Principal dancer Elizaveta Kokoreva and soloist Alexei Putintsev of the Bolshoi Theatre take part in a rehearsal in Moscow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Much like the Russian government, the Bolshoi Theatre, ...

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has upset opera and ballet fans by abruptly cancelling a series of shows this week by directors who have spoken out against the war in Ukraine. LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - ...

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MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) - Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, grounded by COVID-19 and then shunned in the West since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, returns to international touring next week for the first time ...

BEIJING, July 26 (Reuters) - The artistic director of Moscow's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet has vowed that his company will eventually perform in the West again, having been subject to a cultural ...

Russia’s famed Bolshoi Theater has pulled a ballet about the late dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev due to legislation outlawing the sharing of positive messages about LGBTQ issues. The ballet, ...

The former Bolshoi star, the most high-profile dancer to leave Russia, is making a career at the Dutch National Ballet, where she is refining her intensity. By Laura Cappelle Trained at the Bolshoi, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police said Tuesday they arrested three men in the acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet, including a star dancer suspected of masterminding ...

Yuri Grigorovich at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in 1985 during a Bolshoi tour - Robert Pearce/Fairfax Media via Getty Images Yuri Grigorovich, the Russian choreographer, who has died aged 98, was ...

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 ...