Diana Vishneva, Konstantin Zverev
Photo Natasha Razina
Anna Karenina
The Mariinsky Ballet's acclaimed staging of Tolstoy's epic novel
Anna Karenina receives its British premiere. Choreographed
by Alexei Ratmansky to Rodion Shchedrin's powerful score,
the ballet 's extraordinary heroine breaks all moral and social
conventions with devastating consequences. Tolstoy's magnificent portrayal of a tormented woman brought to ruin by the abandonment of her passionless marriage for the dashing Count Vronsky, gives an opportunity for two great ballerinas, Diana Vishneva and Uliana Lopatkina to display their unparalleled dramatic and expressive gifts.
