Hattiesburg teen Alexei Orohovsky was accepted as a soloist at one of the world's most prestigious ballet companies -- the ...

In Ukraine and Russia, where ballet is centrally important to culture, dancers have had their worlds upended by the Russian invasion.

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 breathe ballet. Mitchell ...

Even though ballet did not originate in Russia, it is where we find some of the world’s premiere dance companies, such as the Bolshoi Ballet and Moscow Ballet. So, why has Russia become the ...

Dozens of foreign and domestic dancers had already fled Russia for fear of being called to the frontlines.

The world’s leading ballet theaters had to cancel seasons due to the pandemic. But Russia’s famed Bolshoi Theatre still welcomed visitors.

The Westside School of Ballet welcomed three professional dancers after they left their homes, friends and career behind in Russia. American dancers Joy Womack and Adrian Mitchell are both former ...

Bolshoi ballerina Olga Smirnova, an international ballet star who recently publicly denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has quit the famed Moscow ballet company and joined the Dutch ...

A Bolshoi Theatre ballet about the life of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev set to premiere on Saturday contains tender scenes of gay romance, testing the Kremlin's tolerance for what it calls ...