A star-studded cast of principal dancers and leading soloists from the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet will treat the Abu Dhabi Classics audience to stunning assortment of famous adagios, pas de deux, duets and scenes from some of the most internationally acclaimed ballets including The Nutcracker’, ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Spartacus’, ‘Don Quixote’ and many more, at the Cultural Foundation on Friday 31 January.
Celebrated ballerinas Kristina Kretova, Eleonora Sevenard, Margarita Shrayner and Bolshoi’s prima Anastasia Stashkevich, will be joined by world-famous male contemporaries Denis Rodkin, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Igor Tsvirko and Jacopo Tissi, who will take the audience on an inspirational journey of ballet.
‘Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet’ replaces the scheduled performance of ‘MODANSE starring Svetlana Zakharova’ who has withdrawn from the programme due to illness.
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1 FEBRUARY, 8PM, CULTURAL FOUNDATION
French Pianist Lise de la Salle promises to enrapture her audience with her programme, Dances, that reflects a new approach to classical music, exploring dance rhythms from different eras and locales.
4 FEBRUARY, CULTURAL FOUNDATION & 5 FEBRUARY, EMIRATES PALACE
Founded in 1957, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, one of Hamburg’s three largest orchestras, will perform works by Tchaikovsky and Brahms on 4 February at the Cultural Foundation and Beethoven’s 9th (‘Choral’) Symphony on 5 February at du Arena.
6 FEBRUARY, 8PM, CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Egyptian singer, Sanaa Nabil, rose to fame through the TV programme ‘Arabs Got Talent’. Sanaa will perform Laylat Saltana accompanied by the group “Cordes Croisées”, formed by elite Egyptian musicians.
7 FEBRUARY, 8PM, DU ARENA
Magida El Roumi is celebrated internationally as one of the Arab world’s greatest sopranos. She will bring her takes on Classical Arabic music and modern Arab pop as well as her crystal-clear voice and extraordinary vocal range to the season’s spectacular finale concert.
