after falling from a fifth-floor balcony. His death was confirmed by the St Petersburg company on Saturday and, according to ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is rooting for "Black Swan" to win at the upcoming Oscars, as the Hollywood melodrama finds resonance with ballet's master of heritage. Starring Natalie Portman as the black ...

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 ...

Investigators in Russia are looking into the death of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, after he fell from an apartment block balcony and ...

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Sergei Polunin, a former star at London's Royal Ballet, said on Wednesday that he had decided to leave Russia with his family, complaining that his "soul" did not feel like ...

Moscow — Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday announced that he plans to leave Russia. The Ukrainian-Russian dancer was one ...

Since she was 10 years old, Irina Vassileni-Uralsky knew she wanted to be a professional ballet dancer. “I knew, I always knew,” she said, shaking her head with a knowing smile. She holds out a ...