When Russian choreographer Boris Eifman looked at the work of French sculptor Auguste Rodin, he recognized someone familiar in its curves and contours: himself. “To be honest, Auguste as a sculptor ...

Of the ballet choreographers making narrative works for major stages, Russian Romantic Boris Eifman is virtually the only one totally in touch with the 21st century. Look at his two-act, biographical ...

Established in 1977, Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg has over the past 15 years brought to Boston a slew of Boris Eifman’s tormented psychodramas: “Tchaikovsky,” “Red Giselle,” “Russian Hamlet,” “Don ...

I am usually not a fan of the Ballet. It's not that I don't appreciate the art form, I just happen to find other forms of theatre more enjoyable. Clearly, I had just been seeing the wrong type of ...

Rodin's life and torrid love affair with Camille Claudel are being brought to the stage by a different kind of sculptor — celebrated Russian choreographer Boris Eifman You can save this article by ...

Eifman is best at pummelling a heap of dancers into sculptural forms, but less good at evoking nuances of character Rodin has been having a dance moment, with Russell Maliphant's 2012 Rodin Project ...

Rodin had a love life to match the tremendous energy of his sculptures. In “Rodin,” the Eifman Ballet’s vigorous work about the well-favored artist, imagined passions are channeled into two hours of ...

OTTAWA — Peter Quanz’s 2011 ballet Rodin/Claudel was inspired by the passionate, tormented relationship between the sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. It’s not surprising Montreal’s Les ...

Balletomanes will flock to Artscape on December 5, 6 and 7 when the St Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre performs there as part of its South African tour. These performances, Rodin, are a suite ...