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Featuring performances from 1930 until 1987, Kirov Ballet Classic Performances offers a comprehensive look at the achievements of the renowned Kirov Ballet company. Among the highlights are a historically significant 1930 silent rendition of Sleeping Beauty, a 1940 production of La Bayadere, starring Natalya Dudinskaya and Vakhtang Chabukiani, and a particularly successful performance of Tchaikovsky's legendary Nutcracker. Included among the other selections are Don Quixote, Gayane, Cinderella, Esmerelda, and The Swan.