Despite its reputation as the bonbon of the ballet world, The Nutcracker is far from a sugary cliché. The plot is as crazy as it is convincing. The surreal action takes place in an increasingly ...

“What I like about the school and what I always say is that the Bolshoi isn’t just about ballet. There are other types of dance—contemporary, popular… I learned a lot about music and theate ...

A mother has been angry and bewildered at being ordered to shut her bank account - after sending small sums of money to her ...

The movie opens with a scene from Polina’s childhood – her first day at the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet school of dance. For years, she undergoes intensive training under a famous ballet ...

The violent scandal at the heart of the Russian ballet could get even uglier. Pavel Dmitrichenko, a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre who had played the lead in "Ivan the Terrible", admitted this ...

Or is he a man like any other? This brand new production by choreographer Yuri Possokhov is a tragic poetic journey that can only be seen at the Bolshoi. Filmed live on April 9th 2017.