Dancers with the Eugene Ballet rehearsed Wednesday for their world premiere of Petrushka at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene. The futuristic twist on a ballet classic was created by ...

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 ...

CARRIE SEIDMAN [email protected] As for "Petrushka," outside of the blackface issue, it was largely without flaw. With a cast of nea The Ballets Russes, which performed in Europe during ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND — A swift kick in the keister is the first thing that happens to whichever Stanley brother is dancing the title role in “Petrushka.” In the original version of this classic Russian ballet, ...

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 ...

With a St. Petersburg setting, dancing bear, puppet show and Stravinsky score, “Petrushka” is about as Russian as Russian ballet gets. But a brand-new adaptation, which The Portland Ballet will debut ...

Igor Stravinsky was all of 28 years old in 1910 when he landed his first big hit, the ballet score to The Firebird, composed for the Ballets Russes, the influential dance company based in Paris.

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 ...