Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the ...

The State Ballet Theater of Ukraine is presenting a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” at the Coronado Performing Arts Center in November 2025.

Among the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ballets like “Spartacus.” ...

Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich, who was for three decades the lead choreographer at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, has died aged 98.

Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich ... Grigorovich made his name staging classics such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Stone Flower. The latter was his most famous piece ...

In June 1941, soon after Ms. Osipenko was accepted into the state ballet academy in Leningrad, Nazi forces invaded the Soviet Union. Ms. Osipenko was evacuated to Perm, on the Russian steppes ...

Grigorovich made his name staging classics such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Stone ... and insiders and ballet critics said his presence over Russia's most famed stage remained formidable.

A favorite partner of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev, she was blocked from major international tours at the peak of her career after her free-spirited personal style angered the Kremlin.