Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he was crowned czar and grand prince of all Russia on January 16, 1547. Today, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the name wouldn’t be ...

Sequence 2: Prince Ivan. Show off a proud, regal pose with shoulders back and head high. Hold imaginary reins and lift knees high to gallop happily through the spaces. Sequence 3: Prince Ivan and ...

Chief among them are his aunt, who wants to advance the fortunes of her son, a simpleton, and Kurbsky, a warrior prince who wants both power and the hand of Anastasia. Ivan deftly plays to the ...