Ballet a la Russe (E9) A ballet company’s shift to modern dance splits its troupe down the middle

More films about Russian ballet: “Arabesque” contestant Hayato Nisidzima is from Japan, but, inspired by Russian classical ballet, came to work in Moscow. Back home, he set up a classical ballet company to promote Russia’s school of dance. The irony is, however, that the Moscow Ballet Company where he works has decided to give up on classical ballet in favour of contemporary dance. Hayato is not the only one unhappy with this decision: his fellow dancers are devotees of cla