Mikhailovsky theatre, St Petersburg; Barbican theatre, LondonThe starry Russian company gets to grips with Frederick Ashton. And English National Ballet marks the centenary of the first world war to powerful effectRussia's best-known classical dance companies are the Bolshoi Ballet and the Mariinsky Ballet. But recent years have seen the ascent of smaller ensembles, the most spectacular being that of St Petersburg's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on April 5, 2014