The former Bolshoi star, the most high-profile dancer to leave Russia, is making a career at the Dutch National Ballet, where she is refining her intensity. Credit...Jussi Puikkonen for The New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leading Russian ballet dancer quit the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and is leaving the country for the Netherlands after denouncing ...

Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova has departed her home country to pursue a dance career in the Netherlands following her public denouncement of the Russia-Ukraine war. The world-famous classical ...

In a statement published Wednesday, the Dutch National Ballet said Smirnova had been “welcomed with open arms.” She is expected to make her debut there with its staging of “Raymonda,” which premieres ...

Olga Smirnova performs in the"Casse-Noisette et Compagnie" (Nutcracker and Company), a new creation by French dancer and choreographer, Jean-Christophe Maillot, on December 28, 2015 in Monaco. / AFP / ...