Underwhelming Ondine from the Bolshoi Ballet

By Janet Ward, 21 October 2016

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Reviewed at Bolshoi Theatre: New Stage, Moscow on 19 October 2016

Ondine

Bolshoi Ballet

Ekaterina Krysanova, Dancer

Igor Tsvirko, Dancer

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Janet Ward

A former research scientist and policy analyst, Janet Ward is a writer/editor. For the past 50 years, she has been attending ballet performances, with a particular focus on Russian companies, which she has travelled far and wide to see. She is currently working on a book about the Bolshoi Ballet.