Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère

By Janet Ward, 28 October 2016

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“The Bolshoi excels in the number and quality of its soloists at all levels”

Reviewed at Bolshoi Theatre: Historic Stage, Moscow on 26 October 2016

La Bayadère

Bolshoi Ballet

Svetlana Zakharova, Dancer

Denis Rodkin, Dancer

Maria Alexandrova, 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.

The Bolshoi's Bayadère lights up the Historic Stage