The Golden Age
- Time:
- 17:00
- Duration:
- 2h20
Live from Moscow
SYNOPSIS
In
a seaside town where business and mafia are flourishing, The Golden Age
cabaret is the favorite nightly haunt of dancers, bandits and young
revelers, where the young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita, a
beautiful dancer, but also the friend of a local gangster…
PRESENTATION
A
satire of Europe during the Roaring 20s, The Golden Age makes for an
original, colorful, and dazzling show with its jazzy score and
music-hall atmosphere. This ballet that can only be seen at the Bolshoi
has everything to it: mad rhythms, vigorous chase scenes, and decadent
cabaret numbers. With its passionate love story featuring beautiful
duets between Boris and Rita, the Bolshoi dancers plunge into every
stylized step and gesture magnificently.
- Music Dmitri Shostakovich
- Choreography Yuri Grigorovich
-
The Bright Stream
- Time:
- 16:00
- Duration:
- 2h30
SYNOPSIS
During
harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites
a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her
unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina and the ballerina’s
husband decide to swap roles for the evening…
PRESENTATION
Alexei
Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score at the Bolshoi,
creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy,
hilarious deceptions, false identities including Principal Dancer
Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a Sylph and its many colorful characters!
The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s
brilliantly choreographed smash hit.
- Music
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Choreography
- Alexei Ratmansky
- Distribution
- Svetlana Lunkina (Zina)
- Mikhail Lobukhin (Pyotr)
- Maria Alexandrova (the Ballerina)
- Ruslan Skvortsov (the Ballet Dancer)
- Denis Savin (the Accordionist)
- Alexei Loparevich (the Old Dacha Dweller)
The Nutcracker
- Time:
- 16:00
- Duration:
- 2h15
SYNOPSIS
On
Christmas Eve, Marie’s wooden nutcracker doll transforms into a
beautiful prince who takes her on a magical journey. Before they leave,
they must confront the Mouse King whose army is threatening Marie…
PRESENTATION
Christmas
would not be complete without the enchanting tale of young Marie and
her Nutcracker prince! Danced by the Bolshoi’s principals, E.T.A.
Hoffmann’s fairytale staged by Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich
will transport children and adults alike to a world of magic and wonder
for the holiday season.
- Music
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Choreography
- Yuri Grigorovich
- Libretto
- Yuri Grigorovich (after E.T.A. Hoffmann and Marius Petipa)
- Distribution
- Denis Rodkin (the Nutcracker Prince)
- Anna Nikulina (Marie)
- Andrei Merkuriev (Drosselmeyer)
- Vitaly Biktimirov (the Mouse King)
- The Bolshoi Corps de Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty
- Time:
- 16:00
- Duration:
- 2h50
Live from Moscow
SYNOPSIS
On
her 16th birthday, a curse by the evil Carabosse causes the beautiful
Princess Aurora to fall into a deep slumber for 100 years. Only the kiss
of a prince could awaken her…
PRESENTATION
In
this resplendent and magical classic, the Bolshoi dancers take us on a
dream-like journey through this classic fairytale complete with jewel
fairies, a magical kingdom, a youthful princess and a handsome prince in
this purest style of classical ballet. The Bolshoi’s sumptuous staging
with its luxurious sets and costumes gives life to Perrault’s fairy tale
unlike any other. A must-see!
- Music
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Choreography
- Yuri Grigorovich
- Libretto
- Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa (after Charles Perrault)
Swan Lake
- Time:
- 16:00
- Duration:
- 3h00
SYNOPSIS
At
moonlight on the banks of a mysterious lake, Prince Siegfried meets the
bewitched swan-woman Odette. Completely spellbound by her beauty, he
swears his faithfulness to her. However, the Prince realizes too late
that Fate has another plan for him….
PRESENTATION
A
ballet of ultimate beauty and a score of unparalleled perfection born
at the Bolshoi in 1877. In the dual role of white swan Odette and her
rival black swan Odile, prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova exudes both
vulnerability and cunning through superb technical mastery, alongside
the powerful and emotional Siegfried, Denis Rodkin. Including
breathtaking scenes with the Bolshoi’s corps de ballet, this is
classical ballet at its finest.
- Music
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Choreography
- Yuri Grigorovich
- Libretto
- Yuri Grigorovich
- Distribution
- Svetlana Zakharova (Odette/Odile)
- Denis Rodkin (Prince Siegfried)
- Artemy Belyakov (the Evil Genius)
- Igor Tsvirko (the Fool)
-
A Contemporary Evening
New production
- Time:
- 16:00
- Duration:
- 2h40
Live from Moscow
SYNOPSIS
For
one evening, the Bolshoi takes on a new challenge with audacity in The Cage by Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander’s Études and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons.
PRESENTATION
A Hero of Our Time
New production
- Time:
- 17:00
- Duration:
- 2h45
Live from Moscow
SYNOPSIS
Pechorin,
a young officer, embarks on a journey across the majestic mountains of
the Caucasus, on a path set by his passionate encounters. Disillusioned
and careless, he inflicts pain upon himself and the women around him…
PRESENTATION
“Give
me everything, it is still not enough.” The story based on the
larger-than-life hero Pechorin is adapted from Mikhail Lermontov’s
literary masterpiece in three separate stories recounting his
heartbreaking betrayals. Is Pechorin a real hero? Or is he a man like
any other? This brand new production by choreographer Yuri Possokhov is a
tragic poetic journey that can only be seen at the Bolshoi.
- Music
- Ilya Demutsky
- Choreography
- Yuri Possokhov
- Libretto
- Kirill Serebrennikov
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