Laurent Novikov is the stage name of Lavrenty Lavrentyevich Novikov (1888-1956), a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. In historiography, his figure has long been overshadowed by the label of "Anna Pavlova's constant partner." However, this description conceals a rich biography: Novikov belonged to a generation of masters who experienced imperial training, Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the storms of the revolutionary era, and emigration, ultimately becomin

For almost four centuries Hamlet stood on stages around the world and asked, "To be, or not to be?" — and never got an answer. Not until Shakespeare was staged in Japan.

In old photographs, Maude Fealy is easy to mistake for a heroine created by the era itself: waves of light-coloured hair, a delicate profile, enormous eyes, and a gaze that seems to linger on the viewer a little longer than it should, with a dreamy, almost languid quality. In 1903, her photograph won a prize in an international beauty contest organised by the Parisian publication Figaro Illustré. Yet Fealy’s story is interesting for reasons that go far beyond the fact that he

From 4 to 13 September, the inaugural Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival brought theatre, film screenings, exhibitions and artist talks to venues across the city. The invitation carried a wish to reunite people whom recent years have scattered across cities and countries. This made Ivan Estegneev’s Demon’s Sorrow, presented on the festival’s final day, all the more poignant: a story of a reunion that can no longer happen.

On June 27, the first round of the junior and senior groups took place at the Moscow International Ballet Competition.