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Kirov

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kirov ke´ref , formerly Vyatka , city (1989 pop. 440,000), capital of Kirov region, central European Russia, on the Vyatka River. It is a river port and an industrial center that produces machinery and metalwork, chemicals, wood products, and armaments. The 17th-century cathedral and a library (1837) founded by Aleksandr Herzen , who was an exile in the city, are notable. Founded in 1174 as Khlynov by Novgorod colonists, it was fortified against Votyak (Udmurt) and Cheremiss (Mari) attacks. It soon became the capital of an independent republic which was annexed to Moscow by... Read more

Kirov Ballet
Kirov Ballet Ballet company founded in 1735 at St Petersburg. Under the direction of Petipa (1862–1903), the Kirov Ballet was the world's leading company, with principal dancers...Michel Fokine , Rudolf Nureyev , and Mikhail Baryshnikov . Kirov Opera has also made a major contribution to Russian ... Read more

Kirov
Kirov, Russia Khlynov, Vyatka A province and a city named after Sergey Kirov † who was born near here. The city was originally named after the River Khlynovitse between 1181 and 1780 and then... Read more

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	KIROV SHOWS NEW SPIRIT ON TOUR ; TORONTO - The legendary Kirov Ballet from Leningrad demonstrated both...came in tentative performances of the Kirov's first Balanchine ballets, recent and...and derivative -- Soviet works. The Kirov's Toronto performances were part of an... Read more
	America to celebrate the Kirov. (Kirov Ballet comes to U.S.) ; America to celebrate the Kirov When the Soviet Union's Kirov Ballet dances onstage May 21 for its first U.S. visit in...ballet, which was brought to birth and then nurtured by Kirov performers. George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia... Read more
	'Nobody says no to Gergiev' London is to get a Verdi festival thanks to the Kirov Opera circus's tough ringmaster ; THE visit of the Kirov Opera to Covent Garden next week is certain...this time conductor Valery Gergiev, the Kirov s ruling tsar since 1988, is broadening...the usual Russian operatic staples. The Kirov has taken on Verdi. The Kirov now boasts... Read more
	'Nobody says no to Gergiev'; London is to get a Verdi festival thanks to the Kirov Opera circus's tough ringmaster. ; Byline: TOM SUTCLIFFE THE visit of the Kirov Opera to Covent Garden next week is certain...this time conductor Valery Gergiev, the Kirov s ruling tsar since 1988, is broadening...the usual Russian operatic staples. The Kirov has taken on Verdi. The Kirov now boasts... Read more
	Where the Kirov differs. (Kirov Ballet of Leningrad) ; WHERE THE KIROV DIFFERS FOR THOSE OF us who had never seen Leningrad's Kirov Ballet, but had pieced together an ideal from the glimpses...films, and from the standard-shattering performances of Kirov defectors Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova and Mikhail... Read more
	Dance;Kirov's Westward Expansion;Absorbing the Works of Lost Son Balanchine ; The Kirov Ballet's final program of its two-week visit...New York City Ballet. The fare included the Kirov's first performances of "Apollo" and "Tchaikovsky...most formidable Balanchinean challenge the Kirov has undertaken, because - despite its astringently... Read more
	Behind the scenes at the Kirov Opera The curtain went up on the Kirov Opera last night. Opera director TIM COLEMAN, who has worked with the Russian company, describes the life, rivalries and dramatic behaviour at the Kirov's home ; THE current Kirov Opera and Ballet Season at Covent Garden...while touring is legendary; and yet for the Kirov, like all the opera companies of the former...can provide hard currencies. In this, the Kirov is no different from the opera companies... Read more
	KIROV ARE WORTH THE WAIT IN GOLD! ; BALLET & MUSIC KIROV BALLET FESTIVAL THEATRE IT is a classic ballet image - the Kirov Ballet performing one of the great masterpieces to another transfixed audience. And now the world-famous Kirov is coming to Edinburgh's Festival Theatre for the... Read more
	Famed Kirov Ballet to visit Boston ; Russia's famed Kirov Ballet will visit Boston this spring, performing...June 15-17. Although contingents from the Kirov have appeared here in recent years, this...choreographed by Tharp, at the Wang Jan. 29-31. The Kirov run in Boston is part of a 13-city North... Read more
	ARTS PREVIEWS: Kind hearts and pirouettes The Kirov's British tour will have few surprises - but will retain their trademark soul and sensitivity ; The Kirov Ballet's debut at the Lowry comes three years...Now the rubble has disappeared, and the Kirov bring their La Bayadere, the ballet for which...and which Nureyev learned in his own early Kirov career. With Swan Lake also on the cards... Read more

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