Of all the bizarre sights onstage as the Kirov Ballet performed "The Nutcracker" at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday night -- the prominently displayed animal carcasses, the costumes festooned with ...

The Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the kind of place where you can see Weird Al Yankovic or the Jamz Cheerleading Championship. But back in September, for two nights only, it was the Kirov ...

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews. By Trip Gabriel Among the ...

Defending the youthfulness and whimsy of The Nutcracker, ballet instructor and managing director of the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet Pamela Daukayev says, “It’s not just a confection.” But ...