The ballet of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia (Bolshoi Theater ) went on tour to Australia on Saturday.

Performances of the famous Russian troupe will be held from June 26 to July 7 in the city of Brisbane – the capital of Queensland, where Spartacus ballets will be shown staged by Yuri Grigorovich and George Balanchine’s “Jewels”, press Secretary of the BT Katerina Novikova said.

“Today, our illustrious troupe flew from Moscow to the Green Continent. However, the Bolshoi Ballet (as the Bolshoi Theater Ballet Company is called TASS) is going to perform at the place of performance on Sunday, June 23. For the way to Australia, even the fastest the mode of transport takes at least a day, “explained the agency interlocutor.

However, according to her, this route has already been mastered by the famous Russian team. “Six years have passed since the Big Ballet performed with triumphant success in Brisbane,” Novikova said. Then the ballets Corsair and Svetly Ruchei were shown, and the tour took place on the stage of the Lyric Theater of the Queensland Performing Arts Center, where the Bolshoi Ballet will also perform this time.

“In 2013, summing up the exclusive (exclusivity was emphasized as a source of special pride) of the Bolshoi touring season, John Kotzas, director general of the Queensland Center for the Performing Arts, said that this tour was a blessing not only for the public, but for the entire artistic community of Brisbane,” – said Novikova.