On the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, the dancers were all elegance and grace, leaping through the air and lifting their partners with seemingly little effort. But up close in a rehearsal hall a few ...

FILE - People walk past the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2016. Russias Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian ...

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2003-09-19 04:00:00 PDT Moscow-- In the world of ballet, a grand stage has often been too small to contain the larger-than-life figures who pirouette across it. Over the years, the Bolshoi ballet ...

MOSCOW -- Bolshoi dancer Ekaterina Krysanova, 21, performs a nearly 180-degree arabesque, her body stretched like hot taffy. Her movement is stunning, yet this rehearsal is a bit of a struggle. She ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Principal dancer Artem Ovcharenko seems to defy gravity as he glides through the air, then lands silently with a flourish of his arm during a rehearsal at Russia's revered Bolshoi ...