The Crusades are about to launch, and in a castle in the south of France, a group of Hungarian knights is partying. Among them is Jean de Brienne, a cavalier smitten with a local princess. The ...

The language of ballet is one of dramatic gesture: In La Bayadère, after the beautiful temple dancer is bitten by a poisonous snake, she communicates her resignation to death by throwing her hands up ...

It's been more than two years since behind-the-curtain intrigue at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet escalated into violence. In that time the victim has come a long way toward healing. The story now from Tracy ...

EADaily, December 16th, 2025. Ballet dancer and acting rector of the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy Nikolai Tsiskaridze has ...

To try to understand a land which birthed a Putin, I went back to my old notes. I have been to Russia several times. A taxi, empty, cruised past, slowly, repeatedly, then grudgingly stopped. In ...

The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow has dropped a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire after a law on so-called "gay propaganda" was tightened. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Bolshoi is back. The Moscow company is one of the biggest names in ballet: its name even means "big", covering both the company's ...

Scandal rocked the Bolshoi this year when its artistic director had acid thrown in his face. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the troupe's recently sacked principal dancer, tells Judith Mackrell why he thinks his ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

If you want to know how much the Bolshoi Theatre means to Russia, pull out a 100 ruble note, and there it is: the grand facade of the building. Go inside, and it's an imperial wonderland. Gilded ...