The Bolshoi Ballet returns to Covent Garden for summer 2013
The Flames of Paris © Elena Fetisova The Bolshoi Ballet is to return to the Royal Opera House in the summer of 2013, performing seven works (four full-length, and three one-act ballets) between 29 July...
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Alexei Ratmansky in rehearsal © ROH/Johan Persson, 2013 24 Preludes, part of the Royal Ballet’s current mixed programme that includes George Balanchine's Apollo and Christopher Wheeldon's Aeternum,...
View ArticleThe Bolshoi in London 2013: Big, bold and brilliant
Olga Smirnova in Diamonds | Photo by Marc Haegeman This summer's performances by the Bolshoi Ballet mark the 50th year of the Moscow-based company performing at Covent Garden under the banner of Victor...
View ArticleRecommended recordings: The Bolshoi Ballet on DVD and Blu-ray
Svetlana Zakharova as Princess Aurora and David Hallberg as Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty © Damir Yusupov This week sees the opening of the Bolshoi Ballet’s three-week season at Covent...
View ArticleYour reaction: The Bolshoi's The Flames of Paris
The Flames of Paris © Elena Fetisova Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. The Flames of Paris @RoyalOperaHouse MINDBLOWING! I've never seen ballet like it #flamesofparis #ballet — Rebecca Kenny...
View ArticleBolshoi Ballet to return to the Royal Opera House in summer 2016
Natalia Osipova in The Flames of Paris © Bolshoi Ballet / Elena Fetisova 2013 The Bolshoi Ballet has announced a three-week residency at the Royal Opera House in summer 2016. The Moscow-based company...
View ArticleHow does the Bolshoi's diverse ballet repertory inspire its identity?
Olga Smirnova dances in The Bolshoi's production of Don Quixote © Elena Fetisova Every ballet company has its own history, its own set of traditions and stagings that shape its identity. For The Royal...
View ArticleYour Reaction: The Bolshoi at The Royal Opera House 2016
Kristina Kretova and Artem Ovcharenko dance in The Bolshoi's The Flames of Paris © Damir Yusupov Don Quixote What did you think of Alexei Fadeyechev’s dazzling restaging of the Petipa classic?...
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