Videos

The arrival to the Bolshoi Theater of Alexander Godunov was sensational. A blond viking appeared in the theater with amazing appearance, huge growth, manly beauty, some very modern appearance and at the same time very individual.

VBA students are rehearsing The Nutcracker for Christmas days performances at the Mariinsky Theatre. Tickets are available. Video by Ilya Kuznetsov. October 2015

Featuring San Francisco Ballet principal dancers Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada, "Francesca Da Rimini" is an experiment using a robotically controlled camera to capture ballet. “Ballet Meets Robotics,” reveals the artistry, inspiration, and technology th...

Maria Alexandrova (Gamzatti) & Nikolai Tsiskaridze (Solor) Grand Pas "Bayadère"

Best Nutcracker Dance by Alexander Kalinin Russian Dance 'Trepak' Nutcracker

A moment of Manon in rehearsal Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov are preparing to perform Manon,

Victoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov. Maria Khoreva, Maria Bulanova, Maria Petukhova, Anastasia Nuikina, Daria Ionova, Svetlana Savelieva, Katerina Kuzmicheva, Anastasia Uzhanskaya, Julia Spiridonova, Alexandra Khiteeva, Lada Ivanova, Anastasia D...

Leonid Sarafanov was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He graduated from the Kiev State School of Choreography in 2000 and became a soloist with National Ballet of Ukraine the same year. In 2002 L. Sarafanov joined the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet where he was a Princip...

Nureyev danced the male solos from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and from Khachaturian's Gayane in his debut. His connection and charisma with the audience can be seen in this historical video of his first debut on American television.

This old video of Bolshoi stars Geltzer and Tikhomirov shows that standards of technique as well as standards of physique for ballet dancers have changed in the course of a century.

This is a video of Mikhail Baryshnikov's performance of the variation La Bayadere at the first ever International Ballet Competition. Mikhail Baryshnikov's Competition Solo from 1969 in Moscow at the First International Ballet Competition. This performan...

At Vaganova Ballet Academy Under Vadim Anatolyevich Sirotin Teacher of “Methodic for Character, Historical Dance and Acting Skills”

A dancer's spin, especially when he's balanced on one foot, is a pirouette. A pirouette is a ballet term meaning to whirl or spin while balanced on the toes. In the case of a ballerina, she would pirouette while "en pointe," poised on the very toe of her...

Julio Bocca, Tamara Rojo, in Don Quijote Pas de Deux,

Pavlo Pavlovych Virsky was a dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and founder of the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, whose work in Ukrainian dance was groundbreaking and influenced generations of dancers.

Iana Salenko (Ukrainian: Яна Саленко; born 19 July 1983) is a Ukrainian ballerina. She is a principal dancer at the Berlin State Ballet, and a guest artist with the Royal Ballet, London