Utopia SA has announced the productions and their performances to be transmitted within the 2016-17 Bolshoi Ballet Season, at both Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg and Utopolis Belval in Esch-Belval.

The full programme is as follows:

- Sun 16 October 2016 @ 17:00 (Live transmission): The Golden Age (2 hours 20 mins)

In a seaside town where business and mafia are flourishing, The Golden Age cabaret is the favorite nightly haunt of dancers, bandits and young revelers, where the young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita, a beautiful dancer, but also the friend of a local gangster…

- Sun 6 November 2016 @ 16:00 (re-transmission): The Bright Stream (2 hours 30 mins)

During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina and the ballerina's husband decide to swap roles for the evening…

- Sun 18 December 2016 @ 16:00 (re-transmission): The Nutcracker (2 hours 15 mins)

On Christmas Eve, Marie's wooden nutcracker doll transforms into a beautiful prince who takes her on a magical journey. Before they leave, they must confront the Mouse King whose army is threatening Marie…

- Sun 22 January 2017 @ 16:00 (Live transmission): The Sleeping Beauty (2 hours 50 mins)

On her 16th birthday, a curse by the evil Carabosse causes the beautiful Princess Aurora to fall into a deep slumber for 100 years. Only the kiss of a prince could awaken her…

- Sun 5 February 2017 @ 16:00 (re-transmission): Swan Lake (3 hours)

At moonlight on the banks of a mysterious lake, Prince Siegfried meets the bewitched swan-woman Odette. Completely spellbound by her beauty, he swears his faithfulness to her. However, the Prince realises too late that Fate has another plan for him….

- Sun 19 March 2017 @ 16:00 (live transmission): A Contemporary Evening (new production; 2 hours 40 mins)

For one evening, the Bolshoi takes on a new challenge with audacity in Hans Van Manen's Frank Bridge Variations, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot's Short Time Together and Alexei Ratmansky's Russian Seasons.

- Sun 9 April 2017 @ 17:00 (live transmission): A Hero of Our Time (new production; 2 hours 45 mins)

Pechorin, a young officer, embarks on a journey across the majestic mountains of the Caucasus, on a path set by his passionate encounters. Disillusioned and careless, he inflicts pain upon himself and the women around him…

Tickets cost €20 (reduced €15) available from www.utopolis.lu  and from the cinemas.