Think of Petrushka as a Russian Pinocchio, but without a sweet old puppet maker and a happy Disney ending. In a nutshell, Stravinksy’s ballet, Petrushka was about a puppet who came to life, but who ...

Three ballet scores connected by the tragic figure of the great Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky make a superb programme. The main work is Stravinsky’s second ballet Petrushka (Petrouchka in French), ...

As a legend he almost instinctively attracts the adjective “blinding”, so impossible an act to follow was he as a stage creature, particularly for the men - but in fact “illuminating” is much the more ...

Diablo Ballet Co-Artistic Director Nikolai Kabaniaev is a Russian- trained choreographer with a flair for theatricality and a helpless attraction to big ideas. In recent years, he's made an ...

The original “Petrushka” was a ballet about puppets, performed by live dancers. Basil Twist’s “Petrushka” at The Paramount is a performance by puppets who behave like real people, motivated by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dancers with the Eugene Ballet rehearsed Wednesday for their world premiere of Petrushka at the Hult Center for the Performing ...

Stravinsky, Petrushka. A twentieth-century ballet masterpiece performed by the Bolshoi Ballet. This performance was recorded live in 1992. The choreography is based on the original Fokine.

BalletX and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society opened the world premiere of Amy Hall Garner’s highly colorful, theatrical Petrushka Thursday night at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater.

The original “Petrushka” was a ballet about puppets, performed by live dancers. Basil Twist’s “Petrushka” at The Paramount is a performance by puppets who behave like real people, motivated by ...