Bolshoi Ballet Live : The Pharaoh’s Daughter Ely Cinema. Tickets available on the door.
Sunday 25 November: 3pm. 175 mins (no Certificate)
Ely Cinema, The Maltings, Ely CB7 4BB.
Broadcast live from the Bolshoi Theatre, Russia. Moscow’s internationally renowned Bolshoi Ballet company present Pierre Lacotte's reinvention of this exceptional ballet. First performed in 1862, The Pharoah's Daughter was dropped from the repertory for more than one hundred years until Bolshoi Ballet commissioned Pierre Lacotte to breathe new life into the story for the twenty-first century.
A young Englishman, Lord Wilson, is traveling through Egypt with his servant, John Bull. At the foot of a pyramid they meet a caravan of Arab merchants who kindly invite them into their tent.Suddenly, a very powerful storm gets up and the travelers and merchants hurry to take shelter in the nearest pyramid...
Broadcast live from the Bolshoi Ballet Theatre. Libretto by Jean-Henry Saint-Georgesand Maurice Petipa based on a story by Theophile Gautier. New version by Pierre Lacotte. Choreography by Pierre Lacotte. Conducted by Pavel Klinichev.