Classical Ballet Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the International Ballet Stars only): Chopiniana. Divertissement. Diamonds World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
Schedule for Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the International Ballet Stars only): Chopiniana. Divertissement. Diamonds 2022
Composer: Frederic Chopin Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova Choreography: Michel Fokine Composer: Robert Schumann Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov Choreography: Sergei Vikharev
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin, Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography by Alberto Alonso, George Balanchine
Carmen Suite Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin Choreography by Alberto Alonso Production Choreographer: Viktor Barykin Production Designer: Boris Messerer Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
World premiere: 20 April 1967, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 19 April 2010
Running time: 45 minutes
Divertissement Includes pearls of classical ballet spanning two centuries – from pas de deux from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty and Michel Fokine’s The Dying Swan to Mekhmeneh Bahnu’s monologue and adagio from Yuri Grigorovich’s The Legend of Love and George Balanchine’s Tarantella. The programme also includes a captivating duet from Michel Fokine’s ballet Scheherazade, a simple pas de trois from Die Puppenfee by the Legat brothers and Anton Dolin’s Pas de quatre – a memoir in miniature of the great stars of the Romantic era: Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Elssler and Lucile Grahn.
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Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky from Symphony No. 3 in D Major, 1875 (first movement omitted) Choreography by George Balanchine (1947) Staging: Karin von Aroldingen, Sarah Leland, Elyse Borne and Sean Lavery Scenery: Peter Harvey (1967) Costumes: Karinska (1967) Recreations of costumes supervised: Holly Hines Original lighting: Ronald Bates Lighting: Perry Silvey
World premiere: 13 April 1967, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 October 1999, St Petersburg
The Ballets of George Balanchine is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust
The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the “Ballets of George Balanchine” project to life.
Schedule for Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the International Ballet Stars only): Chopiniana. Divertissement. Diamonds 2022
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