Date: Friday, August 1, 7:30pm
Tickets: $20
Location: Mountain Cinema in the Doctorow Center for the Arts, Rte. 23A, Village of Hunter, NY
Reservations: 518-263-2002

Music by Cesare Pugni
Choreographed by Pierre Lacotte from Marius Petipa
Starring Svetlana Zakharova and Sergueï Filin
Approximate running time: 102 minutes

The ballet tells the story of Lord Wilson, an Englishman, who falls asleep after smoking opium with merchants in a pyramid, where he has taken refuge from a storm. He dreams that he is an ancient Egyptian in love with Aspicia, a Pharaoh's daughter who has been promised to the King of Nubia. She throws herself into the Nile to avoid the marriage, where she is welcomed by the God of the River Nile. All is resolved and Aspicia is finally united with her love.