The Prodigal Son, based on the Biblical parable ... unveiling an imposing hoochie-kooch. The ballet becomes moving when the dancing stops: befuddled and broken, the son shuffles home on his ...

The work hasn’t been seen in Atlanta ballet since 1989. “After performing ‘Prodigal Son,’ Helgi promoted me to principal dancer, so it has special meaning to me,” Nedvigin says.

but the Royal Ballet dancers acquit themselves well. Here is pure dance, dazzling spectacle – and a slightly unhinged narrative oddity. The last of those first. The Prodigal Son was a rare foray ...