Tag: natalia makarova

Sara Mearns is back! The gorgeous New York City Ballet principal has been out for eight months—eight months—with a back injury. But a couple of weeks ago she was finally able to return to the stage, and we were finally able to recover from our SMearns withdrawal. The news gets even better: Sara has decided […]

Tonight CBS broadcasts the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors—and one of the honorees is a true ballet legend. There are many incredible ballerinas dancing today, but nobody can ever quite measure up to Natalia Makarova. She first rose to fame at the Kirov Ballet in the 1960s, but after she defected from the USSR in 1970, […]