Artem Ovcharenko

Clug powerless as Bolshoi picks his ballet to drop Kremlin-critical artist

Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre has decided to cancel a ballet production by the Kremlin-critical director Kirill Serebrennikov and replace it with a ballet by Slovenian-based choreographer Edward Clug. Clug says he is powerless because the Bolshoi holds exclusive rights to his ballet until 2026.

How many Bolshoi nights in two coronavirus weeks?

The subject may seem like luxury these days for some of you. But millions of people around the world are stuck in their homes. The most famous opera and ballet institutions of the world opened their shows to the world digitally and free of charge. If you want, you can watch the ballet "Nutcracker" in Bolshoi either live or on YouTube within 24 hours after it.

'Swan Lake' comes to Istanbul with Kremlin Ballet

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.