In 1999, the Kirov greeted the new millennium by reviving a very old ballet, The Sleeping Beauty. It had come into the world in 1890, when the Kirov was called the Imperial Ballet and St. Petersburg, ...

The Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the kind of place where you can see Weird Al Yankovic or the Jamz Cheerleading Championship. But back in September, for two nights only, it was the Kirov ...

When a company chooses to restage a full-length ballet, the common practice is to punch it up with bravura displays. Tighten the story line, brighten the dancing and send the audience out to the taxi ...

Alla Osipenko, a star of the Soviet-era Kirov Ballet and one of the most expressive ballerinas of her generation who was blocked from major international tours at the peak of her career after her free ...

Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Soviet Union, she defected to the West in 1970 during a tour with the Kirov Ballet in London, seeking artistic freedom. Makarova’s style and technique have been ...