Friday, December 21st
New First Flash (Pervaya Vspyshka): Jorma Elo's ultra-modern dance piece to Sibelius' music, staged by Christophe Dozzi.
"Sleepless" (Bessonnitsa): Jiri Kylian's work for six dancers with Dirk Haubrich's new music based on Mozart's Adagio in C minor. "Sechs Tanze. Petit Mort" (Shest Tantsev. Malenkaya Smert): two of Jiri Kylian's dance pieces to Mozart's music. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
New Moidodyr: Yefrem Podgaits' ballet based on Kornei Chukovsky's poem for kids about a little boy who didn't like to wash up and a monstrous commander-in-chief of washstands. Choreographed and staged by Yury Smekalov. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 22nd
New First Flash, Sleepless, Sechs Tanze. and Petit Mort: (See Fri. listing.) Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
New Moidodyr: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Noon and 7 p.m.
Festival Russian Winter: Igor Moiseyev Folk Dance Ensemble in concert. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 23rd
New Moidodyr: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Monday, December 24th
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka): Tchaikovsky's ballet based on Alexander Ostrovsky's tale of love. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
The Nutcracker (Shchelkunchik): Yury Grigorovich choreographs and stages Tchaikovsky's ballet based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. Dec. 28, 29 and 31, Jan. 3, 4, 5 and 7 at noon and 7 p.m., Dec. 30 and Jan. 6 at noon and 6 p.m., Jan. 2 at 7 p.m.
The Snow Maiden: (See Mon. listing.) Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Dec. 28, 7 p.m.
MT Pick New Year's Gala: Ulyana Lopatkina and the Stars of Russian Ballet perform the world premiere of Jean-Guillaume Bart's "Johann Strauss Ball" and masterpieces of world choreography. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. Dec. 30, 7 p.m.
The Nutcracker (Shchelkunchik): Tchaikovsky's ballet based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Dec. 30 and Jan. 3 at noon and 7 p.m., Dec. 31 at noon and 6 p.m., Jan. 2 at 7 p.m.
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