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Keenan Kampa is the first American dancer to graduate from the Vaganova Academy and to win a spot at the Mariinsky Ballet, but hard work lies ahead. When Keenan Kampa joined the Boston Ballet two ...

Under Valery Gergiev’s leadership, the Mariinsky has emerged from the post-Soviet crisis to become a cultural icon once again. They face off across St. Petersburg’s Kryukov Canal, the twin peaks of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Prima ballerina Renata Shakirova and principal dancer Kimin Kim of Mariinsky Ballet reprise the roles of Kitri and Basilio when they bring fresh fire to "Don Quixote" as the ...

It has been four long years since the beauty of Russia's Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet) graced Bay Area audiences. Courtesy of Cal Performances, they return to Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall ...

Even when ballet gets silly, the Mariinsky’s dancers are in a class of their own There are two processions in La Bayadère. The most famous is in the scene known as the Kingdom of the Shades, in which ...

Lopatkina once set the new bar for physicality in St Petersburg 20 years ago, being so very tall, so very slender, though size 41 feet and a strong chin had to be dealt with in terms of line. But ...