"Stars of the Bolshoi"
I have tix for tonight's Montgomery College/Rockville, MD performance of a group called "Stars of the Bolshoi." I can't seem to find anything about this company on the web except for the announcement of tonight's performance:
http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/reppac/guest_events/bolshoi.htm
When googling "'Stars of the Bolshoi' 2011 tour" only today's Mongomery College date appears. I'm wondering if anybody has seen this particular tour? Is this the smallish pick-up company directed by Shami
"Stars of the Bolshoi" (should honestly be titled "Two Bolshoi Corps Members and Friends")
March 9, 2011
Robert E. Parilla Center for the Arts - Montgomery Country Comm. College
Rockville, MD
Mystery solved! This is indeed a 'gala excerpts' spin-off (about 20 dancers) of Yelena Radchenko's Russian National Ballet Troupe (40 dancers) which, in turn, is a spin-off of her husband, Sergei Radchenko's, Moscow Festival Ballet (60 dancers). How do I know? Not by the paltry playbill which gave few