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Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère/Sleeping Beauty " review by Judith Mackrell

Royal Opera House, LondonSuperb performances by individual dancers lift two slightly overblown productionsElements of the imperial ballet tradition in Russia were always close to high-class music hall " the cute child performers, exotic dances and fabulously expensive sets. And it's possible to see the Bolshoi's current productions of La Bayadère and Sleeping Beauty as channelling elements of that more gaudy era.Yet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM on August 7, 2013

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