Back-to-school blues bumming you out? This minute-long clip of Ekaterina Krysanova dancing the first bridesmaid’s variation in Don Quixote is the perfect pick-me-up. The fiery Krysanova, who was promoted to principal at the Bolshoi Ballet in 2011, is a bright bundle of energy in this punchy solo. Packed with saut de chats and grand jetés, […]
What do you enjoy more: performing or being in the studio? Performing, of course. It’s like waiting and getting ready for your birthday party. The rehearsals are a hard process: It’s a long wait for enjoyment. What qualities do you admire most in other dancers? A brain. Some say that a ballerina only needs good […]
This summer, when parts of the world were slowly emerging from the COVID-19 lockdown, all live performing arts events having been canceled or postponed, choreographer Bryan Arias found himself in Moscow creating a brand-new work for the Bolshoi Ballet. Arias, who was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, and […]
In everything she tackles, Natalia Osipova, a current principal with The Royal Ballet, seems to jump higher and turn faster than other any ballerina. It’s almost impossible to watch her dance without letting out a gasp. Her performance as Medora in Le Corsaire’s Grand Pas des Éventails from early in her career at the Bolshoi […]
If you’re making your weekend plans, you may want to clear your calendar for Sunday and check your local movie listings. On May 19, Fathom Events, in partnership with Pathé Live and By Experience, is broadcasting the Bolshoi Ballet’s performance of Carmen Suite and Petrushka throughout cinemas nationwide. The program will be captured live the […]
The Bolshoi is back in U.S. movie theaters on December 2, and judging from this clip, you don’t want to miss it. As part of its 5th annual Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema Series with Fathom Events, Pathé Live and BY Experience, the world-famous company’s performance of Don Quixote will be streamed in theaters across the […]
If you haven’t checked your local movie listings yet for this weekend, hop to it. The Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series and Fathom Events is broadcasting a performance of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s The Taming of the Shrew to theaters nationwide on Sunday, November 19. (To see if it’s playing near you and to purchase tickets, click […]
When the Bolshoi Ballet visited New York in 2014, Soviet-era productions like Yuri Grigorovich’s Swan Lake and Spartacus were on the menu. This summer, the company is taking a different approach under ballet director Makhar Vaziev, bringing fresh collaborations to the Lincoln Center Festival. Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladimir Lantratov in “Shrew” Photo by Jack Devant, […]