Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream

During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina, and the ballerina’s husband decide to swap roles for the evening… Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score at the Bolshoi, creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities including Principal Dancer Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a Sylph and its many colorful characters! The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash. Captured live on Apr 29, 2012.

121min
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10

Cast

Ruslan Skvortsov profile pictureRuslan SkvortsovBallet Dancer
Denis Savin profile pictureDenis SavinAccordionist
Alexei Loparevich profile pictureAlexei LoparevichOld Dacha Dweller
Anastasia Vinokur profile pictureAnastasia VinokurAnxious-to-be-younger-than-she-is Dacha Dweller
Egor Simachev profile pictureEgor SimachevGavrilych
Alexander Voytyuk profile pictureAlexander VoytyukTractor Driver
Batyr Annadurdyev profile pictureBatyr AnnadurdyevField Worker from Kuban
Chinara Alizade profile pictureChinara AlizadeZina's Friend
Yulia Lunkina profile pictureYulia LunkinaZina's Friend
Svetlana Pavlova profile pictureSvetlana PavlovaZina's Friend
Maria Prorvich profile pictureMaria ProrvichZina's Friend
Anna Tikhomirova profile pictureAnna TikhomirovaZina's Friend
Victoria Yakusheva profile pictureVictoria YakushevaZina's Friend
Alexei Matrakhov profile pictureAlexei MatrakhovHighlanders
Anton Savichev profile pictureAnton SavichevHighlanders
Roman Simachev profile pictureRoman SimachevHighlanders
Pyotr Kazmiruk profile picturePyotr KazmirukField Workers from Kuban
Anton Kuznetsov profile pictureAnton KuznetsovField Workers from Kuban
Sergei Minakov profile pictureSergei MinakovField Workers from Kuban

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During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina, and the ballerina’s husband decide to swap roles for the evening… Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score at the Bolshoi, creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities including Principal Dancer Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a Sylph and its many colorful characters! The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash. Captured live on Apr 29, 2012.

Runtime: 121min

Extra details

Original Title: Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream
Original Language: English
Directed By: Vincent Bataillon
Production Companies
Bolshoi Theatre