Spartacus. The Nutcracker. Jewels. Swan Lake. The Pharaoh’s Daughter. That’s the 2021–22 lineup for the Bolshoi Ballet, coming to a U.S. movie theater near you. Spartacus, Jewels, and The Pharaoh’s Daughter are live events, while The Nutcracker and Swan Lake (starring the sinuous ballerina Olga Smirnova) are encores. Jewels, in particular, should be fascinating: how will the Bolshoi’s four-square classicism work in the fleet neoclassicism of George Balanchine? From November 2021 to May 2022. —L.J.
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