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Xenia Zlatkovskaya, Aram Khachaturian and Tatiana Vecheslova. Molotov (Perm). 1942
The next premiere by the theatre was to be the ballet Gayaneh, which they had begun to rehearse while still in Leningrad. It was staged by the brilliant character dancer Nina Anisimova. Aram Khachaturian travelled to Molotov to complete the score.
“I remember that I spoke with each performer of the solo roles, how at rehearsals I dismembered the music of each variation and each dance duet so that the dancers could clearly see the idea and the meaning,” recalled Aram Khachaturian.
“Quite often we met with Khachaturian to have a laugh and a joke,” wrote ballerina Tatiana Vecheslova who performed in the premiere, “Once he treated us to a bottle of red wine that had been mysteriously preserved – at that time is was an unheard-of rarity.”
A. Khachaturian. Choreographic Amplitude // Konstantin Sergeyev. Anthology of articles. Moscow. Iskusstvo, 1978. P. 187
Tatiana Vecheslova. I Am a Ballerina. Leningrad-Moscow. Iskusstvo, 1964. PP. 144–145