For the dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet, the unearthly demands of classical technique come easily: the elegant hypermobility, the suppleness, the pointework. Grace is their default mode. But when it ...

The Russian Mariinsky Ballet performs George Balanchine's iconic "Jewels" series. George Balanchine's three-part "Jewels" series premiered in New York in 1961. It centers on Emeralds, evoking Romantic ...

Two dancers from the Russian company were set to perform at a benefit for a prestigious competition for young dancers, but they were sidelined after protests by pro-Ukrainian activists. By Javier C.

In most American cities, on most weekends of the year, you will likely find a large number of little girls fidgeting in pastel leotards, waiting for their chance to sway and twirl across wide open ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spirits, dreams, swans and an Arabian tale. These subjects do not seem out of place when it comes to the subjects of ballet but more than 100 years ago, when ...

It has been four long years since the beauty of Russia's Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet) graced Bay Area audiences. Courtesy of Cal Performances, they return to Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall ...

Vladimir Shklyarov performing in 2008: the Telegraph called him ‘heavenly, one of those dancers who seems to regard the stage as a place he instinctively belongs’ - eyevine Vladimir Shklyarov, who has ...