The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer Sergei Radchenko of the Bolshoi Ballet sought to realize his vision by bringing together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet. Leading dancers from across the Russias have forged under Radchenko’s direction staging new productions of timeless classics such as Don Quixote.

Ruslan Mukhambetkaliev & Marianna Chemalina in Don Quixote. Photo by Sofi Seck.