Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream (2012)
A comic ballet in two acts
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.
Director: Vincent Bataillon
Genre: Music, Comedy
Runtime: 121 min
Release Date: April 29, 2012
Cast
- Svetlana Lunkina - Zina
- Mikhail Lobukhin - Pytor
- Maria Alexandrova - Ballerina
- Ruslan Skvortsov - Ballet Dancer
- Denis Savin - Accordionist
- Alexei Loparevich - Old Dacha Dweller
- Anastasia Vinokur - Anxious-to-be-younger-than-she-is Dacha Dweller
- Egor Simachev - Gavrilych
- Ksenia Pchelkina - Gayla
- Anastasiya Meskova - Milkmaid
Screenplay
- Fyodor Lopukhov (Story)
- Adrian Piotrovskiy (Story)
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Production: Bolshoi Theatre
Original Language: en
Keywords
ballet, bolshoi ballet, ballet performance
More Films by Director: Vincent Bataillon
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream about?
- 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.
- Who directed Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream?
- Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream was directed by Vincent Bataillon.
- Who stars in Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream?
- Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream stars Svetlana Lunkina, Mikhail Lobukhin, Maria Alexandrova, Ruslan Skvortsov, Denis Savin, Alexei Loparevich.
- How long is Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream?
- Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream has a runtime of 2h 1m (121 minutes).
- What genre is Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream?
- Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream is a Music, Comedy film.