DANCE: Moscow City Ballet is returning to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

THE renowned dance company, Moscow City Ballet, is returning to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre this February following a triumphant 2014-2015 season with the captivating Giselle and Swan Lake.

The company’s dazzling repertoire of full scale ballet classics – Swan Lake and Giselle – emphasise the fact that Russian ‘big story’ ballets combine artistry, technique, narrative and live music, thus providing a true dancing experience.  Audiences can not only marvel at the perfection of its corps de ballet but witness the excellent dexterity and grace of principal ballerinas Alevtina Lapshina and Liliya Oryekhova.

Live music is at the heart of Moscow City Ballet’s productions and, to Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece scores, performances of Swan Lake and Giselle are staged in all their original splendour with some of the world’s finest dancers. The tragic love story of village girl Giselle, who goes mad and dies of a broken heart, will have audiences on their edge of their seats as ‘the Wilis’ dance to the music of Adolphe Adam.

Moscow City Ballet will be accompanied on tour by the Moscow City Ballet Orchestra who will provide a luscious soundtrack to this magical season of dance.

Founded by Victor Smirnov-Golovanov in 1988, the Moscow City Ballet is one of Russia’s most successful and popular touring ballet companies, highly admired for its distinctive style, exciting choreography and exceptionally gifted dancers.  Now under the artistic direction of Ludamila Neroubashchenko the company continues to be committed to promoting ballet in the Russian classical tradition to audiences all over the world.