Tchaikovsky's father was a successful mining engineer while his mother was the artistic, sensitive one, French by birth, and a good linguist. Pyotr was the second of ... and the initial failure of his ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” tells the story of Odette, a young princess, who is cursed by an evil sorcerer named Baron Von Rothbart to turn into a swan. One day, Odette encounters ...

As a child, I absolutely adored going to the circus. I was mesmerized by the high-flying acrobats who danced through the air ...

For a number of weeks, I’ve encountered a single turkey hanging around a ditch on my graveled road. Usually, she simply flies ...

The return of the Bolshoi Ballet has sparked a wave of excitement among Chinese ballet enthusiasts. On platforms like Weibo ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer whose work would make a lasting impression internationally, with Swan Lake and The Nutcracker propelling him into classical music immortality.

As a result, companies like the State Ballet Theatre can perform works by Russian artists that are among the most popular ballets in the world, including Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake ...