Starring Maya Plisetskaya in a ballet to music by Rodion Schedrin and inspired by the motifs of Chekhov´s story. This is the second time the famed ballerina turns to Chekhov´s works: th first was the role of Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull; now it´s Anna Sergeyevna... This ballet is more intimate in character and compact than The Seagull with its numerous planes, and dealing with and artist´s place in life and passions unshared: The ballet The Lady and the Little Dog unfolds as a chain of love duets and is outwardly less dramatic. But Plisetskaya who staged the performance conscientiously limited her imagery means so as to draw nearer , in ballet form, to the noble simplicity of Chekhov´s prose.