From June 17 to 28 The Bolshoi Ballet will visit Brazil with tour for the first time in last 16 years, taking part in "The Season of Dance Art" grand festival.
The artists will present to the audience two of The Bolshoi most famous and loved ballets - "Spartacus" by Aram Khachaturyan staged by Yury Grigorovich and Vladimir Vasiliev's version of "Giselle" by Adolf Adan. Both stagings will be performed for 3 times at Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro and at Teatro Bradesco in SГЈo Paulo.
By the way, Brazil is the only country where The Bolshoi has its own school. It has been founded in Joinville city 15 years ago to offer professional ballet education to Brazilian children naturally predisposed to dance.