Show description
Following their sell-out performances of A Festival of Russian Ballet, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company returns to New Zealand with A Russian Triple Bill.
ACT 1 – Sleeping Beauty (Act III)
A holiday is declared for the wedding of Princess Aurora and Prince Desire.
ACT 2 – Les Sylphides
A short ballet in one act about a young man who, while walking at night, encounters a group of sylphs or magical women.
ACT 3 - Carmen
Carmen is a flirtatious and seductive gypsy woman whose love affair with two men ends in tragedy.
“Bold, Brave Russians...In a night that overflows with all things ballet, you can't help be swept up by the sheer panache of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company dancers" - The West Australian
