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The Pygmalion Effect
UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas-Hazard Center · San Diego
11 Oct 2026
19 $ – 20.50 $
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Production
Special Screening & One-Off Event
The Pygmalion Effect – UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas-Hazard Center, San Diego
- Date
- Sunday, 11 October 2026
- Time
- 13:00
- Duration
- 01:25
- Venue
- UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas-Hazard Center
- Address
- 7510 Hazard Center Dr #100, San Diego, CA 92108, USA
- City
- San Diego
- Organisation
- UltraStar Cinemas
- Price range
- 19 $ – 20.50 $
About this event
The event is a cinema presentation of Boris Eifman's ballet The Pygmalion Effect. UltraStar classifies the engagement as a Special Engagement and Unique Event, with an NR rating and a listed running time of 1 hour 25 minutes. Digital Gym identifies the format as Ballet on Film and credits Boris Eifman as director and choreographer. The production draws on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and relocates the transformation story to ballroom dance. The central figures are Leon, Holmes, and Gala, whom Leon trains. The production combines ballet, contemporary dance, and ballroom movement. Sets are by Zinovy Margolin, costumes by Olga Shaishmelashvili, and lighting by Alexander Sivaev and Boris Eifman.
Cast & creative
- O
Leon
Oleg Gabyshev - L
Gala
Lyubov Andreyeva - D
Holmes
Dmitry Fisher - A
- I
Coach
Igor Subbotin - L
Dancer
Liliya Lishchuk - S
Dancer
Sergey Volobuev - B
Choreographer
Boris Eifman - B
Stage director
Boris Eifman - B
Lighting designer
Boris Eifman 
Set designer
Zinovy Margolin
Costume designer
Olga Shaishmelashvili
Lighting designer
Alexander Sivaev- J
Composer
Johann Strauss II - W
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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