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.Captured live on Apr 29, 2012Bookings in the US and Canada: www.bolshoiballetincinema.comBookings in the UK: www.bolshoiballetcinema.co.ukPlease see map below for our other partners worldwide.
Choreography
Alexei Ratmansky
Music
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cast
Zina
Svetlana Lunkina
Pyotr
Mikhail Lobukhin
the Ballerina
Maria Alexandrova
the Ballet Dancer
Ruslan Skvortsov
the Accordionist
Denis Savin
the Old Dacha Dweller
Alexei Loparevich