This spectacular performance by the artists of the Bolshoi Ballet took place at the Battersea Pavilion, London in 1986 with The Orchestra of London conducted by Alexander Kopylov and artistic direction and choreography by Yuri Grigorovich. The program consisted of: 1. Les Sylphides (Chopin) - Natalia Bessmertnova, Lyudmila Semenyaka, Nina Semizorova, Alexei Fadeyechev. 2. Spartacus Act II (Khachaturian) - Eric Moukhamedov, Natalia Bessmertnova, Alexei Lazaryev, Alla Mikhalchenko. 3. Sleeping beauty (Tchaikovsky) pas de deux - Nina Araniashvili, Leonid Nikonov. 4. La Bayadere (Minkus) solo - Mikhail Tsivin. 5. Swan lake (Tchaikovsky) pas de deux - Nina Semizorova, Alexei Fadeyechev. 6. The Golden age (Shostakovich) - Natalia Bessmertnova, Erik Moukhamedov. 7. Spring waters (Rachmaninov) - Maria Bylova, Leonid Nikonov. Don Quixote (Minkus) - Lyudmila Semenyaka, Yuri Vasyuchenko, Tatiana Bessmertnova, Tatiana Golikova.
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ACMI Identifier
319443
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Music & Performing Arts → Ballet companies
Music & Performing Arts → Ballets - Excerpts
Music & Performing Arts → Ballets - Film and video adaptations
Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts
Music & Performing Arts → Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Performance → Ballet - Performance
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)