The Mikhailovsky Theatre ballet company will visit Switzerland for the first time in its history this autumn. The performances will take place in Lausanne, a city known for its ballet traditions: this has been the home of Maurice Béjart’s Béjart Ballet Lausanne since 1987, though the company began performing regularly at the city’s Théâtre de Beaulieu even earlier, in the mid-1960s.

The Mikhailovsky Theatre will present works choreographed by Nacho Duato. Over the course of two evenings, 30 September and 1 October, a programme of three one-act ballets will be performed: Without Words, Duende and Nunc Dimittis.

The tour has been organized with the support of the Honorary Consulate of the Russian Federation in Lausanne.