The Bright Stream

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 1930's 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.

Designer: Boris Messerer
Music Director: Pavel Sorokin
Lighting Designer: Alexander Rubtsov
Libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov
Running time: 125 minutes including 1 intermission
CAST TBA: Casting will be announced 2-3 weeks before the broadcast.

“It’s good to see it once; it’s better – and funnier – to see it twice.” – The New York Times