MOSCOW (AP) — On the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, the dancers were all elegance and grace, leaping through the air and lifting their partners with seemingly little effort. But up close in a rehearsal ...

Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet has been a favorite of Russian audiences ever since it was premiered at Leningrad’s Kirov Theater in 1940. It has plenty of pageantry, a familiar, heart-wrenching ...

For decades now, Russians have known the drill. When there's bad news brewing, such as the death of a leader, or a convulsive event, such as the Chernobyl disaster, State TV switches its programming ...