Among the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ...

Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, the Bolshoi Theatre said on Monday.

For almost 250 years, the Bolshoi Ballet has remained synonymous with the art of dance. As one of the most celebrated companies, the Bolshoi Ballet has roots in eighteenth-century imperial Russia.

Yuri Grigorovich, the artistic director of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, whose robust choreography helped modernize the troupe’s repertoire in the 1960s but who eventually ...

Russians remember Yuri Grigorovich, a choreographer who was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet for three decades. He ...

With the possible exception of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet is the most extravagantly praised and least frequently viewed wonder of the world. The company’s ...

Credited with revitalising male dance, Yuri Grigorovich ruled Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre with an iron fist as its lead choreographer.

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, the Bolshoi Theatre said on Monday.

Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich, who was for three decades the lead choreographer at Moscow's famed Bolshoi ...