DANCE AT MEGARON – THE BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE FROM MOSCOW
In collaboration with the Pathé Live
Recorded broadcast from Moscow
Experience Christmas magic with the romantic choreography of Grigorovich, the impressive sets and costumes, and the faultless technique and grace of the Bolshoi Ballet stars. The Good and Evil conflict is garbed in Tchaikovsky’s famous music in a beloved story for the entire family.
It is Christmas Eve, midnight. Marie’s Christmas gift, a wooden nutcracker, comes to life as a Prince. Joined by other toys, Marie and the Nutcracker will embark on an unforgettable adventure.
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich (based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy-tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and its adaptation by Marius Petipa)
Nutcracker-Prince: Denis Rodkin
Marie: Anna Nikulina
Drosselmeyer: Andrei Merkuriev
Mouse King: Vitaly Biktimirov
The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet