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Today's paper. Last Updated: 02/10/2012

Dance

Catch two short ballets set to Mozart,
V. Lapin / Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater

Catch two short ballets set to Mozart, "Petite Mort" and "Sechs Tanze," which were created for the Salzburg Festival to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his death. Saturday. 7 p.m.

Friday, February 10th

Giselle: Yury Grigorovich’s version of Adolphe Adam’s ballet. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.

La Esmeralda: This ballet by Pugni is a tragic love story based on Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” showing the hopeless love of Quasimodo for the Gypsy girl Esmeralda. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 11th

Giselle: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.

Sunday, February 12th

Giselle: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.

Monday, February 13th

Creation of the World (Sotvoreniye Mira): Andrei Petrov’s ballet. Grand Moscow Classical Ballet production. National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.

Don Quixote: a ballet by Minkus based on Cervantes’ novel about the adventures of a country gentleman who sets out to right the world’s wrongs. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…

Igor Moiseyev Folk Dance Ensemble in a concert. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Feb. 16 and 17, 7 p.m.

Illusions Perdues (Utrachenniye Illyuzii): Leonid Desyatnikov’s ballet based on Balzac’s novel of the same name. Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Feb. 16 and 17, 7 p.m.

The Taming of the Shrew (Ukroshcheniye Stroptivoi): Dmitry Bryantsev’s ballet on the theme of Shakespeare’s comedy includes music by Mikhail Bronner based on 16th-century English compositions. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Feb. 18, 7 p.m.



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