There are 70 to 80 Russian-trained classical dancers on the annual North American tour who fly in from the former republic of Russia.
Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker and annual North American tours evolved out of the 1989-92 “Glasnost Festival” created by theatrical producer Akiva Talmi.
Akiva Talmi Presents Inc. produced the International Glasnost Tour in 1988 which premiered in Dartmouth, NH at the Warner Bentley Theater.
Moscow Ballet toured with the full orchestra of the Sats Theater, conducted by Andre Yakovlev.
In 1996 a full length production of Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker was performed at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
This was the culmination of Moscow Ballet's relationship with the Sats Theater and was documented by South Carolina Educational Television.
The set was designed by Valentin Fedorov, who studied at the Moscow Artistic Academic Theatre under Valery Levental of the Bolshoi Ballet.
Clara and her Prince travel to the Land Of Peace and Harmony instead of visiting the Sugar Plum Fairy, to fit the company's theme of international and cultural unity.
"[8] Over the years, the Moscow Ballet has featured ballerinas including Svetlana Smirnova, Predenia and Marina Alexandrova.