Share my stage: Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in 'Reminiscence', with the cellist Margarita Balanas and pianist Sasha Grynyuk Further intimate insights were offered in two mesmerising short films ...

Mark Monahan never really stood a chance. In the Sixties, his mother danced for five years with what was then the Royal Ballet Touring Company; meanwhile, his father was the first and still ...

It’s late evening in London and Review has caught the prima ballerina during a rare ­24-hour window of downtime in her busy international schedule: the night before, she danced the role of Solveig in ...

Alina Cojocaru arrives with a tutu in one hand and a bottle of strawberry milkshake in the other. She is rushing between rehearsals, fitting in an interview and a photo session between learning ...

I'm only prancing: Alina Somova's notorious 'smiley' jeté It is not her fault. The Mariinsky only spotlights ballerinas when the director chooses to, and the current director, Yuri Fateev (not a man ...