Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite/Petrushka

Cinestudio presents two ballets by the Bolshoi Ballet, captured live on the same day it is performed in Moscow’s legendary historic theatre!

Carmen: Music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin. Libretto by Alberto Alonso based on the story Carmen by Prospero Merimé. This one-act ballet is a lively and free- spirited tribute to the Spanish heartbreaker who is torn between two men, originally choreographed by Alberto Alonso for Bolshoi prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya.

Petrushka: Music by Igor Stravinsky. Libretto by Alexandre Benois and Igor Stravinsky. Choreography: Edward Clug. Don’t miss this new take on the classic 1910 ballet by Mikhail Fokine and the Ballets Russes, that starred Vaslav Nijinsky as the existentially downtrodden puppet at a St. Petersburg Carnival. A ballet in four scenes, the new version reimagines the story, giving Petrushka a possible happy ending. This enjoyable double-bill event, transmitted to select cinemas around the world, showcases the very soul of Russian Ballet.