In 1986, the Bolshoi Ballet toured the UK with this programme of Divertissements, after an absence of 12 years. The tour was a spectacular success, and proved the Bolshoi worthy of their description as the world's most famous ballet company. Their flamboyance and daring, brilliance and technical execution are triumphantly displayed in this programme of excerpts from seven famous Bolshoi ballets, which include: Les Sylphides, Spartacus, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Swan Lake, Spring Water, Golden Age and Don Quixote. The Bolshoi's top-ranking soloists are featured, including Natalia Bessmertnova, Irek Mukhamedov and Nina Ananiashvili. Divertissements was filmed in the Marquee, Battersea Park, London in 1986.