Olga Smirnova is a Russian ballet dancer who is currently a prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Why do you spend so much money and time for your daughter’s ballet classes and rehearsals so that she goes on stage once a year?

That the entire idea of dancing is for the audience to see the moves, but with Beriozka things are a little bit different. In this traditional Russian dance, performers appear to be floating across the stage, and it is nothing short of impressive. Their s...

International Ballet Competition in Moscow has become a strong and fruitful tradition, an integral and important part of the world of ballet life. Born in 1969, he quickly gained a high professional standing, serious creative reputation, status, responsib...

Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Anastasia for Deutsche Oper Ballet in 1967. He was inspired by the true story of Anna Anderson.

Two great ballerinas dancing the female variation from "Grand Pas Classique".

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Vaganova Ballet Academy student, Maria Bulanova, at Vaganova-Prix. Very clean and beautiful lines! Mariinsky Theatre, October 2016

Happy Valentine's Day! From the Ballet "Carmen Suite" a story of a woman subsequently caught in a love triangle between Don José and popular bullfighter Escamillo. Choreography By Alberto Alonso

There are several standardized, widespread, classical ballet training systems, each designed to produce a unique aesthetic quality from its students. Many of the systems are named after their creators.

Hillarious Parody of Michael Fokine's Choreography of The Dying Swan. Dancer - Ida Nevaseyneva.

Maria Alexandria will always remain a legendary ballerina. After 20 years with the Bolshoi ballet, of which 13 of them she danced as a principle, she said that she felt it was "time to make a decision and turn to a new page". Here she is performing Carmen...

Svetlana Zakhorova talks about her experience performing Swan Lake with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Many summer intensives have a variety of different classes daily, that you don't often take regularly year round. Which class do you enjoy most from the list?

This is an iconic dance scene from the 1936 movie "Swing Time". This movie was selected in 2004 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "Culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". It...