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Bolshoi Ballet
La Bayadère
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

Exciting changes are in store for Russia's legendary Bolshoi Ballet, one of the world's preeminent artistic institutions. The company's 2009 visit marks the first under new artistic director Yuri Burlaka, a dynamic young talent famous for his extra- ordinary revivals of 19th-century dance classics. And in a development that has captured the interest of the ballet world, Yuri Grigorovich, the Bolshoi's Soviet-era artistic director, returns to oversee stagings of the full-length ballets that he choreo- graphed. The company's "profoundly moving" (Guardian, London) La Bayadère is a drama of passion, betrayal, and redemption, unfolding against the exotic backdrop of India and culminating in the radiant choreography of the "Kingdom of the Shades".

Made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Foundation

Program Notes
Program notes are available approximately one week before the performance.

Education/Community Events
Russian Classical Dance Lecture Series: Don Quixote, Onegin, and La Bayadère
Times, Dates, and Locations TBA
The three premier Russian ballet companies performing in Berkeley this season bring story ballets that will be celebrated in a series of talks presented by Cal Performances; the UC Berkeley Slavic Center; and the Department of Dance Theater and Performance Studies. The talks will explore Don Quixote, performed by St. Petersburg's Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet (Oct 14-19); Onegin, premiered by the Eifman Ballet (May 1-3) and La Bayadère, danced by Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet (Jun 4-7). [More Information]

Donor Event
Bolshoi Ballet Open Rehearsal
June 2009
Location TBD
(Donors of $125+ by invitation only)
Catch this rare glimpse into the Bolshoi Ballet's creative process and see how the ballet master leads the company through rehearsals.