Moscow Ballet, a pure classical ballet company, brings the grand tradition of a century of Russian ballet to audiences throughout the world. Its all-Russian cast of 50 dancers is made up of graduates of the Moscow Choreographic Institute and the Vaganova Institute.

Moscow Ballet’s artists, who range in age from 19-30, begin their training at the tender age of 8-12.

The company’s repertory features such classics as Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Valpurgisnacht, Fountain of Bachsisheri and The Nutcracker. More than a dozen of Moscow Ballet’s cast members are winners of international competitions including laureates of the IBCs of Varna, Moscow, Paris, Osaka and Luzerne.

Moscow Ballet’s designer, Valentin Fedorev, is a graduate of the Stanislavski institute and is also the resident designer of the Chibarksari Opera House. Known as “the Russian Bear” to his colleagues, Fedorev is a prodigy of Valery Leventhal of the Bolshoi Ballet, known for his diverse and often wonderfully comical sets.

The summer series is only a part of the company’s on-going commitment to education. Working with a local partners in education, the company combined its national tour of The Great Russian Nutcracker with an outreach unheard of in the world of international arts events, weaving the rich tapestry of Russia's ethnic, historical, and cultural diversity for the enrichment of local children.

Moscow Ballet has been a past recipient of a direct federal grant for Emergency School Aid for the reduction of minority isolation (ESAA), The Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) for on the job training in arts and education and by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, which helped fund four pilots for PBS television. The company has also worked with school systems to create tutor training programs supported by 21st Century Learning Center (CCLC) federal funds in San Antonio, TX, Dallas, TX, Americus, GA and Jackson, MS.

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker combines the family favorite with a special prayer for peace. Unlike many American adaptations, The Great Russian Nutcracker ends not in the Land of the Sweets, but in the Land of Peace and Harmony, a message that is as timely as it is timeless. The Russian Nutcracker has charmed us for more than a century because it takes its audience to a world of enchantment and peace where dreams are made real, language is no barrier, and it is always the season of love and giving. Moscow Ballet is proud to maintain this priceless heritage and tradition.

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