Ballet pays tribute to great Russian composers
In a country starved of professional ballet, the regular visits from dancers of the Royal Moscow Ballet are always a treat.
ROYAL Moscow Ballet will be returning to Durban with a programme paying tribute to great Russia composers Sergei Rachmaninov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Aleksander Borodin, on Saturday, 11 March at 2pm and 7pm.
In a country starved of professional ballet, the regular visits from dancers of the Royal Moscow Ballet are always a treat. This time they bring a ballet programme celebrating some of the most celebrated Russian composers who wrote for ballet and opera. Highlights of their programme include Paganini (a one act ballet) scored by Sergei Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; scenes from ballets scored by Pyotr Tchaikovski: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker and Aleksander Borodin’s The Polovtsian dance from the opera The Prince Igor.
Royal Moscow Ballet has toured successfully around the globe presenting more than a thousand performances.
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