For most dance companies, the idea of staging a full-length version of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" might take a leap of faith. But that may be easier for the Contra Costa Ballet because it knows who ...

It was with some reluctance that I went to Boston last week to see the Kirov Ballet dance “Swan Lake” at the Wang Center, where it was part of the Bank of America Celebrity Series, which first brought ...

The Kirov Ballet brought its “Swan Lake” to the Performing Arts Center for the first time this weekend, dancing it like a hallowed gift of incalculable worth. The ballet’s second act is the test for ...

The notion of “big” is built into the name of the Bolshoi Ballet, but when it comes to grand and glorious, the Kirov Ballet may well rank atop the world. Absent from Chicago for 16 years, this ...

Some companies are most at home in abstract ballets; others are devoted mostly to dances that tell a story. The Kirov Ballet from St. Petersburg — which concluded a two-week engagement yesterday at ...