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Date: April 1, 2016
Young Auditorium Welcomes the Moscow Festival Ballet, Performing Swan Lake
WHITEWATER – The final performance of the Young Auditorium 2015-2016 Season is a timeless
classic. The Moscow Festival Ballet will perform Swan Lake at Young Auditorium on Tuesday, May 3,
2016 at 7:30 p.m. The auditorium is located at 930 West Main Street in Whitewater (on the UWWhitewater campus). Tickets for this performance are as low as $24.50.
Swan Lake is arguably one of the most famous of Tchaikovsky’s ballets. The musical dance tells the
story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer. Graceful and dramatic dancing and
music make for a memorable artistic and dynamic performance.
The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi
Ballet, Sergei Radchenko, sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring 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 Russia have
-moreforged under Radchenko’s direction to comprise their exciting new company, staging several new
productions. Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe and
the United Kingdom, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the
Netherlands.
The company has also performed with great success in Turkey at the Istanbul Festival and in Greece
at the Athens Festival, and recently completed a two-month tour of Japan, Korea, Singapore and
Hong Kong. Under the direction of Radchenko, the Moscow Festival Ballet continues to expand its
repertoire.
This performance is brought to our venue in part by the Young Auditorium Cultural Affairs Committee
(CAC). The CAC is a UW-Whitewater student and community member committee dedicated to
assisting in the selection of cultural, diverse, educational and entertaining events at Young
Auditorium. The committee provides opportunities for members to influence a large portion of the
programming at Young Auditorium, and for students to gain educational experiences in arts
administration. The committee is open for anyone to join. Visit
www.uww.edu/youngauditorium/cultural-affairs to learn more.
The Young Auditorium serves as a presenting organization for the performing arts and as an
educational and cultural center enriching the lives of regional communities, offering a full season of
world-class performing arts presentations. Tickets for any show can be purchased online, by calling
the Box Office at (262) 472-2222, or in person. The Greenhill Center of the Arts Box Office is located
inside the UW-Whitewater Center of the Arts building near Barnett Theatre on the UW-Whitewater
Campus (930 West Main Street in Whitewater). The Young Auditorium is adjacent to this building,
and parking is always free at the venue. To learn more, visit www.uww.edu/YoungAuditorium or
follow at www.Facebook.com/Young.Aud.
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