/ 20 October 2011

Durban dance pick: October 21 2011

There are two shows only this week of Stars of the Ballet Moscow, a lavish gala production by Edouard Miasnikov, whose Nutcracker was a sell-out sensation earlier in the year.

The show is a winning formula of ­uniting the leading lights of the great ­Russian dance companies, including the Bolshoi Ballet, the Moscow Classical Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and the Moscow Kremlin Ballet. The repertoire features some of ballet’s most ­compelling stand-alone pieces including Tchaikovsky’s ­Russian Dance from Swan Lake, Minkus’s Paquita Grand Pas, Saint-Saëns’s The Dying Swan, Adam’s Le Corsaire pas de deux and Jacques Offenbach’s The Grand Finale cancan.

The Playhouse Opera, ­Tuesday October 25 and Wednesday ­October 26 at 7pm. Tickets range from R135 to R225 and are ­available from Computicket. Early booking is advised.