Royal Opera House, LondonA half-century ago, the Kirov Ballet visited London for the first time. Known before the Russian revolution as the Imperial Russian Ballet, and today as the Mariinsky Ballet, after the St Petersburg theatre it has occupied since 1886, the company entranced London audiences with the purity of its style and schooling. The Mariinsky is not the oldest ballet establishment in the world " the Paris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on July 30, 2011