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The Bolshoi Theater presents its second ballet premiere of the current season Saturday, George Balanchine's "Jewels," widely considered the first-ever full-length abstract ballet. Created 45 years ago for Balanchine's own New York City Ballet, it has subsequently...
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Bolshoi Theater Brings Balanchine's 'Jewels' to Life
4 May 2012
By Raymond Stults / Special to The Moscow Times
Dance
24 May 2012
Boris Eifman's "Rodin," dedicated to the great sculptor and his muse Camille Claudel, is on Thursday at the Bolshoi Theater. At 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24th Rodin: Boris Eifman’s ballet dedicated to the great sculptor and his muse Camille Claudel. Boris Eifman Ballet production. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m. Friday, May 25th Don Quixote: a ballet by Minkus based on Cervantes’ novel about the adventures of a country gentleman...
Dance
17 May 2012
Yury Grigorovich’s version of Adolphe Adam’s ballet “Giselle” will play at the Bolshoi Theater Main Stage with choreography from Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Mauris Petipa. 7 p.m. <br /> Thursday, May 17th Giselle: Yury Grigorovich’s version of Adolphe Adam’s...
Mixed Results as Bolshoi Theater's 'Jewels' Debuts
12 May 2012
By Raymond Stults / Special to The Moscow Times
No dance troupe in the world, even today's New York City Ballet, the company which George Balanchine founded in 1946 and led until his death 39 years later, is likely to do real justice to all three of the diversely styled ballets that the choreographer collectively titled...
Soviet Ballerina Gets N.Y. Tribute
2 May 2012
The Associated Press
... formidable woman among them: Natalia Makarova, who defected in 1970 and went on to win glory in Europe and the United States. Now 71, Makarova is retired, but she was the undisputed star over the weekend at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater as ballet greats gathered to pay her tribute. It was part of a rare and wonderful dance weekend courtesy of the Youth America Grand Prix, or YAGP, a global ballet scholarship competition. It's in the nature of the art of dance that we almost never get to...
The Art of Beauty Without Photoshop
10 May 2012
By Kristen Steagall / Special to The Moscow Times
... the camera. It's coy and brash at the same time, a theme that seems to repeat itself in the exhibition. The sexuality exuded by these women seems simultaneously repressed and expressed, demure and overt. Even dressed as a matador for the Mariinsky Ballet, Marie Petipa — the daughter of Marius Petipa, the noted choreographer — exudes femininity. The limited technology of the day makes the spectrum of emotions all the more impressive. The lack of color and the inability to quickly capture...
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