Performer: Simon Virsaladze

Near perfection from the corps de ballet represent the Bolshoi at its very best during its Royal Opera House residency.

The Bolshoi delivers a big, bold, and explosive Spartacus in the way that only the Bolshoi can.

Mikhail Lobukhin gives a stunning performance as Ivan in the bolshoi's production of Ivan The Terrible

The Bolshoi chooses musicality and technique over special effects with Yuri Grigorovich's beloved classic.

While the ballet's libretto is dated, The Golden Age can, when performed by great artists, be both an entertaining and emotionally satisfying ballet.

Mixed feelings form the Mariinsky Ballet's first performance of Raymonda in Washington. A shortfall in story-telling and emotional communication despite the polished dancing.