Any Northern California dance season graced by the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra is one to cherish, even when what is danced and how it is danced are not in perfect alignment. The St. Petersburg ...

It was part of a repertoire, which also comprised pieces from Richard Strauss, Antonin Dvorak and several other renowned composers, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday. Earlier on March 4 ...

Valery Gergiev has had to endure a good deal of drama so far this season, visible most recently in the heckling of anti-Putin protesters during Thursday night’s concert at Carnegie Hall. On Friday, ...

Designed by Jack Diamond of the Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, the new 851,575-square-foot, seven-story building expands the institution’s campus in the historic heart of the city: the ...

In most American cities, on most weekends of the year, you will likely find a large number of little girls fidgeting in pastel leotards, waiting for their chance to sway and twirl across wide open ...

It’s as though both of Russia’s major ballet companies have been caught in the unyielding grip of a polar vortex. Bitter fissures have cracked through their elegant facades: Valery Gergiev, general ...

No dance company can make a stronger claim of ownership to a ballet than the Mariinsky does to “Swan Lake.” Russia’s celebrated ensemble, known from its founding in the 1740s until the country’s 1917 ...

At the Music Center in Los Angeles, The Mariinsky Ballet of St. Petersburg performed George Balanchine’s “Jewels.” In a very informative pre-performance lecture at the Music Center, journalist and ...