The Kirov Ballet's Precarious Spin. Repertoire, Management Take Famed Troupe in an Uncharted Direction. December 20, 2003. By Sarah Kaufman.

In a century that has seen monarchy, revolution, communism and, finally, democratic reform in the Soviet Union, the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg has endured as the staunchest protector of pure ba… ...

The Kirov Academy in Washington D.C., an elite ballet school founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church, plans to close in May after serving as an important dance ...

More than a century ago, legendary dancer-choreographer Michel Fokine complained that the Kirov Ballet had become a company that was all about show-off-y steps and technical prowess at the expense ...

The Kirov Ballet. Where: New York City Center, 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, Manhattan. When: Tuesday through April 20. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays and 8 p.m. Fridays and ...

When the artists of the Kirov Ballet take their places onstage Tuesday at Segerstrom Hall, it will mark the historic company’s fifth engagement at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. It ...

It has been four long years since the beauty of Russia's Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet) graced Bay Area audiences. Courtesy of Cal Performances, they return to Berkeley's Zellerbach ...

Russia's Kirov Ballet will dance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in October as the opening attraction of the Los Angeles Music Center's third self-produced dance season.

Oleg Vinogradov has the thick, powerful hands of a workman, most likely inherited from his parents, both of whom labored in a Soviet factory. He has the piercing eyes of a screen star, set firmly i… ...

Time traveling in dance is different from time traveling in the other arts, where the object is fixed (as in painting or poetry) or scripted (as in opera or drama). Dance vanishes in the act of ...

In 1991, Kirov Ballet veteran Eldar Aliev had come to a crossroads. After working his way up through the legendary Russian company’s corps, he had become a distinguished principal; at age 33, he ...