igor bobrin’s ice theatre and nadezhda babkina’s russian song theater present russian national ice show “the bird of happiness”

we will tell you the story of carmen, a notorious gypsy, and her love for a young soldier named jose. everyone knows her name, mothers name daughters after her. all over the world this name symbolizes the same thing - ruthlessly capricious passion - the secret of female love. parts of carmen and jose are performed by olympic champions natalia bestemyanova and andrei bukin.

moscow stars on ice presents the story about a girls everyone know, in an entirely enchanting way.

russia. totalitarian system of xx century. grotesque images of the clerks' with faces crippled by the reality of their existence. children in youth camps with red kerchiefs and fake smiles, marching to the beat of a drum. false joy, false pathos, identical appearances, masks instead of faces — this could all be a bad dream.

a small funny dragon discovers that in his village the most important guest this christmas eve — santa claus — is missing! the dragon sets off to find him.

cinderella is the performance for the entire family. this is an emotional short rendition of the well-known and well-liked fairy-tale. from the very first moments of the performance cinderella wins everyone’s hearts with her kindness and vulnerability, particularly as compared to the heartless and selfish stepmother and her spoiled, envious and wicked daughters.

usually the second part of the ice performance, to the music of classical, rock and pop composers, in other words, any taste of the audiences, including the music of the country where the theatre tours.

if we were to observe animal behavior, we could find human parallels...

funny adventures of a magic nanny who blew in with the western wind to work for a banker's family.

an abandoned small boy, lost in the jungle in india is raised by wild wolves. but in the jungle, other animals become his teachers: baloo the bear; bagheera the panther; kaa the python.

it's christmas eve and everyone hurries to find last minute gifts. what will it be? a bell? skates? a toy? a book? or, maybe, the "nutcracker"?

early xx century. at the most tragic moment in the history of russian empire, when this vast country was ravaged by war and internal political conflicts, morbid changes of the patriarchal rural country shook the very foundation of the governing powers. near the tsar's throne appears a mystical figure of rasputin, tsarina's favourite, a man of questionable origins, who befriends and tutors the young prince.

a glooming peace this morning with it brings; the sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; some shall be pardon'd, and some punished: for never was a story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeo.

times of the lumiere brothers. the news: a murderous triangle of love. a policeman and a thief. a gossipmonger. a beauty. the main film. a party. joys of the rich. little charlie feels out of place here. the policeman enters.

director igor bobrin ballet-master natalia bestemyanova costume designer nika veligzhaninova coach andrey bukin music editor alexey shubin scenery designer boris alferi

in a far off fairy tale land there lived the prince. he dreamed about finding a girl to love and marry. the prince decided to invite all unmarried girls to choose his bride among them. they were all pretty, but the winner was the ultimate beauty among them. when the magic mirror saw her reflection, it said: you are the most beautiful of them all!

guests assembling at the palace for the prince is about to choose his bride. the prince and his friends set out to the forest, this will be the last time the prince is with his friends in his unmarried life and the company rejoices.

the language of dance has been used since time immemorial to communicate the full spectrum of human emotions: joy, misery, love, hatred, hope, despair, happiness, sorrow - all which vibrated as the pulse of our planet. tango, more than any other dance, is eloquently passionate and rhythmic, dramatic and sensual, sadly complex and exquisitely bold...

sometimes you get tired of tv and movies, commercials and big sports, thrillers and cartoons. try something different. come to the theatre. you can really rest here for a bit, while immersing into the melodies of the past. the familiar tunes we know from childhood, will be panacea for the soul in the future.

those familiar with the story of the italian slave uprising led by legendary gladiator spartakus, will truly enjoy the captivating rhythm of these events, which focuses not on the bloodshed of war, but on the tales of people and practices of the ancient times.