Be transported again to the golden, glorious Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow for the live performance of The Bolshoi Ballet’s “Ivan the Terrible” streaming to Orcas Center on Saturday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Drawing on the music composed by Prokofiev for the 1944 Eisenstein film, “Ivan the Terrible” is a work in the true Bolshoi style.

Yuri Grigorovich’s powerful and fascinating epic dramatizes Ivan’s controversial reign, and portrays events in 16th-century Russia in visually stunning scenes. His choreography, full of vigor, strength and wild jumps, also includes great grace and fragility in the female roles. Sensitive classical and powerful character dance blend to create a lyrical epic, rich in the colors of medieval Russia.

Recently revived, “Ivan the Terrible” is an essential part of the company’s repertoire, a 20th-century classic, and a wonderful theatrical experience.

Jean Henigson, Orcas Island ballet teacher writes, “The Bolshoi Ballet brings the tradition of Russian classical ballet from the 19th and 20th Centuries. Choreographer Yuri Gregorivich, a Soviet-era choreographer, moved from the tradition of choreographer Marius Petipa to bring the influence of Soviet glorification to the stage. As current choreographer and director of the Bolshoi Ballet, his work stresses strength and power, often based upon Russian stories with the music of Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Prokovief and Stravinsky.”

See the trailer for the performance at: https://youtu.be/549f2zyoWXQ.

Tickets for “Ivan the Terrible” are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m.