Audiences at the Bolshoi Theatre could find themselves without 11 of its well-known productions after a dispute over the rights to Yuri Grigorovich’s choreographic legacy.
Yuri Grigorovich, the longtime choreographer at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, has died at 98. He was the artictic director of the theatre for more than three decades.
Makhar Vaziev, director of the Bolshoi Ballet company, talks about the most discussed problems in ballet today, and wanting a third theatre for the Bolshoi.
The Bayerisches Staatsballett is the first Western European company to dance Yuri Grigorovich‘s Spartacus, which he created in 1968 for the Bolshoi Ballet. It has become the trademark Soviet ballet. The premiere in Munich was part of a concept to present productions that have been milestones in ballet history. The mini-run (other performances follow in…
How secretly gratifying it is when wine experts trip up, rating High Street plonk higher than the Premier cru. Ballet music could benefit from unlabelled listening. Minkus is routinely pooh-poohed, yet how many superb, theatrical moments he creates for La Bayadère — sublime, exhilarating, haunting, joyous. If interval chatter isn’t focussed on complaining about the…
Below is the full programme of Gala des Étoiles, at La Scala on 30 and 31 October. The Gala will be transmitted live by Italian television, Rai, on Rai5, and in cinemas internationally both live and over the next two months. It can also be followed live from the wings via La Scala’s site and its…
The annual Benois de la danse prize-giving ceremony, one of the dance world’s most prestigious awards, was held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow at the end of May. The prix is awarded not only to dancers and choreographers but also to composers and designers, reflecting Diaghilev’s noble concept that ballet is a fusion of all…
CHOREOGRAPHERS: ALEXANDER EKMAN – A Swan Lake, Mikael Karlsson. The Norwegian National Ballet. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT – The Taming of the Shrew, Dmitry Shostakovich. Bolshoi Ballet. DWIGHT RHODEN – Verse Us, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nils Frahm, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass, Sven Helbig, Kristian Jarvi. Ballet Nice Mediterrannee. MARTIN SCHLÄPFER – Deep Field, Adriana Holzsky. Ballet am…
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was five I started dancing things like the cha-cha-cha and rumba. Ballet began when I was ten. Why did you start dancing? Teachers and parents saw my great ability to dance, but I chose ballet I wanted to dance for my Mom to fulfil her dreams. Which…
The (other) American at the Bolshoi, 16-year-old Julian MacKay, has been winning medals at the international ballet competitions at Sochi and Istanbul. Of course there are lots of ballet competitions and lots of medals, even if these particular competitions are important ones, but what is incredible is that he was representing the Bolshoi Academy at…
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