Attend the Bolshoi Ballet

Watch ballet at Royal Opera House London

Master basic ballet positions and movements

Visit Moscow, capital of Russia. Explore Red Square (home to St. Basil's Cathedral with its colorful onion domes and the Kremlin, a historic fortress and political center), see the Bolshoi Theatre (renowned for ballet and opera performances), and ride the Moscow Metro (known for its ornate stations with chandeliers and mosaics).

Attend a formal masquerade ball with elegant costumes, masks, and dancing

Span onion-domed skylines, taiga rails, and imperial art treasures of Russia

Visit Saint Petersburg, Russia's imperial capital. See the Hermitage Museum (one of the world's largest art museums, housed in the Winter Palace with over 3 million items), walk along Nevsky Prospect (the city's main avenue with historic buildings and shops), explore the Peter and Paul Fortress (the original citadel and burial site of Russian tsars), and admire the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (a 19th-century church with intricate mosaics and onion domes).

Take the world's longest train journey from Moscow to Vladivostok

Enjoy traditional Russian tea brewed in a samovar, a classic metal urn used for heating water and making tea in Russia.