The Pharaoh s Daughter performance at The Royal Opera House in London crowned the tour of the Russian Bolshoi Theatre s Ballet on Saturday.

Bolshoi Director General Anatoly Iksanov characterised the performances of the theatre s troupe in London as very successful.

Both the classic repertoire and new experimental plays have been enthusiastically met by the audience and the critics, Iksanov told Itar-Tass.

Over two weeks and a half the Bolshoi ballet troupe showed Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Spartacus that are well familiar to the British audience, as well as their premieres Romeo and Juliet staged by the brilliant British director Declan Donnellan and the Pharaoh s Daughter ballet revived by French choreographer Pierre Lacotte.

According to Iksanov, the fact that the Bolshoi Theatre ballet has reached an agreement with the British side to come for a tour in 2006 proves the Russian ballet dances have been a success.

On Sunday morning, the Bolshoi director said, the dancers with part of the scenery will fly to Moscow.

The other part of the scenery will be dispatched to the United States where the Bolshoi Theatre will hold its next tour in October-November.