Classical ballet will take center stage on April 6 when the Moscow Festival Ballet per forms. The 50-member company was founded in 1989 when Sergei Radchenko, the leg endary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, formed an independent company that brought together the classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies. Leading dancers from across Russia along with stars of the Bolshoi and Kirov ballets, including prima ballerina Lubov Kunakova of the Kirov, have forged under Radchenko's direction stage such timeless classics as Giselle, Paquita and Carmen. Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe. The company has also performed with great success in Turkey at the Istanbul Festival and in Greece at the Athens Festival, and recently completed a two-month tour of Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Season tickets are available.
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