by Amy Brandt | Feb 27, 2018 | News, Profiles, Viral Videos
Ever since Makhar Vaziev took the reigns of the Bolshoi Ballet in 2016, he’s been pushing a new crop of promising young talent. Last summer, he chose Alena Kovaleva, then just 18, to dance the lead in “Diamonds” in New York City. This weekend North...
by Laura Cappelle | Nov 27, 2017 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s December 2017/January 2018 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. Few ballets are as unforgiving for a young dancer as Swan Lake. Both Odette’s heartbreak and Odile’s deceit of...
by Hannah Foster | Oct 25, 2015 | Company Life
Makhar Vaziev with La Scala Ballet dancer Claudio Coviello on tour in Japan. Photo courtesy of Teatro alla Scala on Twitter From Russia to Italy and home again: Makhar Vaziev, former director (and principal dancer) of the Mariinsky Ballet and current director...