MILAN, April 6 (Reuters) - Italian Jacopo Tissi has returned to Milan's La Scala after the war in Ukraine prompted his abrupt departure from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow where he had been promoted to ...

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova will leave Moscow's Bolshoi ballet and Russia in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her experience with the Bolshoi in 2018. I ...

One of the stars of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, Olga Smirnova, has quit the company over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and will instead dance for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. The move comes ...

Principal dancer with Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet Jacopo Tissi (left)says he is quitting the ballet due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Anton NovoderezhkinTASS via Getty Images MILAN — Italian Jacopo ...

When Olga Smirnova in March quit Moscow's famed Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the prima ballerina's decision shook the ballet world. Russian dance critic Leila Guchmazova ...

Ballet dancers Olga Smirnova, right, and Artemy Belyakov performed in the Diamonds ballet during a New Year gala night at the Bolshoi Theater. (Yekaterina Shtukina/Zuma Press) Russian prima ballerina ...

For decades now, Russians have known the drill. When there's bad news brewing, such as the death of a leader, or a convulsive event, such as the Chernobyl disaster, State TV switches its programming ...

Urban Bush Women will perform a new dance-theater work at Dartmouth College this weekend. The arts are on display in New Hampshire this weekend, and these are our top picks. For even more events, ...

“When the war started and we lost everything …” Oksana Zhuravlova trails off, searching for the words to continue. She takes a breath and tries again. “When the war started, it was like life ended,” ...