Three one-act ballets by Marius Petipa
Tonight's In Performance comes from the stage of the Maly Theatre, Leningrad, and is danced by the soloists and corps de ballet of the Maly Company and children from Leningrad's world-renowned Vaganova Dance Academy.

Harlequinade
Music by Drigo
Petipa's charming and witty ballet tells the story of Harlequin and Columbine.

The Cavalry Bivouac
Music by Armsheimer
Petipa's gift for comedy is shown to the full in this light-hearted ballet. Rural tranquillity is interrupted by much flirtation and pulling of rank when a troop of Hussars call in on the girls of an Austrian village.

Paquita (Act III)
Le Grand Pas Classique
Music by Minkus
A show-case for fine dancing in Petipa's classical style.
Conductor Alexander Anisimov
Introduced from the Maly Theatre by HUMPHREY BURTON
Television direction by HELENA MACHERET
A RUSSIAN TELEVISION production
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