Watch the Bolshoi's Company Class

Getting a peek inside a major company’s technique class is always a treat. While seeing dancers perform onstage is magical, there’s something captivating about watching a ballerina’s unmade-up face fully concentrated on learning a combination or pushing for another pirouette.

The Telegraph recently went inside the Bolshoi’s company class with ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova, who talks about the company’s performances of Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House in London, which run through August 17. Check it out:

Want more? Here’s another video, this one of the Bolshoi in a Swan Lake rehearsal.