Las llamas de París

Bolshoi Ballet, 2017

Inspired by the French Revolution, this ballet by Boris Asafyev with a libretto by Nicolai Volkov and Vladimir Dmitriev is the story of a young peasant girl besieged by a count, shortly before the popular uprisings put an end to the French monarchy and aristocracy. The action begins in Marseille, one of the cities that rebelled, and includes its victorious march to Paris to the beat of Marseillaise.