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    The BOLSHOI BALLET's Performance of THE FLAMES OF PARIS

    The BOLSHOI BALLET's Performance of THE FLAMES OF PARIS

    Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre

    March 20, 2011

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    THE FLAMES OF PARIS portrays the French Revolution as told through two love stories, heinous acts perpetrated by the evil Marquis Costa de Beauregard, battalions of the Marseillais troops on the march to Paris, the appearance of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the storming of their royal palace, The Tuilleries, and, of course, the swiftly descending knife of the guillotine.

    This screening is a high-definition recording from a March 2010 performance of THE FLAMES OF PARIS at the world renowned Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow. The ballet was first performed in 1934 at the then Kirov Theatre, today’s Mariinsky Theatre, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). THE FLAMES OF PARIS became one of Stalin’s favorite ballets, an art form not particularly favored by the Soviet leader. The ballet was originally presented on the eve of the anniversary of Russia’s October Revolution, the inception of the first Communist government. Given that THE FLAMES OF PARIS is about the conflagration of the French Revolution, it was not surprising that the ballet was a favorite of Stalin’s and was a perennial favorite at the celebrations that marked the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union’s start.


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        Coolidge Corner Theatre

        290 Harvard St
        Brookline, MA 02446

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        March 20, 2011

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        11:00 am

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