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 Latest Magazine Coverage August 2007 September 2007 BolshoiTalk Discussion/News Hub London Summer Season 2007 July 30 – August 18 Coliseum booking Ballet.co Ticket exchange Sell and swap tickets  Bolshoi Image Gallery Over 400 photos Bolshoi Reviews - updated daily with links from all around the world Why not leave a review for us? Register here Login here Write review here Ballet.co Bolshoi Interviews - 24 Bolshoi interviews stretching back to 2000 Bolshoi Feature and Interview links - updated daily with links from all around the world Ballet.co DVD Reviews - loads of Bolshoi DVD reviews Bolshoi Streaming videos Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, Spartacus Elsinore (new Wheeldon), In the Upper Room, Don Quixote/Bright Stream Some selected Bolshoi reviews from our database Le Corsaire reviews Clement Crisp (Financial Times) Mark Monahan (Telegraph) Lynette Halewood (Ballet.co) All Le Corsaire reviews La Bayadere reviews Alistair Macaulay (NY Times) Luke Jennings (Observer) Jeffery Taylor (Sunday Express) All La Bayadere reviews Spartacus Ismene Brown (Telegraph) John Rockwell (NY Times) Graham Watts (Ballet.co) All Spartacus reviews Don Quixote Joel Lobenthal (NY Sun) Judith Mackrell (Guardian) Jeffery Taylor (Sunday Express) All Don Quixote reviews Elsinore reviews Elsinore reviews The Bright Stream Clement Crisp (Financial Times) John Rockwell (NY Times) John Percival (Stage) All Bright Stream reviews Swan Lake reviews Luke Jennings (Guardian) Octavio Roca (SF Chronicle) Lynette Halewood (Ballet.co) All Swan Lake reviews Giselle Judith Mackrell (Guardian) Bruce Marriott (Ballet.co) Baletoman (a Moscow fan) All Giselle reviews Cinderella Giannandrea Poesio (Spectator) Raymond Stults (Moscow Times) Jennifer Dunning (NY Times) All Cinderella reviews The Pharaoh's Daughter Deborah Jowitt (NY Voice) Michael Coveney (Observer) Eric Taub (Ballet.co) All PDaughter reviews Bolshoi Web Site We update these words generally once per year. Here is the view in July 2007 |
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Another company of world renown, the Bolshoi, (which means “big” in Russian) is all about putting on a grand show. This is ballet with both heart and wonderful technique - less sacred in tone than the Mariinsky (Kirov), the other Russian company par excellence. The company’s home, the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, is still closed for renovation, but is due to re-open in 2008. In the mean time, home performances are held on the smaller New Stage. Under its young and Western-influenced director Alexei Ratmansky, who came to the job in 2004, the company is moving forward and introducing new and more modern work. Recent acquisitions include works by Ashton, Petit, Neumeier, Possokhov, Wheeldon and Ratmansky himself. However, it remains best known for the classics (Swan Lake etc.) and Spartacus, the 1960’s signature piece that changed perceptions of what Russian ballet could be, and has thrillingly brought a succession of brilliant male dancers to international acclaim. The company now tours regularly overseas and is seen by many as being on a massive ‘up’. It's never cheap to see a major company like this but it would be daft to miss them when they come your way.
The Bolshoi was formed in 1776 by English entrepreneur Michael Maddox and Prince Urusov, a patron of the arts, before being taken over by the Imperial Government in 1806. It was in the late 19th century that the Company first made its indelible mark staging the first performances of Petipa’s great full-length classics Don Quixote and Swan Lake. Under Alexander Gorsky (1871-1924) the Bolshoi’s style of highly dramatic action woven into the dance, innovative stage designs, and symphonic music, was developed. Alexander Gorsky was followed by Leonid Lavrovsky (1905-1967) as Artistic Director in 1944. He continued producing a mixed repertoire of classics and modern works thrilling audiences worldwide with highly spectacular and heroic productions such as Spartacus (1968) and The Golden Age (1982). During a history spanning more than 225 years, the Bolshoi Ballet’s vast repertoire is linked to generations of legendary names. Under the Bolshoi’s new artistic director, Alexei Ratmansky, supported by his company of soloists and corps de ballet who have been trained in the great tradition of the imperial Russian ballet, audiences are invited to participate in a journey through its illustrious history and to experience some of its most significant moments. The present Bolshoi Theatre which was opened in 1825 is one of the most famous theatres in the world. The dominating 2000-seat theatre is adorned with a massive eight-column portico topped by Apollo in his chariot. Some much-needed renovations are now being carried out as the Bolshoi Theatre undergoes major post-Soviet refurbishment work. |
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