from the Big Top in Battersea Park, London
A unique opportunity to be present at tonight's show given by the great Russian ballet company.
At the end of seven weeks of dancing in Dublin, London,
Manchester and Birmingham, acclaimed everywhere by audience and press, they are back in London's riverside Battersea Park to give final performances in a specially erected tent which seats over 3,500 people.
Tonight's programme: Les Sylphides
8.10* Spartacus Act II
9.20* Divertissements including excerpts from
The Nutcracker, Swan Lake Le Corsaire, and their highly praised Golden Age, which had its British premiere a month ago.
Among the stars taking part: Natalya Bessmertnova Irek Mukhamedov Nina Ananiashvili
Maria Bylova
Alia Mikhalchenko
Lyudmila Semenyaka Nina Semizorova Boris Akimov
Alexei Fadeyechev Andris Liepa
Yuri Vasyuchenko artistic director and chief choreographer
Yuri Grigorovich conductor
Alexander Kopylov
ORCHESTRA OF LONDON leader ROLF WILSON
Introduced by Joan Bakewell , with critic Clement Crisp talking, during the pauses and interval, with members of the company and figures from the British ballet world. Engineering managers
JOHN WIGGINS ,MIKE HILL Sound VIC GODRICH
Interval material directed by KEITH CHEETHAM
Produced by COLIN NEARS Directed by JOHN VERNON
(The Bolshoi Ballet appear by arrangement with the Entertainment Corporation Concerts and Arts)