Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Stalin was not amused. Fedor Lopukhov’s The Bright Stream opened in 1935 to good reviews and great box office ...

The Stuttgart Ballet 2009 Beijing Tour will kick off at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) with a performance of The Taming of the Shrew, the first time a comic ballet has been staged ...

Onstage, dance, Cacti, Alexander Ekman, contemporary dance, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans It’s not often that a ballet makes people laugh out loud, but that’s what Swedish choreographer ...

Unique show in which dancers cross the gender divide is big hit with audience in Beijing An all-male ballet troupe recently performed in Beijing. The show, Men in Tutus, was staged at the Beijing ...

Never tell a Trock he’s mocking ballet. You could end up with a pointe shoe in the eye. It also means — excusing the pun — that you’ve totally missed the point. For the uninitiated, as in uninitiated ...