Bolshoi Ballet
March 18, 2017 - March 19, 2017
See A Contemporary Evening on March 19. Experience world-class performances from the Bolshoi Ballet at Regal Cinemas in the Old Mill District. Bolshoi Ballet presents Sunday matinees captured the same day from Moscow.
A Contemporary Evening–The Bolshoi boldly takes on a new challenge of works by three masters of modern and contemporary choreography. For the first time, the company performs The Cage by choreographer Jerome Robbins, a master of visualizing and translating music to movement. Together with Harald Lander’s homage to classical ballet in Études and Alexei Ratmansky’s colorful folklore-inspired Russian Seasons. (March 19)
A Hero of our Time–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. (April 9)