Roland Petit's Thais Pas de deux

Like Frederick Ashton, Petit was inspired by Massenet's beautiful music.

The Bright Stream

If you've never heard of the ballet The Bright Stream (choreography by Ratmansky, music by Shostakovich) and are wondering whether it's worth it to go and see the Bolshoi live broadcast on Sunday the 29th, check out the whole microsite that ABT, who are performing it in June, have devoted to it. Click here for videos, synopsis, and more. I saw it last year and found it very entertaining.:

Principal casting for Bolshoi Live The Bright Stream April 29

Zina, a local amusements’ organizer	Svetlana Lunkina
Pyotr, an agricultural student	Mikhail Lobukhin
Balerina	Maria Alexandrova
Ballet Dancer	Ruslan Skvortsov
Accordionist	Denis Savin
Old Dacha Dweller	Alexei Loparevich
Anxious-to-be-younger-than-she-is Dacha Dweller	Anastasia Vinokur
Gavrilych, inspector of quality	Yegor Simachev
Galya, a schoolgirl	Xenia Pchelkina
Milkmaid	Anastasia Meskova
Tractor Driver	Alexander Voytyuk
Highlander	Alexander Vorobiyov
Field Worker from Kuban	Batyr Annadurdyev

Love Lies Bleeding on CBC TV

The CBC will be airing a TV version of Jean Grand-Maitre's ballet based on the life of Elton John, Love Lies Bleeding, with Alberta Ballet, on CBC TV, Thursday June 7 at 9 pm.