Victory Day, May 9, is not just to celebrate but also to remember the tragedies of World War II.

After decades of Ukraine National Opera’s silence and stagnation, ballet lovers have enjoyed improvements in the last year. 

This is the visual equivalent of the desserts tasting platter in a good restaurant.

This is the visual equivalent of the desserts-tasting platter in a good restaurant. The best parts of 10 classical and modern ballets will be performed in one show at the National Opera on June 9.
Olena Philipieva, the first prima of the National Opera will be the lead dancer.

It’s like having four of your favorite desserts on the same plate. Nina Anianishvili, a Distinguished Artist of Russia and Georgia, is bringing an unusual treat to Kyiv: four ballets in one show.

A woman wearing a flirty yellow beret goes down the stairs of Kyiv Academic Youth Theatre checking out the photos on its walls. Somewhere there are photos from plays, written by her, too, but she doesn’t remember where exactly.

This 19th century ballet, undoubtedly, belongs to the short list of the most watched and staged ballets of the world since its premier in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater in 1877.

If a choreographer takes on the challenge of putting Leo Tolstoy’s novel into a ballet, he risks keeping the viewers stuck in the theater for months if he doesn’t do it right.

When Hungary’s gypsy violin virtuoso Sandor Jaroka died, dozens of Hungarian gypsy musicians came to honor the maestro.

Perhaps the most famous fairytale for adults will become alive on Kyiv’s stage.

When rock-opera “Juno and Avos” premiered in 1981 in Moscow, a flurry of critical reviews followed describing it as anti-Soviet.

If a choreographer takes on the challenge of putting Leo Tolstoy’s novel into a ballet, he risks keeping the viewers stuck in the theater for months if he doesn’t do it right.

The Traditional Classics on Fridays series will feature Japanese pianist Chisato Kusunaki with works of Lyadov, Rachmaninoff and Medtner.
The Times remarked on her talent: ‘wonderfully fleet and supple fingers, quick to locate the music’s inner voices, able to dapple and perfume…she’ll be heard from; she’s got it.’

Jan 20, 8 p.m., Master Klass, 16 Lavrska St., 594-1063, ticket: Hr 40.

Anastasiya Volochkova, the extravagant prima of the Russian ballet, will go beyond her customary classical repertoire and perform new dances set to modern music.

An inspiring epic put to dance will transport you to the epoch of Irish Celts rich on myths and traditions.

For the aficionados of flamenco dance, the name of Antonio Gades is well familiar.

What would happen if you turned “Romeo and Juliet” into a ballet and set it to rock music?

Acclaimed soprano from Spain Montserrat Caballé will bring world-class opera to Kyiv.

What could be a better Halloween outing than a sabbath of dancing witches and demons.