The Soviet Union’s Kirov Ballet canceled its Expo ’74 performance – and its entire American tour. “Transportation uncertainties” were cited as the reason. This was a disappointment, because the Kirov ...
THE Bolshoi and Tchaikovsky theaters are only a stout walk from each other in Moscow, but at first glance their respective products seem to be versts apart. The Bolshoi’s stage glitters with the ...
At an early stage in the Cold War, the governments of the Soviet Union and the United States formalized the “cultural front” as one of their primary theaters of conflict, embarking on a series of ...
Despite the best efforts of the party, Moscow has been invaded by the twist, the frug and almost every other deca dent dance step devised in the West. Last week Soviet Dance Master Igor Moiseyev ...