The Kennedy Center’s Opera House stage is brimming with the poise and beauty of the celebrated Mariinsky Ballet dancing their classic, full-length production of “Giselle” Thursday through Sunday. The ...

Vladimir Shklyarov, who impressed ballet audiences as a principal dancer with Russia's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet Theatre, has died. He was 39. Shklyarov died "tragically" Saturday, the Mariinsky ...

It is a story in which the young heroine, dying from a broken heart, mysteriously hears the call of ghosts tempting her to join their round dance, and having become one of them she saves the lover who ...

He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama. By Jonathan Kandell Among the 20th century’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Shklyarov, seen in the Mariinsky Ballet Theatre's production of George Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," has died.