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

Casting* :

Nikia	Svetlana Zakharova (Jun 4 & Jun 6 E) Nadezhda Gracheva (Jun 5 & 7) Maria Alexandrova (Jun 6 M)
Solor	Nikolai Tsiskaridze (Jun 4 & Jun 6 E) Andrei Uvarov (Jun 5 & 7) Alexander Volchkov (Jun 6 M)
Gamzatti	Maria Alexandrova (Jun 4) Yekaterina Krysanova (Jun 5, 6 & 7)

* All casting subject to change without notice

	Program Notes Program notes are available online. [PDF]
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Education and Community Events:
Chance to dance with the Bolshoi
Ever dreamed of taking the stage with the Bolshoi Ballet? Cal Performances is presenting the Bolshoi's La Bayadère on June 4-7 at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. In preparation for the engagement, the Bolshoi is looking for 20 men to participate in the production as supernumeraries (sizes 38 to 42); no ballet experience is necessary. There will be a casting call from 9 am to 1 pm Saturday, May 30 at San Francisco Ballet. For more information, e-mail Laura Abrams, Cal Performances' director of Education and Community Programs, at laura@calperfs.berkeley.edu.

Artists links: Bolshoi Theatre site

Thu, Jun 4, 8 pm

Fri, Jun 5, 8 pm

Sat, June 6, 2 pm

Sat, June 6, 8 pm

Sun, June 7, 3 pm

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