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Nina Kaptsova's debut in Neumeier's Lady of the Camellias

By Janet Ward, 11 May 2015
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“Nina Kaptsova rose to the emotional requirements of this role, and won the audience’s heart.”
Reviewed at Bolshoi Theatre: Historic Stage, Moscow on 30 April 2015
Programme
La Dame aux camélias (John Neumeier)
Performers
Bolshoi Ballet
Nina Kaptsova, Dancer
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Janet Ward
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.