Yahoo

Vladimir Shklyarov, an Acclaimed Russian Ballet Star, Dies at 39 After Fall from Building: 'A Huge Loss'

Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer, has died. He was 39. Shklyarov died on Saturday, Nov. 16, after falling from the fifth floor of a building, Anna Kasatkina, a representative for ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Sugar Plum Pas de Deux from “Nutcracker”

Emma Hawes (Sugar Plum Fairy) and Aitor Arrieta (Sugar Plum Cavalier) perform an excerpt from the Sugar Plum pas de deux from the English National Ballet's "Nutcracker." ...
The Washington Post

'The Russian Years': Nureyev's Pas de Deux With Danger

Throughout a career of unprecedented supremacy and scope, Rudolf Nureyev personified glamour, gallantry and raw sex appeal, onstage and off. But according to a new documentary, when the future ballet ...

‘Nutcracker’ Arabian dancer lives by the personal motto ‘Dance or Die’

In “The Nutcracker,” when Clara is entertained by a trio of divertissements (diversions) in the Land of Sweets, dances from around the world — the “Arabian Dance,” “Chinese Dance” and “Russian Dance” ...