In Soviet times, being a pro-Ukrainian artist was dangerous. The Soviet secret police were particularly brutal in Ukraine, ...

Yuri Grigorovich at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow in 2017. As the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, he reshaped late-Soviet-era dance.Credit...Nikolay Vinokurov/Alamy Live ...

If you think Yuri or Freya are the most problematic in Ang Mutya ng Section E (The Jewel of Section E), think again.

The Filipino rom-com, Ang Mutya ng Section E, has become a global hit, thanks to the incredible performance by the entire cast and a faithful adaptation of the popular Wattpad novel.

Yuri Grigorovich, the artistic director of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, whose robust choreography helped modernize the troupe’s repertoire in the 1960s but who eventually ...