From July 25 to 7, the Bolshoi Ballet will re-stage the National Centre for the Performing Arts for the first time in five years. All-star lineup of two wonderful performances, "Ballet Gathering" and "Don Quixote", presenting a ballet feast for the audience in Beijing. Artistic Director Mahal Vaziev, together with the company's principal stars Igor Tsverko, Denis Rodkin, Elisaveta Kokoreva and Eleonora Sefnad recently attended a press conference.
The opening scene of the Nutcracker is the Christmas none of us had.
Guests pour in from a multitude of different households to the Stahlbaum family home, mingling and making merry beneath a gigantic Christmas tree.
Little Clara is entranced by the Nutcracker doll she s given and when she falls asleep, her dreams take her into a winter wonderland where handsome princes triumph over evil mouse armies and sweep her off her feet. Image: The theatre is open again but limited to 25% capacity Image: Anna Nikulina says every Nutcracker performance gives a feeling of a fairytale . Pic: Bolshoi theatre, Damir Yusupov