(from left) Indiana Woodward, Unity Phelan, Emily Kikta, Ruby Lister, Olivia MacKinnon and Lauren Collett in Paquita. Photo: Erin Baiano For some world premieres, it is best to come into the theater ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Minkus Pas de Trois, last performed by the company in 1993, is a sparkling eight-minute showpiece for three ...

Ludwig Minkus’ ballet Paquita is to be presented at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus for the third time. The new version directed by Tatiana Yershova will be performed by new soloists as the troupe has ...

The Crown of the Russian Ballet includesMarius Petipa’s One Act Ballet, the Paquita with music by Ludwig Minkus and Anatoly Emilianov’s choreographic interpretation of the Firebird to the musical ...