Here are some useful links re the Kirov/Mariinsky and ballet in St. Petersburg.
* The official site of the Mariinsky Theatre:
http://www.mariinsky.ru/ru (Russian section)
http://www.mariinsky.ru/en (English section)
Unfortunately the English section limps a bit behind the Russian one and is less frequently updated.
The monthly schedule of the theatre can be found on:
http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill
There are now also online booking facilities:
http://tickets.mariinsky.ru/index_eng.php
* The official site of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg:
http://www.vaganova.ru/
In Russian, Japanese, and they are working on the English section.
* The site of the St. Petersburg Mussorgsky State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre - Mikhailovsky theatre (the Maly Theatre):
http://www.reserve.sp.ru/opera/index.htm
In Russian and English.
* The site of the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg:
http://www.souzsporttheatre.ru/?n=31&lang=eng
In Russian, English, French, and German.
* The site of St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre (Tachkine Ballet Theatre):
http://www.spbt.ru/
In Russian and English
* Unfortunately there aren’t that many sites about Kirov dancers yet. Here are few, usually containing a short biography and photos (in Russian and English):
Irma Nioradze: http://www.irmanioradze.ru/
Natalia Dudinskaya: http://dudinskaya.narod.ru/
* Biographies and photos of Kirov (and other) dancers can also be found on:
Small Ballet Encyclopedia: http://www.ballet.classical.ru/
A site in full expansion. Now mostly only in Russian, although the first steps towards an English translation have been made.
For Ballet Lovers Only: http://www.for-ballet-lovers-only.com/