The Red Flower

…Red Poppy (1927; later retitled The Red Flower), the first Soviet ballet incorporating communist doctrine. In addition to choreographing portions of The Red Poppy, Tikhomirov staged revivals of La Bayadère and The Sleeping Beauty (1924) and a new version of Esmeralda (1926). In 1914 he toured as Anna Pavlova’s partner.

…Bolshoi Theatre the Soviet-themed ballet The Red Poppy (1927) was produced. This work, which is about Russian sailors who champion downtrodden Chinese dockworkers, was unashamedly propagandist and by current Western standards choreographically unadventurous.