Bolshoi Ballet

[bohl-shoi, bol-]

noun

1. a ballet company founded in Moscow in 1776.

Example Sentences

Described as one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, he was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, which he is said to have led with an iron fist.

From BBC

In 2012, she accompanied Mr. Mitchell to Russia, where she had toured with the company 24 years earlier, to assist with lectures and instruction at top ballet schools including the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.

From New York Times

But one of the most notable moments in the Caird Hall's history took place outside when it was transformed into Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet building for the 1983 BBC drama An Englishman Abroad.

From BBC

The artistic director of Moscow's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet has vowed that his company will eventually perform in the West again, having been subject to a cultural boycott since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From Reuters

Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, grounded by COVID-19 and then shunned in the West since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, returns to international touring next week for the first time since the pandemic with a trip to Beijing.

From Reuters