The Kirov Ballet’s ensemble took high honors in its all-Michel Fokine program over the weekend. The women were all but unsurpassable in “Chopiniana,” and both women and men gave as much heat and light ...

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews. By Trip Gabriel Among the ...

Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today. By Javier C. Hernández “It’s jeweler’s work,” ...