From 13 to 16 December the Mariinsky Theatre will be presenting ballets at the Tianjin Grand Theatre (Northern China).
In Tianjin the Mariinsky Ballet will be performing The Little Humpbacked Horse featuring choreography by Alexei Ratmansky with Ulyana Lopatkina and Vladimir Shklyarov (13 December) and Anastasia Kolegova and Filipp Stepin (14 December) in the lead roles as well as an evening of ballets by Michel Fokine. Chopiniana will feature Xenia Ostreikovskaya, Tatiana Tiliguzova and Viktoria Brileva (15 December), Anastasia Kolegova, Anna Lavrinenko and Alisa Sodoleva (16 December) and Yevgeny Ivanchenko. The lead roles in The Firebird will be performed by Anastasia Kolegova (15 December), Sofia Gumerova (16 December) and Yuri Smekalov. In Schéhérazade Chinese audiences will see Alisa Sodoleva with Vladimir Shklyarov (15 December) and Viktoria Brileva with Ernest Latypov (16 December).
The Grand Theatre in Tianjin, China’s fourth largest city, is located in a picturesque park on the shore of a lake. The theatre building, opened in 2012, resembles a seashell lapping against the water. Its semi-circular roof, which appears to soar above the ground, links three stage venues.
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