Russian ballet stars once defected to the West in search of artistic freedom. These days, western dancers are lured east by the iron discipline of a Russian ballet education. Around 100 foreigners ...

GRANADA HILLS >> Fourteen-year-old dancer Sana Suzuki will soon pack her slippers for the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. The 9th-grade ballerina from Granada Hills Charter High School was just chosen to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BRITISH BALLERINA, RACHEL ARMSTRONG, SAYING: "Hello, my name is Rachel. I love ballet very much and I've ...

Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva’s class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. And it’s not just because of her long, swan-like neck. She is Harper ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva’s class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. And it’s not just because of her long, swan-like neck.

MOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) - Rachel Armstrong will take a leap towards her dream of becoming one of the world’s top ballet dancers when she graduates from Russia’s renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy this ...

MOSCOW – Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva’s class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. And it’s not just because of her long, swan-like neck. She ...