 It toured to Moscow, Kiev and Bulgaria.The most successful of the company’s modern ballet productions was "A Young Lady and a Hooligan", based on music by Shostakovitch, in which the lead dancer was Mihai Caftanat, who is still working with the company.Born in Chişinău, Caftanat studied ballet in Moscow, returning to his native city to dance "Siegfried", "Prince Desire", Arald in "Broken Sword" and Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra".