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National Ballet of Canada

A climactic scene in Angels’ Atlas (Courtesy of Karolina Kuras/The National Ballet of Canada)

Ballet is back and it’s lit

Among the National Ballet of Canada’s first productions this fall is Angels’ Atlas. Siphesihle November, principal dancer, walks us through a pinnacle moment in the award-winning production.
Svetlana Lunkina

The two worlds of Svetlana Lunkina

From the archives: The Bolshoi ballerina, dancing this season with the National Ballet, explains what she’s doing with an unused return ticket to Moscow
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This week: Newsmakers

Prince Andrew’s friends in all the wrong places, Natalie Portman just can’t win, and adios, Glenn Beck?
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The reign of Kain

Performing the most precarious dance of her career, Canada’s ballet queen taps Nureyev, Jagger, Chekhov—and Harper