by Joseph Carman | Mar 19, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Rudolf Nureyev led a life packed with drama: his famous defection from the Soviet Union in 1961; his tempestuous eccentricity and sexual escapades; his global stardom; his command over the Paris Opéra Ballet as artistic director in the 1980s; his tragically early...
by Laura Cappelle | Jan 28, 2016 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Olga Smirnova’s first three seasons at the Bolshoi Ballet were a whirlwind of debuts and creations, but it all came to a halt in 2014, when a foot injury took the Vaganova-trained prodigy...