Ballet in Cinema: The Bright Stream from The Bolshoi Ballet

The Bright Stream
From the Bolshoi Ballet
Music by Dmitry Shostakovich
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
A laugh-out-loud comical ballet in two acts, The Bright Stream celebrates the maddening, baffling disillusion of love with both hilarious deceptions and joyful resolutions. The libretto, by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, tells the story of the members of a Russian farm collective in the 1930s and their humorous interactions with a group of visiting performers during the harvest festival. Known for his precise characterization in movement, Ratmansky uses Shostakovich's robust folk music to tell this zany tale, broadcast from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.
Running time: 125 minutes including 1 intermission
Wednesday May 16 at 2PM in The Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College
All tickets are $12
Lehman Stages and Emerging Pictures are proud to present exclusive world class cultural programming with the Opera and Ballet in Cinema Series. This series offers an amazing schedule of incredible performances previously unseen in theatres. The Opera and Ballet in Cinema Series brings the best in dance and opera from around the world presented in crystal-clear Hi-Definition digital projection. Our spring season features amazing groundbreaking productions from The Bolshoi in Moscow, the Royal Opera House in London and the Gran Teatre Del Licieu in Barcelona among others.