Artiste: Lyubov Andreyeva

The myth of Pygmalion and Galatea brings us back to the very start of the ballet tradition with Jean-Philippe Rameau’s one act opera-ballet of 1748.

Eifman has said he wants move dance back into theater and to use movement to explore the psychological. Both of these the company accomplishes.

Eifman Ballet is back in London with Boris Eifman's latest ballet, Up and Down 

The energy exuded from The Eifman Ballet in Rodin was enough to light – and keep burning – the Olympic torch. At the Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg. 

How do you explain genius? The Eifman Ballet uses dance to bring this concept to life through the story of the famous sculptor Auguste Rodin.Artistic Director and choreographer Boris Eifman explains his inspiration in a note about the production: “To turn a moment frozen in stone into an irrepressible sensuous stream of body movements.