The Russian ballerina Olga Smirnova announced this week she was quitting Russia's most prestigious ballet company.

Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova (right) has left the historic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow for the Dutch National ballet following her public denouncement of the Russia-Ukraine war. (REUTERS ...

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova will leave Moscow's Bolshoi ballet and Russia in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her experience with the Bolshoi in 2018.

Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova quit Moscow’s world- renowned Bolshoi Ballet after denouncing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Ms. Smirnova said she would instead perform for the Dutch ...

Ukraine Russian prima ballerina denounces Ukraine war: ‘Now the line is drawn’ Bolshoi Ballet lead dancer created a Telegram account to speak out against Russia's war in Ukraine ...

One of the golden couples of ballet, renowned Russian ballerina Natalia Osipova and Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin, said on Thursday they hope their real-life romance will infuse a dance version ...

Making it to the top as a prima ballerina takes a lot of work, strength and time – and, says, Svetlana Zakharova, “a lot of emotions.” The 33-year-old Russian has been prima ballerina, or ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Olga Lepeshinskaya, the Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina for three decades during the Soviet times, has died at the age of 92. Nataliya Uvarova, a spokeswoman for Russia’s ...

Ballet dancers Olga Smirnova (R) and Artemy Belyakov perform during the Diamonds ballet of the New Year gala event at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. EPA Russian prima ballerina Olga ...