Two distinct programs mark the 2019 return of Russian National Ballet Theatre to Folsom.

On Wednesday, the company of 50 exquisite dancers will twice perform Cinderella, a full-length ballet in two acts, with music by Prokofiev. On Thursday the company performs a Gala Program, with excerpts from the world’s greatest ballets with music by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Säens, Prokofiev, and more.

Under the artistic direction of Elena Radchenko, a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded during Perestroika, when many principal dancers from the great ballet companies migrated to Russian National Ballet Theatre to tour the world and uphold the grand tradition of the major Russian ballet works.