Screenings
August 20, 2008 at 2pm & August 23, 2008 at 5pm

This unique ballet experience will be presented on the GE Theatre’s massive screen that is 50 feet high and 37 feet wide, the same screen used for Proctors iwerks films. With this giant screen, along with the surround sound audio system, audiences will be able to feel as if they are at these prestigious theatres.

Bolshoi in Cinema Series: The Pharaoh's Daughter
The ballet tells the story of Lord Wilson, an Englishman, who falls asleep after smoking opium with merchants in a pyramid, where he has taken refuge from a storm. He dreams that he is an ancient Egyptian in love with Aspicia, a Pharaoh’s daughter who has been promised to the King of Nubia. She throws herself into the Nile to avoid the marriage, where she is welcomed by the God of the River Nile. All is resolved and Aspici is finally united with her love.

Petipa’s choreography was reconstructed by Pierre Lacotte for this lavish production into which the Bolshoi threw all its resources; lavish ancient Egyptian scenery and costumes, brilliant performances by the corps de ballet and the orchestra, and above all spectacular performances by the leading dancers Svetlana Zakharova and Servei Filin. (Washington Post)

$15