2 Review: BALLET TO BROADWAY: WHEELDON WORKS, Royal Ballet And Opera 3 Review: ROMEO & JULIET, Royal Ballet And Opera Celebrate the holiday season with an exciting tradition - the Mariinsky Theatre's ...

Designed by Jack Diamond of the Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, the new 851,575-square-foot, seven-story building expands the institution’s campus in the historic heart of the city: the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government on Friday named Valery Gergiev, the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, to also lead Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Gergiev is replacing ...

No dance company can make a stronger claim of ownership to a ballet than the Mariinsky does to “Swan Lake.” Russia’s celebrated ensemble, known from its founding in the 1740s until the country’s 1917 ...

Valery Gergiev has had to endure a good deal of drama so far this season, visible most recently in the heckling of anti-Putin protesters during Thursday night’s concert at Carnegie Hall. On Friday, ...

It’s as though both of Russia’s major ballet companies have been caught in the unyielding grip of a polar vortex. Bitter fissures have cracked through their elegant facades: Valery Gergiev, general ...

In most American cities, on most weekends of the year, you will likely find a large number of little girls fidgeting in pastel leotards, waiting for their chance to sway and twirl across wide open ...

Iconic not only for its grand architecture, but also for the legendary performances held here, the Mariinsky Theatre is a must-see for fans of opera and ballet. According to some, seeing a performance ...