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Lady Gaga to Perform with Bolshoi Ballet

Lady Gaga performing at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, photo courtesy of PictureGroup/MTV

Lady Gaga performing at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, photo courtesy of PictureGroup/MTV

According to the New York Times ArtsBeat Blog, superstar singer Lady Gaga will be performing with dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet in Los Angeles at a gala for the Museum of Contemporary Art on Nov. 14. A news release issued by the museum stated that Francesco Vezzoli has been commissioned to create the production, entitled "Ballets Russes Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again)." The show will also debut Lady Gaga's new single, "Speechless."

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tags Ballet, Enthusiast, Performance, Bolshoi Ballet, Lady Gaga, Pop Culture (all tags)

Bolshoi Ballerina Ekaterina Maximova Dies at Age 71

The Associated Press has reported that Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova, who danced with the Bolshoi Ballet for 30 years, died unexpectedly today in her home at the age of 71.

The Bolshoi Theatre just released this statement on their website:

…suddenly, at 71 years of age. This Bolshoi Ballet ‘baby’, who developed into a marvelous tragic actress, a ballerina of the Thaw, the glory of Russian ballet, the ornament and pride of any foreign company with which she appeared, the dancer of Grigorovich, Bejart, Petit, Lacotte, a television star, charm personified, the eternal feminine component of the immortal Maximova-Vasiliev duet, beloved by her pupils at the Bolshoi and Kremlin Ballet, Madame No (such was her nickname), who said a firm ‘yes’ forever to the art form she chose, - this woman for all time. The motto of Ekaterina Maximova’s emblem is “Art thanks to skill”. She was a living example, the very epitome of these words. The Bolshoi Theatre mourns its great loss and offers its condolences to Ekaterina’s mother, Tatyana Maximova, and her husband – Vladimir Vasiliev.

The cause of death is still unknown. Maximova was working as a teacher and had not been suffering from any health conditions.

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tags Ballet, Enthusiast, Bolshoi Ballet, Ekaterina Maximova (all tags)