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

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century ...

Credited with revitalising male dance, Yuri Grigorovich ruled Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre with an iron fist as its lead ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MAYNES: If ballet ... Nutcracker" or "Swan Lake" - productions that became international sensations. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) YURI GRIGOROVICH: (Speaking Russian).

It wasn’t until 1954 its staging by George Balanchine with the New York City Ballet, however, that “The Nutcracker” became a holiday staple. Balanchine, the Russian-born founder of the New ...

If you answer yes, chances are you saw The Nutcracker—a production so iconic it is often an audience member’s first (and sometimes only) exposure to ballet. The classic, with music by Russian ...

Vladimir Shklyarov, a famed Russian ballet dancer, died in what officials ... Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and ...

In the ballet "The Nutcracker" the lead, Clara is thrust in a magical far-off land, where she meets new people and goes on wonderous adventures. While there, she battles mice, pirouettes through ...

English National Ballet has swapped Russian sweets in its production of the Nutcracker for Ukrainian treats in a confected ballet row, The Telegraph can reveal. Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet ...

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

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