Don Quixote

Girl pupils at a classical ballet class at Warsaw Ballet School, Poland. Many of the teachers have trained in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and there is a strong influence of the rigorous Russian Vaganova method in the teaching. Both the Warsaw Ballet School and the Polish National Ballet maintain close links with the Russian ballet.

Backstage during a performance of at the Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki) of "Tanczymy Bacha" (Let's Dance Bach) - modern choreography by Krzystof Pastor, director of the Polish National Ballet

The interior of the Congress Hall in the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, a gem of Stalinist Soviet architecture, during a rehearsal by Lublin Opera and Ballet. Warsaw was rebuilt under Russian supervision following its total devastation in World War II. Given the importance of ballet in Russian culture, another result of that reconstruction was the rebuilt Grand Theatre, home of the National Ballet, which was at the time was the largest theatre in the world. The Russian construction workers who were brought in to rebuild the centre of Warsaw including both the Grand Theatre and the Palace of Culture were housed in a specially built model Russian village.

Nathalie Fernandez at rehearsals in one of the main practise rooms of the Polish National Ballet in the Grand Theatre. The company is practising for the opening of the new ballet "Deszcze" by Krzystof Pastor.