 In 1998, the renowned choreographer Yuri Grigorovich from the Bolshoi came to Chişinău to direct his version of "The Nutcracker", originally played at the Bolshoi in 1966.The company now toured to Moscow, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Paris, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Los Angeles.In 1999 it brought productions of Swan Lake and "Sleeping Beauty" to the UK.