Dance

Famous Russian ballerina bitten by 'sea creature' in Turkey

Anastasia Volochkova, the former prima ballerina of Russia?s renowned Bolshoi Ballet, has said she was bitten by ?something? while swimming in the sea in southern Turkey.

?My leg is recovering, thanks a lot to people and doctors,? the 39-year-old ballerina, who is staying at a hotel in the southern Turkish city of Antalya, said in an Instagram message on July 30.

Russian Ballet Legend Maya Plisetskaya Dies at 89

World-renowned Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya has died at the age of 89. TASS has reported.

The Russian news agency quoted Bolshoi Theater Director General Vladimir Urin as saying Plisetskaya's composer husband Rodion Shchedrin has called him to say Plisetskaya has died of a heart failure in Germany on Saturday.

Dance Day marked by ballet featuring Tsygankova, Golding

BELGRADE - The International Dance Day was marked in Belgrade with the Don Quixote ballet produced by the National Theatre of Serbia.

Prima-ballerina of the National Ballet from Amsterdam, Anna Tsygankova, and a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London, Matthew Golding, premiered in front of the Belgrade audience in the Sava Centre on Wednesday evening.

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