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News about the Kirov Ballet, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The Nutcracker Chronicles: The Not So 'Greatest Russian Nutcracker' In truth this doesn't remotely qualify as Greatest Anything. The music is taped; lighting problems cause several awkward blackouts during the performance; when the Christmas tree grows, it climbs about three feet, then stops. Kirov: Traditional Yet Reworkable For all the company?s many virtues, it was depressing how often the sum of each ballet felt negative rather than positive, raising many questions. Radiant Line of Russian Style Energized in a Triplet of Balanchines The Kirov closed its three-week season in New York with a triple bill of Balanchine works that turned ballet history into a hall of mirrors. Catapulted Into the Present Tense The Kirov Ballet?s performances at City Center over the last two weeks exemplify the way that classical dance can appear dazzlingly lightweight. Still More Faces of the Kirov in Fokine?s Dramatic Poetry and Lander?s ?Études? The Kirov is showing several different faces, and it demonstrates no interest in making them look part of a single artistic vision. At the Kirov, Can Too Many Cooks Spoil the Ballet? During most of the third program in the Kirov Ballet?s season at City Center an alarming question kept flashing into my mind: ?Maybe I don?t like ballet after all?? Chopin in the Moonlight, Drenched in History Yet Fresh in the West Though these Kirov performances of ?Chopiniana? weren?t ideal, they were in basic respects exemplary. Ballet?s Classical History, the Kirov Edition The three-week Kirov Ballet season that opened at City Center on Tuesday night looks on paper like a major course in the history of ballet classicism. Kirov?s Travel Plans Exclude the Director Questions about the Kirov Ballet?s leadership surround the company as it begins its New York engagement at City Center. Leadership of Kirov in Question The Kirov?s director has given conflicting signals about whether he was leaving the company, saying as recently as Wednesday night that he was retiring.