Spartacus is getting an African makeover. In the 1960 movie "Spartacus," Kirk Douglas played the gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Romans. A ballet version with music by composer Aram ...

Artistic director of the Cairo Opera Ballet Company Erminia Kamel talks with Ahram Online about the re-staging of the ballet 'Spartacus' this month, and why this year's performance can't be missed The ...

Admire muscled flesh, less flagrant than in the outrageously homoerotic telly production Spartacus: Blood and Sand, but top quality all the same. And laugh out loud, as I did, not from a superior, ...

In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and kill one of his friends, Spartacus plots an unprecedented upheaval.

From the moment the curtain rises on the Roman soldiers' muscular, triumphant caperings in front of their captured slaves, you know that subtlety is not the aim in this story of freedom fighters ...

When the Korea National Ballet Company (KNBC) staged the Russian version of ``Spartacus’’ in 2001 for the first time in Asia, it drew lavish reviews from the local media, which praised Korean ballet ...

Huge in scale and spectacular in effect, Spartacus is a true tour de force of a ballet, set to Aram Khachaturian’s superb score. With an incredible display of might from the four leading dancers to ...

Orlando Ballet’s ambitious and audience-pleasing Spartacus did well at the box office, earning $12,000 more than expected, executive director Laraine Frahm says. The company budgeted for $40,000 in ...