Performances

Moscow Ballet Returns to Little Rock with the Great Russian Nutcracker!

Moscow Ballet’s celebrated Great Russian Nutcracker will be at Little Rock's Robinson Center Music Hall on Sunday, November 24th at 3:00 PM.

This favorite show for families at the holidays features award-winning Russian dancers and is acclaimed by the press. The story of peace features amazing solo dances by ambassadors from Hispanic, African, Russian, Asian, and European heritages. The 2013 production includes 200 all new, hand-embellished costumes designed by Shakespearean expert Arthur Oliver and created in St Petersburg’s oldest theatrical costume shop.  Celebrate the beauty of the holidays and the best of Russian ballet in one grand production of Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker!

Tickets start at $28.00. Groups of ten or more and Girl Scout Troops receive discounts by calling 800-320-1733. For VIP and single tickets call Ticketmaster 800-745-3000 or online:

Little Rock Area Student Dancers to Join Moscow Ballet
Russians on Stage in November!

Little Rock area youth will be selected to perform alongside 40 Moscow Ballet professionals in the Great Russian Nutcracker at the Robinson Center Music Hall in November. DanceArts Studio will be the host studio for Moscow Ballet’s Student Program in Little Rock, and a Moscow Ballet soloist will serve as Audition and Rehearsal Director.

Every year since 1993, Moscow Ballet has engaged local ballet students and host studios in cities on the North American tour, offering them the most unusual opportunity of auditioning, rehearsing, and performing in a professional setting. Children ages 7 to 16, under 5”2” and with some ballet training are eligible to audition.

"[Great Russian] Nutcracker dazzles, enchants."
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Robinson Center Music Hall, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, was named for Joseph Taylor Robinson, a former U.S. Senator, Congressman and Arkansas governor. The performance hall is home to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as well as traveling productions of Broadway plays, musicals, concerts, and other events.

2012 Highlights & Events

Moscow Ballet partners with Marie Osmond’s
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Marie and Donny Osmond with Moscow Ballet's Svetlana Todinova	Moscow Ballet ballerinas bring cheer to young patients. (Shown here, Moscow Ballet's Anastasia Kazakova)

Raising funds for children’s hospitals through hospital visits,
photo opps & proceeds from tickets to Great Russian Nutcracker!

New in 2012, Moscow Ballet is proud to support and partner with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH), the leading supporter of children's hospitals nationwide, in raising funds to benefit young patients. In select cities (listed above), a portion of ticket sales from Moscow Ballet's 20th anniversary Great Russian Nutcracker production will go to CMNH facilities.

Moscow Ballet ballerinas Svetlana Todinova, Natalia Miroshnyk, and Olga Aru continue to visit CMNH facilities across the U.S. to meet with young patients and their families. Among these recent events was a meet-and-greet and photo shoot with international superstars Donny and Marie Osmond (founder of CMNH) and Moscow Ballet's Svetlana Todinova in Las Vegas!

Another fundraising event is the North American Russian Tea Party and Auction on November 10 with Moscow Ballet dancers and others at the exclusive Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas TX, which benefits the Dallas Children’s Medical Center.