Moscow Ballet (United States)

The Moscow Ballet
General information
NameThe Moscow Ballet
Local nameМосковский балет
Principal venueIndependent
Websitewww.nutcracker.com
Senior staff
Chief ExecutiveAkiva Talmi (AKA Clifford Fields) CEO of Akiva Talmi Presents Inc.
Other
Parent companyTalmi Entertainment is the exclusive representation for Moscow Ballet's North American tours

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.