Russia

Photographs of Russian ballet dancer Natalia Bessmertnova performing with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Photographs of Russian dancer Alexander Bogatyrev of the Bolshoi Ballet performing in ''Swan Lake.''

The Bolshoi Ballet Ensemble performs in the classic ballet ''Don Quixote.''

Photograph of Bolshoi Ballet dancer Nicolai Borisovich Fadeyechev performing in the ballet ''Gayane.''

Nina Sorokina of the Bolshoi Ballet performs in Vainonen's ''Flames of Paris'' during the company's second U.S.-Canadian tour.

Maya Samokhvalova of the Bolshoi Ballet performs in ''Gayane'' as part of the Bolshoi Ballet's second U.S.-Canadian tour.

Ballet dancere Nicolai Fadeyechev of the Bolshoi Ballet leaps inthe air during a performance of ''Gayane'' during the Bolshoi Ballet's second U.S. - Canadian tour.

Marius Liepa and Marina Kondratieva, both of the Bolshoi Ballet, perform together in ''Giselle.''

Principal dancer Mikhail Lavrovsky of the Bolshoi Ballet performs with Natalia Bessmertnova in the ballet ''Giselle.''

Photographs of Bolshoi Ballet dancer Tatiana Golikova perforimg in Leonid Jacobson's ''Spartacus.''