When Nemirovich-Danchenko saw an Art Ballet production he was struck by its proximity to what he was doing at his Musical Theatre. In 1939, the latter incorporated the Art Ballet.

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko himself undertook the first ballet productions, and his pupil Vladimir Burmeister later headed the company for nearly 30 years acting both as producer and choreographer to generations of dancers. His works were invariably original and highly professional as concerns both the dancing and the acting.

For over ten years, from 1971 to 1984, the company was headed by Alexei Chichinadze, who had used to be its star dancer.

In 1985, he was replaced in his job by a young gifted man, Dmitri Bryantsev, who is now the theatre's leading choreographer, People's Artist of the RSFSR, one of the principal figures in Soviet ballet.

The ballet group of the Musical Theatre consists of highclass professionals, winners of national and international contests.

The Musical Theatre has long made an international name for itself. It was enthusiastically applauded in Japan, France, Hungary, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Latin America, Greece, Italy, Finland.

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