The ballet and opera companies survived, the dancers in particular maintaining an international reputation for excellence.
He became principal dancer with the Ballet Russe and created many ballets for Diaghilev.
One of the ballet's most physically grueling passages: the dance of the Sugarplum Fairy.
And as the ballet progresses, Mr. Ratmansky presents somewhat more narrative action than strict dancing.
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Nikolai Tsiskaridze is one of the Bolshoi's principal dancers and a superstar of the ballet world.
The ballet was choreographed by David Drouard and performed by Mr. Drouard and Sandra Savin.
The ballet was more like a dream of yourself, like when you picture being in love.
As they are, they resemble casual improvisations on the ballet's most famous choreographic and mimetic passages.
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The tiniest of the kidnapped children, Ms. Dillon became one of the ballet's most memorable characters.
One way of combating these issues, Herbert says, is by taking the ballet to the people.
Those who took the decision to pull the ballet were following their government's accommodating precedents.
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Another dancer, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, loudly criticized Filin for going over budget in the ballet's multimillion dollar renovation.
The ballet's climactic moment is Tatiana's refusal of Onegin, who is on his knees begging forgiveness and love.
At one point in the ballet, the dancers unexpectedly form a human merry-go-round.
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That year, two dancers quit, unhappy with the direction the ballet had taken.
This year, for the first time, the ballet will be transmitted in high definition to movie theaters nationwide and abroad.
According to The Guardian's critic, the ballet's score features "house and trance, wild synths, romantic schmaltz and mercurial dissonances".
Though meant to showcase NYCB's principals, the dancers presented by the ballet's uneventful choreography were not well served or individualized.
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But Ms. Jankowski says she and the dogs are ready for another spin: The ballet is set to return next year.
Though Lil Buck has ballet schooling in his background, the ballet postures for his "Agon" riffs looked more approximate than authoritative.
Among the roles that followed were Spartacus in the ballet of the same name (2009) and Jose in Carmen Suite (2010).
"There are people disappointed, no question about it, " she says, adding that the ballet is scheduled to resume in Berkeley next year.
After high school, she joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1942, where she came to the attention of Mr. Balanchine.
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During her career, Bussell has also performed with the New York City Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, Australian Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet.
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Taylor told The Guardian newspaper he thought the ballet was "a wonderful thing, visually stunning, very moving for anyone who knew Freddie Mercury".
The venture represents a gamble for the ballet company, which is operating at a deficit with a plan to balance its budget by 2015.
The project was part of the NYCB Art Series, for which the ballet commissions contemporary artists and gives limited-edition art work to audience members.
The ballet draws inspiration from the Dream of the Red Chamber, considered one of China's four great classical novels, written in the 18th Century by Cao Xueqin.
Backstage, the ballet company has been troubled by deep intrigue and infighting that have led to the departure of several artistic directors over recent years.
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