Bolshoi Ballet Live from Moscow 2011-12
Sunday 9 October 2011, 4.00
Esmeralda
A sumptuous ballet in three acts, based on the Victor Hugo story of Notre Dame de Paris.
Sunday 20 November 2011, 3.00
Sleeping Beauty
A ballet in two acts based on the well-known fairy tale, with a magical score by Tchaikovsky.
Sunday 18 December 2011, 3.00
The Nutcracker (recorded)
The perennial Christmas favourite, the tale of toys that come to life at night, with enchanting music by Tchaikovsky.
Sunday 11 March 2012, 3.00
Le Corsaire
A swashbuckling romantic tale of the rescue of a beautiful slave from her tyrannical master by a handsome pirate, with some of ballet's most famous individual passages.
Sunday 29 April 2012, 4.00
The Bright Stream
During a harvest festival at a collective farm on the Russian steppe, a Moscow dance troupe arrives to entertain the workers, causing all manner of hilarious trouble in their interactions with the locals.
Sunday 24 June 2012, 4.00
Raymonda
With a lush, exotic score by Alexander Glazunov, Raymonda tells the tale of a French noblewoman betrothed to a knight of the Crusades, and her attempted abduction by a spurned Saracen rival.
Full price £15, Members £12, Concessions £13
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