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Balanchine's Jewels at the Bolshoi, 2012

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:12:06 +0200

The Bolshoi Ballet acquired George Balanchine's triptych Jewels (1967). The production was given new sets (by Alyona Pikalova) and costumes (by Elena Zaytseva) and premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on May 5, 2012. Jewels was staged by Sandra Jennings (Emeralds and Rubies) and by Paul Boos and Merrill Ashley (Diamonds) from the Balanchine Trust. The premiere cast was danced by Evgenia Obraztsova, Vladislav Lantratov, Anna Tikhomirova, Alexander Volchkov (Emeralds), Ekaterina Krysanova, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Ekaterina Shipulina (Rubies), Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudin (Diamonds). A second cast included Anastasia Stashkevich, Dmitry Gudanov (Emeralds), Nina Kaptsova, Andrei Bolotin, Yulia Grebenshchikova (Rubies), Ekaterina Krysanova and Alexander Volchkov (Diamonds).

Between heaven and earth, Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen/Royal Ballet of Flanders

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:50:43 +0200

A triple bill called "Between heaven and earth" including Serenade from George Balanchine, After The Rain from Christopher Wheeldon and the world premiere of Jorma Elo's Killer Sweet. After The Rain was originally created by New York City Ballet on January 22, 2005, with costumes by Holly Hynes and lights by Mark Stanley. The costumes for Killer Sweet were designed by Yumiko Takeshima, light and set design were created by Mikki Kunttu. "Between heaven and earth" was premiered in the Flemish Opera in Antwerp on April 6, 2012. Photos with kind permission of Kathryn Bennetts, artistic director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

Anna Pavlova Gala - Russian Ballet Icons

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:40:42 +0100

The 7th edition of the Russian Ballet Icons gala organized by Ensemble Productions was dedicated to Anna Pavlova at the London Coliseum Theatre, March 4, 2012. Artists included Alessio Carbone, Myriam Ould-Braham (Paris Opera Ballet), Iana Salenko, Marian Walter (Berlin State Ballet), Alina Cojocaru, Tamara Rojo (Royal Ballet), Marat Shemiunov (Mikhailovsky Ballet), Marlon Dino, Lucia Lacarra (Bavarian State Ballet), Daria Klimentova, Vadim Muntagirov (English National Ballet), Alexander Ryabko (Hamburg Ballet), Irina Dvorovenko, Maxim Beloserkovsky (American Ballet Theatre), Alina Somova, Uliana Lopatkina (Mariinsky Ballet), Svetlana Zakharova, Andrei Merkuriev, Anastasia Stashkevich, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Evgenia Obraztsova (Bolshoi Ballet), Giuseppe Picone, David Makhateli, Sergei Polunin. Artistic Director Wayne Eagling.

Present/s from Dutch National Ballet 2012

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:43:26 +0100

If the Dutch say they are going to celebrate, they mean it. For its 50th anniversary director Ted Brandsen offered the Dutch National Ballet (and its audience) a special gift in the shape of no less than nine creations spread over a two-day programme. Aptly called "Present/s" the programme included short pieces by (in order of performance) Krzysztof Pastor (Chapters), Hans van Manen (Variations for Two Couples), Juanjo Arques (Consequence), Christopher Wheeldon (Duet), Ted Brandsen (Rai), Ton Simons (The Nature of Difference), Alexei Ratmansky (Souvenir d'un lieu cher), Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot (Short Time Together), David Dawson (day4). Photos with kind permission of the Dutch National Ballet.

The Sleeping Beauty, Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen/Royal Ballet of Flanders

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:42:37 +0100

The Sleeping Beauty was staged for the Royal Ballet of Flanders by Marcia Haydee in June 2006. Sets and costumes were designed by Pablo Nunez. Light design by Nunez and Haydee. The following series was photographed during the revival of the production in Antwerp, January 2012. The leading roles were performed by Altea Nunez (Princess Aurora), Ernesto Boada (Prince Desire), Alain Honorez (Carabosse) and Maria Seletskaya (Lilac Fairy).

Les Etoiles du 21e Siecle - Paris, 2012

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:11:52 +0100

Photo selection from the annual ballet gala Etoiles du 21e Siecle at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris (13-15 January 2012). The 14th edition featured Alezsja Popova and Mate Bako (Hungarian National Ballet), Lali Kandelaki and Vasil Akhmeteli (Ballet of the Opera of Tbilisi), Davit Galstyan (Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse), Alys Shee (Canadian Ballet Theatre), Evan McKie (Stuttgart Ballet), Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Yana Salenko, Mikhail Kaniskin, Marian Walter (Berlin State Ballet), Yolanda Correa and Yoel Carreno (Ballet of the Opera of Oslo).

The Sleeping Beauty - Bolshoi Ballet

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:26:48 +0100

The first ballet performed in the renovated Bolshoi Theatre was Peter Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty in a new staging by Yuri Grigorovich. Sets were designed by Ezio Frigerio, costumes by Franca Squarciapino. Light design by Vinicio Cheli. Music direction by Vasili Sinaisky. The premiere took place on 18 November 2011 and featured Svetlana Zakharova and David Hallberg in the main roles. A second cast was headed by Nina Kaptsova and Alexander Volchkov. At the issue of the performance on 19 November Kaptsova was promoted to principal ballerina by director Sergei Filin.

Zwanenmeer - Swan Lake - Dutch National Ballet

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:41:14 +0100

The Dutch National Ballet is 50 years young. To mark this great anniversary some of the company's most acclaimed classical productions are revived. Swan Lake in the production by Rudi van Dantzig (1988) is considered a landmark in the history of dance in Holland. Sets and costumes are designed by Toer van Schayk, lights by Jan Hofstra. The premiere of this revival took place at the Muziektheater in Amsterdam on 17 October 2011. Photos with kind permission of the Dutch National Ballet.

Symphony of Psalms at the Bolshoi

Mon, 5 Sep 2011 15:21:04 +0200

Jiri Kylian's Symphony of Psalms (1978) set to music by Igor Stravinsky was staged at the Bolshoi in a triple bill which also included George Balanchine's Rubies and Wayne McGregor's Chroma. The premiere took place on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre on July 21, 2011. The ballet was rehearsed by Cora Bos-Kroese and Ken Ossola. Set design by William Katz, costumes by Joop Stokvis, light design by Joop Caboort, adapted by Kees Tjebbes.

Chroma at the Bolshoi

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:39:02 +0200

Wayne McGregor staged his Chroma (created for the Royal Ballet in November 2006) for the Bolshoi Ballet. The premiere took place in Moscow on 21 July 2011 in a triple bill, which also included George Balanchine's Rubies and Jiri Kylian's Symphony of Psalms. Set design for Chroma is by John Pawson, costumes by Moritz Junge, lighting design by Lucy Carter. The premiere cast of Chroma featured Ekaterina Krysanova, Svetlana Lunkina, Ekaterina Shipulina, Viktoria Litvinova, Yan Godovsky, Maksim Surov, Vladislav Lantratov, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Artem Ovcharenko and Igor Tsvirko. The second cast featured Svetlana Lunkina, Anastasia Meskova, Anna Okuneva, Anastasia Stashkevich, Karim Abdullin, Dmitry Dorokhov, Alexei Koryagin, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Denis Savin and Aleksander Smolyaninov.

Onegin - Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen/Royal Ballet of Flanders

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:22:37 +0200

John Cranko's famous ballet Onegin based on Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse was staged for the Royal Ballet of Flanders and premiered at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp on June 18, 2011. The new production was supervised by Reid Anderson and rehearsed by Jane Bourne. New sets and costumes were designed by Thomas Mika, light by Steen Bjarke. The premiere was danced by Aki Saito (Tatyana), Wim Vanlessen (Onegin), Yurie Matsuura (Olga), Wei Chen (Lensky) and Ricardo Amarante (Gremin). Photos by kind permission of Kathryn Bennetts, artistic director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

Les Etoiles pour le Japon - Paris 31 May 2011

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:56:23 +0200

International charity dance evening at the Palais des Congres in Paris, organized to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake in Japan. The participants were: Carlos Acosta (Royal Ballet London), Michael Banzhaf (Berlin State Ballet), Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet), Jiri Bubenicek (Semperoper Ballet Dresden), Otto Bubenicek (Hamburg Ballet), Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (Berlin State Ballet), Isabelle Ciaravola (Opera National de Paris), Marlon Dino (Munich State Ballet), Olga Esina (Vienna State Opera Ballet), Julien Favreau (Bejart Ballet Lausanne), Mathieu Ganio (Opera National de Paris), Dimitri Gruzdev (English National Ballet), Sue Jin Kang (Stuttgart Ballet), Mikhail Kaninskin (Berlin State Ballet), Maria Kochetkova (San Francisco Ballet), Igor Kolb (Mariinsky Theatre), Elena Kuzmina (Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg), Lucia Lacarra (Munich State Ballet), Roman Lazik (Vienna State Opera Ballet), Andrei Merkuriev (Bolshoi Theatre), Shoko Nakamura (Berlin State Ballet), Fernanda Oliveira (English National Ballet), Sergei Polunin (Royal Ballet London), Marijn Rademaker (Stuttgart Ballet), Jason Reilly (Stuttgart Ballet), Kateryna Shalkina (Bejart Ballet Lausanne), Friedemann Vogel (Stuttgart Ballet), Igor Zelensky (Mariinsky Theatre), pupils of the Ecole de l'Opera de Paris.

Galina Ulanova 100th Anniversary - Russian Ballet Icons

Wed, 18 May 2011 11:09:42 +0200

The 6th edition of the Russian Ballet Icons organized by Ensemble Productions commemorated the 100th anniversary of Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova at the London Coliseum Theatre on May 15, 2011. Artists included Svetlana Zakharova, Svetlana Lunkina, Ekaterina Krysanova, Daria Khokhlova, Dmitri Gudanov, Vladislav Lantratov, Andrei Uvarov (Bolshoi Ballet), Uliana Lopatkina, Evgenia Obraztsova, Igor Zelensky (Mariinsky Ballet), Marat Shemiunov (Mikhailovsky Ballet), Nadia Saidakova, Vladimir Malakhov (Berlin State Ballet), Daria Klimentova, Vadim Muntagirov (English National Ballet), Olga Smirnova, Sergei Strelkov (Vaganova Ballet Academy), Tatiana Gorokhova (Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre), Dorothee Gilbert (Paris Opera Ballet), David Makhateli, Thiago Soares (Royal Ballet), Bernice Coppieters, Alexis Oliveira (Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo).

Evgenia Obraztsova's debut in Swan Lake, Moscow, 23 April 2011

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:01:49 +0200

The anticipated debut of Evgenia Obraztsova in Swan Lake took place in Moscow with the Stanislavsky Ballet. One of the most remarkable ballerinas of the Mariinsky Ballet, so far Obraztsova has been denied the much coveted role of Odette-Odile by her home company. Seeing her perform at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre on 23 April 2011 made that refusal look utterly pointless. Evgenia Obraztsova was joined by Semyon Chudin as Siegfried, Anton Domashev as Rothbart, and artists of the Stanislavsky Ballet. Choreography and staging by Vladimir Bourmeister. Choreography of the 2nd Act by Lev Ivanov, revived by Pyotr Gusev. Set design by Vladimir Arefiev.

Lost Illusions at the Bolshoi Ballet

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:31:07 +0200

The world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's ballet Lost Illusions, with a new score by Leonid Desyatnikov, set and costume design by Jerome Kaplan and light design by Vincent Millet, took place at the Bolshoi Theatre on April 24, 2011. This 3-act ballet uses themes from the libretto by Vladimir Dmitriev (based on the novel by Balzac), originally written for the 1936 production at the Kirov Theatre, with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and music by Boris Asafiev.

Les Saisons Russes du XXIe si?cle - 2011

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:42:47 +0200

Homage to the Ballets Russes at the The?tre des Champs-Elys?es in Paris (March-April 2011), organized by the Maris Liepa Foundation, SAV Entertainment and the Kremlin Ballet Company. Artistic Direction Andris Liepa and Andrei Petrov. This edition contained three ballets from Mikhail Fokine - Chopiniana, Petrushka and the Polovtsian Dances from Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor. Artists of the Kremlin Ballet were joined by veteran star Vladimir Derevianko, Bolshoi Ballet principals Marianna Ryzhkina and Nikolai Tsiskaridze, and soloist Angelina Vorontsova. From the Mariinsky Ballet, Sergei Kononenko performed in the Polovtsian Dances.

Aki Saito and Wim Vanlessen. Principal dancers of the Royal Ballet of Flanders

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:34:13 +0100

Aki Saito and Wim Vanlessen are principal dancers with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium. Graduates from the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp, they both have been dancing with the company since 1994 and were promoted to principals in 2004. Their repertory encompasses the great classics as well contemporary work, including ballets from Maurice B?jart, William Forsythe, Jorma Elo, David Dawson, among others. Dancing together since their school days, Saito and Vanlessen developed a remarkable partnership which can also be appreciated in galas.

A la Russe - Dutch National Ballet 2011

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:31:50 +0100

Dutch National Ballet's homage to Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, in a quadruple bill featuring George Balanchine's Serenade and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Krzysztof Pastor's Dumbarton Dances and the company premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's On The Dnieper, originally created for American Ballet Theatre in 2009. On The Dnieper had its Amsterdam premiere in the Muziektheater on 8 February 2011. Leading roles were performed by Igone de Jongh, Casey Herd, Anna Tsygankova, and Tamas Nagy.

Prague Ballet Gala 2011

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:52:03 +0100

6th edition of the annual Prague Ballet Gala taking place in the Prague Opera House, January 7 and 8, 2011. This year the event starred Jurgita Dronina, Tamas Nagy and Anna Tsygankova, (Dutch National Ballet), Nina Kaptsova and Artem Ovcharenko (Bolshoi Ballet), Aki Saito and Wim Vanlessen (Royal Ballet of Flanders), Davit Galstyan (Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse), Adeline Pastor (Aalto Ballett Theater Essen), Isabelle Ciaravola and Yann Sa?z (Paris Opera Ballet).

Maya Plisetskaya 85.

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:23:13 +0100

New photo gallery. Homage to Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina assoluta turning 85. Gala evening hosted by the Maris Liepa Foundation at the Paris Th??tre des Champs-Elys?es, 6 December 2010. Guests included Maria Alexandrova, Ilze Liepa, Mikhail Lobukhin, Andrei Merkuriev, Nikolai Tsiskaridze (Bolshoi Ballet), Alexandra Timofeyeva (Kremlin Ballet), Andrei Batalov (Mariinsky Ballet), Semyon Chudin (Stanislavsky Ballet), Ludmilla Konovalova (Vienna State Ballet), Ludmila Pagliero and Christophe Duquenne (Paris Opera Ballet). With special thanks to Richard St?phant/Sherwood Productions and Franck Peyrinaud.

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in the rehearsal studio

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:42:38 +0200

The Bolshoi Ballet's young stars Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev rehearsing Don Quixote in the studio.

Etoiles du XXIe Si?cle - Paris, 2010

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:00:32 +0200

Selections from the gala-performances Etoiles du XXIe Si?cle at the Th??tre des Champs-Elys?es in Paris (17-19 September 2010), featuring some of today's most brilliant and acclaimed artists in the field. Featuring Bin Hao, Ekaterina Krysanova, Aleksandra Liashenko, Ilja Louwen, Egor Menshikov, Andrei Merkuriev, Leo Mujic, Lucia Lacarra, Cyril Pierre, Iana Salenko, Daniil Simkin and Jian Zhang.

The Bolshoi Ballet in London 2010

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:01:38 +0200

Following its highly acclaimed 2006 and 2007 seasons the Bolshoi Ballet returned to London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 19 July - 8 August 2010, bringing 6 different programmes or 9 ballets. By the hazards of casting the bulk of this London season was largely carried by young stars Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, who moreover performed in all photoshoots. Their prominence in this selection is therefore purely coincidental...

The Bolshoi Ballet's Petrushka

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 19:52:11 +0200

Photos of the Bolshoi Ballet's revival, staged by Sergei Vikharev, of Mikhail Fokin's famous Petrushka (1911).
Libretto by Igor Stravinsky and Alexandre Benois. Choreography by Mikhail Fokin (1911). Sets and Costumes by Alexandre Benois (for the production at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1921). Staging and new choreographic version: Sergei Vikharev. Sets reproduction by Boris Kaminsky, costumes reproduction by Yelena Zaitseva. Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov. Premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre on July 2, 2010.

Interviews

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:27:35 +0200

The interviews section is back online. Includes conversations with Altynai Asylmuratova, Igor Kolb, Maria Alexandrova and Svetlana Zakharova.

Writing about dance

Tue, 18 May 2010 08:14:12 +0200

Update of the list of publications from Spring 2010.

Les Saisons Russes de XXIe si?cle

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:59:16 +0200

Homage to the Ballets Russes at the The?tre des Champs-Elys?es in Paris (March 4-7, 2010) with revivals of Mikhail Fokine's Le Pavillon d'Armide and The Firebird, and Vaslav Nijinsky's Pr?lude ? l'Apr?s-midi d'un Faune. Performed by the Kremlin Ballet Theatre company, with guest performances by Maria Alexandrova, Mikhail Lobukhin, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Artem Yachmennikov (Bolshoi Ballet) and Irma Nioradze (Mariinsky Ballet).

The Dutch National Ballet's Don Quixote

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:36:23 +0100

Selections from Dutch National Ballet's Don Quixote in the new staging by Alexei Ratmansky, premiered at the Muziektheater in Amsterdam on February 13, 2010. Opening night's cast featured Anna Tsygankova as Kitri, Matthew Golding as Basilio, Peter de Jong as Don Quixote, Karel de Rooy as Sancho, Maia Makhateli as Cupid, Anu Viheriaranta as Queen of the Dryads.

Writing about dance

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:33:49 +0100

Update of the list of publications from 2009 and 2010.

Giselle in Rome

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:20:15 +0100

Selections from Giselle in the production of the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome (February 23 and 25, 2010). Choreography Carla Fracci, after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Anton Dolin. Sets and costumes by Anna Anni. Lighting design by Agostino Angelini. Staging by Beppe Menegatti. Leading roles were danced by guest stars Evgenia Obraztsova (Mariinsky Ballet) and David Makhateli (Royal Ballet), Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet) and Robert Tewsley.

The Bolshoi Ballet's La Esmeralda

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:33:30 +0100

A new staging and choreographic version by Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev of Jules Perrot's romantic ballet La Esmeralda (1844), revised by Marius Petipa, was premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on 25 December 2009. A selection of photos of the three premiere casts headed by Maria Alexandrova, Natalia Osipova and Nina Kaptsova.

Historical biographies of famous Russian dancers of the past back online

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:33:21 +0100

Biographies of Marina Kondratieva, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Maris Liepa, Ekaterina Maximova, Olga Moiseyeva, Marina Semyonova, Alla Shelest, Alla Sizova, Yuri Soloviev, Raisa Struchkova, Nina Timofeyeva, and Yelena Yevteyeva

Stars of the XXIst Century

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:59:20 +0100

Selections from the gala-performances Etoiles de Ballet2000 in Cannes (29 november 2008) and Etoiles du XXIe Si?cle at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris (20 September 2009), featuring some of today's most brilliant and acclaimed artists in the field.

Writing about dance

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:51:22 +0100

Update of the list of publications from 2009.

The Bolshoi Ballet in Spartacus (2)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:13:56 +0200

Several new artists have been reviving the leading roles in the Bolshoi's Ballet's Spartacus. The following selection, shot September 5-10, 2009 covers three casts: Ivan Vasiliev (Spartacus), Nina Kaptsova (Phrygia), Alexander Volchkov (Crassus), Ekaterina Shipulina (Aegina); Pavel Dmitrichenko, Anna Nikulina, Yuri Baranov, Maria Alexandrova; Egor Khromushin, Anna Antonicheva, Andrei Merkuriev, Ekaterina Krysanova.

Writing about Dance

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:57:57 +0200

Major reorganisation of the site. Introduction of the new section Writing about dance, providing a list of my publications of the last ten years.

Les Saisons Russes

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:02:22 +0200

Photos from the centenary gala of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1909-2009) by the Kremlin Ballet from Moscow at the Th??tre des Champs-Elys?es in Paris.

The Bolshoi Ballet in Spartacus

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:11:19 +0200

Photos of one of the Bolshoi Ballet's most famous productions, Yuri Grigorovich's Spartacus. Premiered in 1968 with music by Aram Khachaturian and designs by Simon Virsaladze, it proved the most successful staging of the ballet to date.

Gala of Svetlana Zakharova at the Bolshoi

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:06:59 +0200

Photos of the Svetlana Zakharova Gala Performance at the Bolshoi Theatre on April 9, 2009. The evening included the world premiere of Zakharova Super Game, a one-act ballet with choreography by Francesco Ventriglia.

After the show

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:14:05 +0200

Some impressions from backstage, after the curtain came down.

Coppelia at the Bolshoi

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:35:27 +0100

Photos of the revival and new choreographic version of Coppelia by Sergei Vikharev, premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on March 12, 2009

Osipova and Ovcharenko rehearsing Symphony in C

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:55:39 +0100

Photos of young Bolshoi soloists Natalia Osipova and Artem Ovcharenko rehearsing the 3rd movement from Balanchine's Symphony in C in the studio.

Prague Ballet Gala 2009

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:07:20 +0100

Photos from the 4th edition of the Prague Ballet Gala, Prague National Opera, 9 January 2009

Alexei Ratmansky's Russian Seasons at the Bolshoi

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:33:47 +0100

Photos of Russian Seasons, ballet in 1 Act, set to music by Leonid Desyatnikov, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, originally created for New York City Ballet. Premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on November 15, 2008.

Grand Pas from Paquita at the Bolshoi

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:56:11 +0100

Photos of the new staging and choreographic version of the Grand Pas from Marius Petipa's "Paquita" by Yuri Burlaka, premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on November 15, 2008.

Gala for Maximova and Vasiliev

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 18:49:05 +0100

Photos of the Gala Evening in honour of the 50th anniversary of the artistic creativity of Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow 27 October 2008.

Natalia Osipova

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:24:28 +0200

Biography and repertory updated

Ivan Vasiliev as Spartacus

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:04:08 +0200

Photos from the debut of 19-year old Ivan Vasiliev as Spartacus during the Bolshoi tour at the Royal Theatre Carre in Amsterdam - 25 July 2008. Also featuring Nina Kaptsova, Alexander Volchkov and artists of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Moscow City Ballet's Giselle

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:44:18 +0200

Impressions from Moscow City Ballet's production of Giselle. Production by Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov. Featuring Anastasia Gubanova, Talgat Kozhabayev, Anastasia Shiladzhyan and artists of Moscow City Ballet.

Flames of Paris at the Bolshoi

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:55:54 +0200

A selection of photos from Flames of Paris, a new ballet in 2 Acts, with music by Boris Asafiev, book by Alexander Belinsky and Alexei Ratmansky, based on the original libretto by Nikolai Volkov and Vladimir Dmitriev. Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen. Sets by Ilya Utkin, Evgeny Monakhov, costumes by Yelena Markovskaya. Lighting by Damir Ismagilov. Premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, July 3, 2008.

The Bolshoi Ballet's Giselle (2)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:32:35 +0200

A selection of photos from the 2nd Act of Giselle, featuring Natalia Osipova, Andrei Merkuriev, Maria Alexandrova, and artists of the Bolshoi Ballet. Staging by Vladimir Vasiliev (1997), sets by Sergei Barkhin, costumes by Hubert de Givenchy.

The Bolshoi Ballet's La Sylphide (2)

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:47:19 +0100

2nd gallery of the Bolshoi's new production of La Sylphide, featuring Natalia Osipova, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Ekaterina Krysanova, Yan Godovsky, Nelly Kobakhidze, Ruslan Skvortsov and artists of the Bolshoi Ballet.

The Bolshoi Ballet's La Sylphide

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:53:20 +0100

New photos of the Bolshoi Ballet in Johan Kobborg's new production of La Sylphide, featuring Natalia Osipova,Vyacheslav Lopatin, Ekaterina Krysanova, Yan Godovsky, Nelly Kobakhidze, Ruslan Skvortsov and artists of the Bolshoi Ballet.

The Bolshoi Ballet in Paris January 2008

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:22:41 +0100

The Bolshoi Ballet returns to Paris for three weeks at the Opera Garnier in January 2008. The programme consists of Le Corsaire, Spartacus and a triple bill with Jeu de Cartes/Card Game (Alexei Ratmansky), the Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadere and Pique Dame/Queen of Spades (Roland Petit).

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in rehearsal

Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:35:43 +0200

The Bolshoi Ballet summer 2007 season in London was overall an outstanding success. Natalia Osipova (21) and Ivan Vasiliev (18) were the company's eye-catching young soloists...