Some might view orchestral conductors as manifestations of power as they stand on podiums in front of dozens of musicians, directing with their hands and arms and gaining sensational sounds in ...

A double bill performance of ‘Scheherazade’ and ‘The Firebird’ will open State Street Ballet’s 30th year. (Courtesy photo) “Scheherazade,” premiered by State Street Ballet in 2014, and “The Firebird,” ...

The girls of a poet’s dreams. A classic Russian folk tale. And a story out of “The Thousand and One Nights.” These are hardly revolutionary subjects. But 100 years ago, when Michel Fokine made ballets ...

Bedtime stories took on a new meaning for Scheherazade. Her husband, the Sultan, had the nasty habit of marrying a woman at night and killing her in the morning. So Scheherazade thought up a plan.

On 28 May, Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hisham Gabr, was acclaimed and given a standing ovation after the performance of two masterpieces of the classical music: Elgar's Cello Concerto and ...