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Mikhail Lobukhin gives a stunning performance as Ivan in the bolshoi's production of Ivan The Terrible

The Bolshoi chooses musicality and technique over special effects with Yuri Grigorovich's beloved classic.

While the ballet's libretto is dated, The Golden Age can, when performed by great artists, be both an entertaining and emotionally satisfying ballet.

Mixed feelings form the Mariinsky Ballet's first performance of Raymonda in Washington. A shortfall in story-telling and emotional communication despite the polished dancing. 

The Bolshoi Ballet's Nutcracker's simple narrative spans both acts with no extraneous characters and activities.

Svetlana Zakharova's Odette-Odile rises Bolshoi ballet's otherwise disapointing Swan Lake , with a luminous performance, by the Bolshoi Orchestra. In New York, as part of Lincoln Centre Festival.