Boris Eifman Ballet Theater Review

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Boris Eifman Ballet Theater

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Psychological drama reigns here. Most of the ballets in the repertoire of this internationally acclaimed troupe—the only professional contemporary ballet company in St. Petersburg—have been inspired by biographies of extraordinary Russians with a tragic fate or are based on Russia's literary gems. A must-see is Red Giselle, which tells the story of the great Russian ballerina Olga Spessivtseva, who fled Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution and spent 20 years in a psychiatric ward in New York. Also highly recommended are Anna Karenina, Tchaikovsky, and The Russian Hamlet, devoted to the doomed life of Russian tsar Paul I, who was murdered by plotters in Mikhailovsky castle. The troupe, founded in the late 1970s, has no permanent home, and spends most of its time abroad. When here, the company usually performs at the Alexander Pushkin Drama Theater, the Mariinsky, or Mussorgsky.

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