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Events in St.-Petersburg

15th Summer Ballet Season


From 8th of May till 22th of October



Concerts take place in Opera and Ballet Theater of St Petersburg's Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. This jubilee season features performances by the St Petersburg?s State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Yakobson and the Moscow State Theater «Russian Ballet».

The St.-Petersburg State Academic Theatre of ballet of L.Yakobson
Art director — Jury Petuhov
In 2001 the known Petersburg dancer and ballet master Jury Petuhov headed theatre. Its arrival to theatre is marked by splash in new statements: for two years ballets «Color of a life» are already put on the stage, «Nutcracker», «The Italian capriccio», «Don Jose-passion on Carmen», etc. But a priority of theatre is a restoration, preservation and returning to the spectator of products of its founder — the greatest ballet master of XX century Leonid Yakobson.


Moscow State Theatre «Russian ballet»
Art director — Vyacheslav Gordeyev
The twenty years’ history of theatre «Russian ballet» has incorporated impressing victories of dancers over the international competitions, large personal and collective awards. Among them are «Gold ticket» — a symbol of hundred thousand the spectators who have visited theatre only for one tours. In the annals of theatre numerous prime-ministers, tour rounds, performances on the most prestigious stages of the world. Outstanding masters of ballet — M. Esambaev, N. Pavlova, I. Liepa danced with troupe of theatre. Nowadays among soloists of troupe owners of honourable prizes and ranks laureate. Today «Russian ballet» with confidence can be named a star of Russian ballet art. Masterpieces of a classical heritage are included in repertoire of the Summer Ballet Season — «Swan Lake», «Chiselle» and «Sleeping beauty».

Repertoire

July

The beginning of performances at 20.00
9,11,13,17,20,21,26,27,29,31 Swan Lake — Tchaikovsky
8, 18, 30 Nutcracker — Tchaikovsky
10,19,28 Chiselle — Adam

August

The beginning of performances at 20.00
3,9,10,13,19,20,24,25,28,29 Swan Lake — Tchaikovsky
2,7,16,21,27 Nutcracker — Tchaikovsky
4,17,30 Chiselle — Adam

September

The beginning of performances at 20.00
1,5,7,11,14,16,17,28 Swan Lake — Tchaikovsky
6,18 Nutcracker — Tchaikovsky
10 Chiselle — Adam

Cost of entrance tickets from 23 USD to 76 USD (according to the seat)
 

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