Encore, en pointe
When the Moscow City Ballet visited Poland in 2003, nobody expected the audience would fall for the dancers. However, the spectacular success of Swan Lake, Giselle and The Nutcracker, proved the doubters wrong. Now the audience will have a chance to see their shows in 13 major cities across Poland. The troupe will visit Kraków on December 4 and 5, Warsaw on December 9 and 10, and Wrocław on December 11 and 12. The last cities on the tour are Bydgoszcz and Łód, just before Christmas.
This year, as a special treat for the Polish audience, the Moscow City Ballet will perform Swan Lake, an exceptional ballet full of subtle lyricism and poetic fantasy. Girls magically transformed into swans, the machinations of an evil spirit, and the exploration of the delicate boundary between life and death thrill audiences all over the world. The troupe will also perform the equally touching Romeo and Juliet.
Wherever the group performs, audiences are rarely disappointed. The founder of the troupe, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov, deserves the credit for bringing the dancers up to their exceptional level of quality. Born in 1934, Smirnov-Golovanov graduated from the Academy of Choreography in Moscow. For over 25 years he danced for the Bolshoi Ballet, then worked for the Odessa Ballet and Opera House. He created his own ballet troupe in 1988.
A year later, the troupe began their international career in Seoul and since then has become the world's most traveled ballet group. They have been to Japan, Egypt, the US and Germany. Since 1991 they have performed in Great Britain over 1,500 times.
