Moscow Festival Ballet performing Coppélia
from Russia
Monday, February 22, 2010
8:00 p.m.

The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.

Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands. The company has also performed with great success in Turkey at the Istanbul Festival and in Greece at the Athens Festival, and recently completed a two-month tour of Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Under the direction of Radchenko, the Moscow Festival Ballet continues to expand its repertoire, commissioning new works and specializing in 20th century full-length ballets such as Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Legend of Love, Stone Flower, and The Golden Age.