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The Bolshoi's A Hero of Our Time: A modern take on a Russian classic

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“an innovative ballet, but one that is beset by the complexity of the story.”
Reviewed at Bolshoi Theatre: New Stage, Moscow on 22 July 2015
Hero of our Time (Yuri Possokhov)
Bolshoi Ballet
Anton Grishanin, Conductor
Kirill Serebrennikov, Director
Artem Ovcharenko, Dancer
Olga Smirnova, Dancer
Ruslan Skvortsov, Dancer
Igor Tsvirko, Dancer
Ekaterina Shipulina, Dancer
Svetlana Zakharova, Dancer
Kristina Kretova, Dancer
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