Russian ballet to perform

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The Imperial Russian Ballet Company performing Swan Lake.

The masterpiece ballet follows the original storyline (with the happy ending) which was decreed by Soviet rule in the 1930s under Stalin, while incorporating classical and modern choreography.

The Imperial Russian Ballet Company comprises 40 dancers from the major Russian ballet schools, including ballet stars Patrick Dupond (Opera de Paris), Farukh Ruzimatov, Yulia Makhalina and Diana Vishneva (Mariinsky Theatre), Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Lyudmila Semenyaka and Nadezhda Pavlova (The Bolshoi Theatre).

The Imperial Russian Ballet Company performs Swan Lake at 8pm next Wednesday, October 14, at the Regent Theatre and at 8pm on Thursday, October 15, in the Oamaru Opera House.