Under the aegis of its now acting artistic director, Alexei Ratmansky, the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company continues its foray into the history of Russian ballet with a revival of The Flames of Paris.

Les Flammes de Paris is a two act classical ballet by Boris Asafiev based on songs of the French Revolution, originally choreographed by Vasily Vainonen for the Kirov in 1932 and reconstructed in 2008 by Alexei Ratmansky for the Bolshoi Ballet.

Vasiliev, they say, can almost fly: the Bolshoi’s principal superstar, he’s also been filmed for the Andrew Marr show and is all over YouTube. Recent Covent Garden appearances in Don Quichote & Spartacus generated rave reviews. This is his first DVD.

Cast:
- Jeanne: Natalia Osipova
- Jerome: Denis Savin
- Philippe, un Marseillais: Ivan Vasiliev
- Marquis Costa de Beauregard: Yuri Klevtsov
- Adeline: Nina Kaptsova
- Mireille de Poitiers: Anna Antonicheva
- Antoine Mistral: Ruslan Skvortsov

Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
Original Choreography by Vasily Vaynonen
Design: Ilya Utkin & Evgeny Monakhov
Costumes: Yelena Markovskaya
Lighting: Damir Ismagilov

Recorded in HD Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, March 2010.

Bonus: Osipova, Vasiliev & Ratmansky in interview and rehearsal.

Ballet 103 min, Bonus 20 min
Booklet: Fr / Eng / Ger
Colour 16/9, NTSC, PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1