In 1980, when human rights activist Tatiana Osipova was facing time in the Soviet Gulag for her political activities, her husband and fellow dissident, Ivan Kovalev, snuck a message to her on a ...

Osipova’s Tatiana is touchingly puppyish: a shy girl who struggles to express her feelings, then throws them all out with abandon. In the “mirror” duet, Cranko’s best invention, ...

The “mirror” duet in which the sleeping Tatiana dreams of her hero was taken very carefully — Clarke has never partnered Osipova before — but the 23-year-old Scot was able to transcend the ...

The Russian superstar ballerina Natalia Osipova is to join the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House announced today. The 26-year-old Moscow ballerina, who made her name as a wunderkind in the Bolshoi ...

Russian ballerina Natalia Osipova is in her second season as a principal with the company wowing audiences at sold out shows. “Dramatic intelligence”, “on stage intensity” and dancing with ...