Ivan Vasiliev

Regarded as one the greatest performers in classical ballet today, Ivan Vasiliev will be making two appearances in Athens, performing extracts from some of his emblematic roles, as well as his own original work. He will be joined by respected soloists from the Bolshoi Ballet. Tickets cost 40 to 100 euros.

The Bolshoi Ballet pays tribute to one of its greatest dancers and teachers, Mikhail Lavrovsky, with a show that premiered in Moscow on May 4 and is traveling outside Russia for the first time for three shows in Greece, just a month shy of Lavrov's 76th birthday.

In the early 1970s, the Bolshoi Ballet came to Athens, with a star dancing the title role of Spartacus at a packed Herod Atticus Theater. Mikhail Lavrovsky was at the apogee of his fame at the time and this particular role, which earned him the Lenin Prize, was to become a career milestone.