Time: 19:30, September 24, 2011

Venue: Poly Theater, Beijing

Price: 180 / 280 / 380 / 480 / 680 / 880 RMB

Performer: Russian National Ballet Theatre

Composer: Tchaikovsky

SwanLake- Four Acts:

Act One: Swans emerging at the dance ball
Act Two: Meeting the princess

Act Three: Falling for the dark lord’s trap　　

Act Four: Happily Ever After

Russian National Ballet Theatre

The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Soviet Union’s ballet institutions were exercising their new-found creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies dedicated not only to the timeless tradition of classical Russian Ballet, but to invigorate this tradition as Russians began to accept new developments in dance from around the world.

The company, then titled the Soviet National Ballet, was founded by and incorporated graduates from the great Russian choreographic schools of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Perm. The principal dancers of the company came from the upper ranks of the great ballet companies and academies of Russia, including companies from Riga, Kiev and even Warsaw. Today, the Russian National Ballet Theatre is its own institution, with over 50 dancers of singular instruction and vast experience, many of whom have been with the company since its inception. In addition to their upcoming tour, beginning in January 2011 the company will embark upon a four-month, coast-to-coast tour of the United States.