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Sergei Filin, artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, speaks to journalists as he leaves a hospital in Moscow February 4, 2013. Filin was quoted on Sunday as saying he knew who was behind an attack on him in which a masked assailant splashed acid over his face threatening his eyesight. 
Credit: Reuters

Bolshoi ballet star says he is being hounded out of Russian theater

A top ballet dancer with Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre says he is being hounded out over disputes with the management after an acid attack that nearly blinded its artistic director and exposed bitter rivalries over roles, power and pay.

Posted in International, News
Tagged acid attack, Anatoly Iksanov, ballet, Bolshoi, Katerina Novikova, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Russia, Sergei Filin
Misa Kuranaga and Boyko Dossev in George Balanchine's Coppélia

In Boston Ballet’s ‘Coppélia,’ dancers make tricky footwork look easy

Following a spectacular penultimate production of “Chroma,” Boston Ballet closes a superb 2012-13 season with the classic Balanchine piece “Coppélia.” The ballet, which only made its Boston debut in 2010, is performed by Mikko Nissinen’s dancers with admirable ease and familiarity.

Posted in Arts, Entertainment
Tagged ballet, Boston, Boston Ballet, coppelia, George Balanchine | Reply
"Escape"

There is a method to the beautiful madness in the final program of the José Mateo Ballet Theatre season

There’s both “Method and Madness” aplenty in José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s final program of the season

Posted in Arts, Entertainment
Tagged ballet, José Mateo Ballet Theatre, Method and Madness | Reply
Fearless Fantasies' Elisabeth Scherer performance is on point

José Mateo dancers find sure footing in second act of ‘In the Mind’s Eye’

José Mateo’s dancers take to the Harvard Square stage this spring in In the Mind’s Eye with two fairly recent ballets.

Posted in Arts, Entertainment
Tagged ballet, cambridge, dance, Harvard Square, Jose Mateo, Sanctuary Theatre | Reply
"Bell" examines the theme of woman driven mad by betrayal.
Credit: Ian Douglas

Dance review: Going gaga for Kabuki

Yasuko Yokoshi plumbs bad relationships through history for “Bell,” with influences ranging from ballet’s classic “Giselle” to Lady Gaga’s modern “Bad Romance.”

Posted in Arts, Entertainment
Tagged Arts, ballet, dance review, entertainment, Kabuki, Yasuko Yokoshi | Reply
Gabriella Yudenich takes a leap during rehearsals for "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," opening March 7.
Credit: Alexander Iziliaev

Gabriella Yudenich takes on three roles in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Dancer Gabrielle Yudenich takes on three roles in the Pennsylvania Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Posted in Arts, Entertainment
Tagged ballet, dancer, Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare | Reply
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