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- Raju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make people laugh and be happy, no matter how unhappy he is within. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on." Over six years in the making, "Mera Naam Joker" is Raj Kapoor's semi-autobiographical story of the life, love, and philosophy of an entertainer.
- Edward Clug directs the Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet in an original dance adaptation of "Master and Margarita", the foremost of Soviet satires, which combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy.
- Iconic Bolshoi production born in 1968 returns to cinema for its 2021/22 season. In Imperial Rome, Spartacus and his wife Phrygia are reduced to slavery and separated, but his love for her will lead him to revolt against the Roman army.
- What happens in a human body during high stress activities like extreme sports?
- Very much like the other two Bolshoi versions choreographed by Grigorovich. However, this is the only one of the three versions shot on widescreen and HD, so the colors are far more vivid and the picture practically jumps out at you, despite the fact that it's not in 3-D. The same sets (or exact duplicates of them) are used, but they don't look as shabby as in the earlier Bolshoi versions. The costumes are only very slightly different. Two minor changes have been made to the choreography. In the second act, the Nutcracker Prince and the Mouse King (who does not die onscreen in this production) do not descend through a trap door in the floor. Instead, the Nutcracker Prince chases the Mouse King offstage and returns a few minutes later triumphantly holding the King's crown. The end is also slightly different. As in the usual Bolshoi version, in the dream, Marie marries her Nutcracker Prince, but then abruptly wakes up. However, in this revised production, rather than waking up alone, wandering around the room in a kind of a daze, and then finding her Nutcracker under the tree, Marie wakes up, instantly realizes that her adventures were all a dream, remembers that it is Christmas morning, and runs to embrace her mother. Then, Drosselmeyer and the family butler bring the Nutcracker to Marie, knowing that she will want it, and she runs to the toy and embraces it tenderly. In the other Bolshoi productions, a stuffed doll substituted in the final scene for the dancer who played the Nutcracker Doll. Here, the dancer appears in the final scene. As in the other two Bolshoi versions, Marie and the Prince are played by adults rather than children, turning their story into a romance between the two.
- Paul Czinner filmed, using multiple camera techniques, the performance of prima ballerina Galina Ulanova of the Russian Bolshoi, performing "Giselle" while the troupe was on tour in England in 1956.
- A two-act ballet created by Christian Spuck for the Bolshoi Ballet. Based on Virginia Woolf's novel, it tells the story of a young man who doesn't get old, he passes through the centuries, magical spaces, and naturally turns into a woman.
- A ballet version of the story of Ivan the Terrible, with music from several Prokofiev works.
- Tchaikovsky composed "The Nutcracker" during four months in 1891. A large part of the ballet was written at sea on a journey from Europe to the United States. Perhaps the most beloved of all ballets, "The Nutcracker" had its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1892. Based on Hoffman's fairy tale, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", the beloved classical ballet takes place one Christmas Eve in a nineteenth century Russian town. Uncle Drosselmeyer, a conjurer and magician, delights the entire family with tricks and magic gifts. He gives Marie, his young niece, a rather plain looking doll in a red uniform. Marie loves the doll which has an unusual mouth ("...so strong it can crack nuts") -a toy mechanical nutcracker. Marie's brother breaks the doll in jealousy, and Uncle Drosselmeyer places it under the Christmas tree to mend. Marie falls asleep under the tree with her broken doll in her arms and enters a dream world where the Christmas tree shoots up to the sky and all the toys come alive.
- In his 45th year as artistic director of Hamburg Ballet, John Numeier directs a modern adaptation of Tolstoy's masterpiece "Anna Karenina" in co-production with the Bolshoi Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada.
- A dance solo to the music of John Williams choreographed by Motoko Hirayama, the first Japanese to work for a Bolshoi étoile. The geometry and the spatial relationships composed by the dancing body hint at the Japanese calligraphy.
- The three faces of Love presented by ballet star Svetlana Zakharova are Passion, Ambiguity and Playfulness. A triple bill with different choreographers, music and forms performed by the dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet Company.