Russian ballet company
This article is about Moscow Ballet, a Russian ballet company represented exclusively in North America by Talmi Entertainment Inc. For other uses, see
Moscow Ballet (disambiguation).
The Moscow Ballet |
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Name | The Moscow Ballet |
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Local name | Московский балет |
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Principal venue | Independent |
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Website | www.nutcracker.com |
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Chief Executive | Akiva Talmi (AKA Clifford Fields) CEO of Akiva Talmi Presents Inc. |
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Parent company | Talmi Entertainment is the exclusive representation for Moscow Ballet's North American tours |
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Moscow Ballet has toured the United States and Canada during the holiday season since 1993 and is exclusively represented by Talmi Entertainment Inc for these tours. There are 70 to 80 Russian-trained classical dancers on the annual North American tour who fly in from the former republic of Russia. Stanislav Vlasov, a former principal artist of the Bolshoi Ballet, was the first artistic director on the North American tour in 1993. Vlasov's debut in the United States was at Carnegie Hall in 1957.