The Costa Rican, Russian Ballet

When I moved to Costa Rica, figured one of the things I would have to give up would be the many art and culture events I enjoy frequenting in the States, be it small art galleries, museums, or the theater. Costa Rica is know for it's beautiful environment, but not it's contributions to the man-made artistic world. But there is a National Theater downtown... Cailah and I decided to check out the schedule and were shocked to find "Pro-Ballet Clasico Ruso". I love ballet, and Cailah lived in Russia for a semester. We bought tickets immediately! Since the arts aren't as popular here in Costa Rica, the tickets are fairly inexpensive in order to remain open to general public.

On Saturday night, we got ourselves all dressed up and headed downtown on the bus. The theater is intimate with very ornate architecture. I'm not sure which country descriptor should be first, but regardless it was a wonderful performance of mostly Costa Rican dancers who have been trained by a Russian ballet master. Afterwards we walked across the plaza and enjoyed a cup of cafe con leche at the famous Gran Hotel, where we've always stayed on previous SI trips. It was a very special evening out!