cherryonegin

Thank you so much! Must get hold of a copy of it.

Smirnova, Chudin and Krysanova offered an exceptional performance tonight . They had shown their warmth and passion, and true love to the Solar, unlike the frosty Ms Z on Friday. Usually, Gamzatti is a rather nasty role, Krysanova made it innocent and passionate. Smirnova's natural elegance reminds me seeing Uliana Loptikina danced Nikiya in 2011. Very happy that Bolshoi has gone back to its usual standard at tonight's performance

Does anyone know if Bolshoi plans to have a DVD version of this La Bayadere? Given what happened at ROH last night, I would rather keep a DVD as a good memory.

Indeed, it is not the usual Bolshoi standard, the corps de ballet was in wobbly order tonight, especially the first row. I was stunned by Mariinsky's dance of shade in 2011 as well as Loptikina's Nikiya. Bolshoi tonight is clearly not up to the standard as they did during the live transmission in January this year. What was exactly happened to Alexandrova? She had a very good start! I was expecting to see her renowned 32 fourquettes Zakharova was too fast to watch. Lantratov did a wonderful job!

Unfortnately, I found Zakharova very cold last night. I think many of you disagree with me . I sat very close to the stage and could see every single expression all dancers had. I wonder where was her passion or yearning for love to the Prince. Do not like the re-visited 2004 version of Swan Lake. It seemed to cut off the composer's sheer beauty of music.