Photo Coverage: Irina Kolesnikova Brings HER NAME WAS CARMEN to ENO

Following last year's sell-out season, the world's leading ballerina Irina Kolesnikova returns to the London Coliseum from 23-28 August with a new take on an old classic, Her Name Was Carmen. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the ballerina in action below!

Fiery, rich and beautiful, Carmen is a deadly cocktail of passion and tragedy. After her family is brutally murdered, Carmen finds shelter in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Europe... here she becomes entangled in a love triangle with tragic consequences.

Her Name Was Carmen is a new full-length ballet in two acts brought to life by 50 dancers from the critically acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet Theatre. It is set to a re-orchestrated version of Bizet's much-loved score, and is played live by the orchestra of English National Opera.

Her Name Was Carmen marks an unprecedented collaboration between the SPBT and international aid agency Oxfam. One pound from every ticket sold will raise vital funds for Oxfam's Refugee Crisis Appeal, providing live-saving essentials like food, water and sanitation.

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Photo Credit: Roy Tan

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