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Kristina Kormiltsyna / Sputnik

5 Russia's most FAMOUS modern ballerinas

Vladimir Gerdo / TASS

Why is Russian ballet the BEST in the world?

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Nemer-T, Bettmann/Getty Images)

5 facts about Anna Pavlova, Russia’s most famous ballerina (PHOTOS)

Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS

Meet Russia’s new prima ballerina, Anastasia Limenko (PHOTOS)

What dances in different Russian regions look like (VIDEO)

Alexei Danichev / Sputnik

10 greatest Russian CHOREOGRAPHERS of all time

Pavel Kuzmichev

Why do Buryats jump holding hands and sing: “Yokhor”?

Lipnitzki, Paris; Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The SHOCKING true story of a Russian ballerina’s 20-year imprisonment in a U.S. insane asylum

Russia Beyond (Photo: Public domain; Legion Media)

How Diaghilev first staged ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ ballet in Europe

Russia Beyond (Photo: Sputnik; Public domain)

How Russian ballerinas taught Europe to dance

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Meet Elizaveta Kokoreva, new prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater (PHOTOS)

Sergei Karpukhin/TASS; Vladimir Pesnya/Sputnik

The Bolshoi Theater announces new prima ballerina and principal dancer

Alexei Danichev / Sputnik

10 facts about iconic ‘Swan Lake’ ballet (PHOTOS)

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5 of the most sumptuous balls held at the Court of the Tsars

Konstantin Tarusov / TASS

Legendary Soviet folk dance companies in PHOTOS

Why Boris Eifman and his ballet theater are famous the world over (PHOTOS)

Alexander Neff / The Mariinsky Theater

Meet the new PRIMA ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater (PHOTOS)

Vadim Stein

What contemporary Russian ballet looks like (PHOTOS)

Legion Media

10 ancient dances of the Russian folks! (VIDEO)

Vladimir Vyatkin / Sputnik

Everything you need to know about Russian folk dances

Iliya Pitalev / Sputnik

Russian ballet owes its greatness to these foreigners

Ilya Timin/RIA Novosti

8 facts about the khorovod, Russia’s oldest dance