American Ballet Theatre

America's national ballet company returned to China on Nov. 2 for the first time in a decade in the latest sign that the strained U.S.-China relations are beginning to improve.

American Ballet Theater Studio Company, the highest rung on the ABT training ladder, is a classical ensemble of 12 dancers and is coming to Athens for a show at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's Summer Nostos Festival on Sunday, June 17. The show at the opera house stage starts at 8.30 p.m.

Belgrade Dance Festival, set to be held between March 24 and April 11, raised massive interest after it was announced that Mikhail Baryshnikov would be venturing out to Belgrade. The Russian superstar is frequently termed one of the greatest ballet dancers to ever grace the stage.

One of the world?s most famous ballets, ?Swan Lake,? will go before Turkish art lovers with a unique performance from the Kremlin Ballet Theater on May 23 at the Zorlu Center PSM.

The ?Swan Lake? ballet, with brilliant music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky is a symbol of Russian ballet in addition to being one of the world?s most beloved pieces in the genre.