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Bolshoi ballet is on its way to Brisbane

Photo is Anna Nikulina as Phrygia, Sweetheart to Spartacus.

Photo is Anna Nikulina as Phrygia, Sweetheart to Spartacus. Source: Image credit Damir Yusupov

Brisbane spectators will have a special treatment this winter as Bolshoi theatre is heading there with two ballets: Spartacus and Jewels. Spartacus is called the identity card of the Soviet ballet school while Jewel is presented in Neo-classicism. We speak with the Principal ballerina Anna Nikulina, who leads the role of Phrygia, about her part as well as the agitation of dance in front Yuri Grigorovich.


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Brisbane spectators will have a special treatment this winter as Bolshoi theatre is heading there with two ballets: Spartacus and Jewels. Spartacus is called the identity card of the Soviet ballet school while Jewel is presented in Neo-classicism. We speak with the Principal ballerina Anna Nikulina, who leads the role of Phrygia, about her part as well as the agitation of dance in front Yuri Grigorovich.


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