Performer: Oleg Gabyshev

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