Russian ballet

The famed Odessa National Academic Opera Ballet returns to Athens with the crowd-pleasing favorite "Swan Lake" from May 3 to 5, with performances at 8 p.m. on all days and additional shows at 4 p.m. on May 4 and 5, aimed mostly at children.

"Troy," one of the most important productions of Turkey's State Opera and Ballet (DOB) in 2018, will open to the world and meet opera lovers in Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theater before visiting Berlin later.

The Underground Youth Orchestra - a local act founded in 2010 by people meeting in a basement to play music which today comprises 45 music students and four professionals - presents "Almost New Year's," a celebratory concert at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex.

In his first production as ballet director of the New Greek National Opera, Constantinos Rigos takes a fresh approach to Tchaikovsky's all-time classic "Swan Lake" in a brand-new version in which the pioneering choreographer moves the action to a post-apocalyptic world where the characters are environmental refugees.

In his first production as ballet director of the New Greek National Opera, Constantinos Rigos takes a fresh approach to Tchaikovsky's all-time classic "Swan Lake" in a brand-new version in which the pioneering choreographer moves the action to a post-apocalyptic world where the characters are environmental refugees.

Leading dancers of Russia's famed Bolshoi and Mariisnky ballet companies - including principals Evgenia Obraztsova and Ruslan Skvortsov - will perform a Christmas Gala of highlights from the classical ballet repertory, such as "Sawn Lake," "The Nutcracker," "Sleeping Beauty," "Romeo and Juliet," etc.

Award-winning maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (TSO), the historic Russian ensemble which he has led as artistic director since 1974, in works by the celebrated composer for two Greek Festival shows at the Herod Atticus Theater in central Athens.

The TSO will be joined by the distinguished, award-winning Russian pianist Varvara Nepomnyashchaya.

Already boasting 26 sold-out performances of repertoire classics in the Greek capital, the Grigorovich Ballet Theater of Russia is returning with E.T.A.

Bolshoi prima ballerina and La Scala etoile Svetlana Zakharova brings her new triple bill "Amore" to the Athens Concert Hall on October 24 and 25. The production sees the Russian superstar joining forces with choreographers Yuri Possokhov (San Francisco Ballet), Patrick de Bana (Vienna State Ballet) and Marguerite Donlon.

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.