From 17 to 21 January the Mariinsky Theatre (historic stage) will again host a tour by the ballet company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre (Vladivostok). The playbill features the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre's production of Le Corsaire with choreography by Eldar Aliev, Giselle with choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa and 2016-17 premieres of the Primorsky Stage - Alberto Alonso's Carmen-Suite and George Balanchine's Prodigal Son.
The tour opens with the St Petersburg premiere of the ballet Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam using fragments of music by Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky staged by Principal Choreographer of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre Eldar Aliev (using highlights of the choreography by Marius Petipa). The performances will take place on 17, 18 and 20 January at 19.30.
On 21 January at 14.00 and 19.30 audiences will see Adolphe Adam's fantasy ballet Giselle choreographed by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, which proved a great success during the ballet company's first visit to St Petersburg in August 2017.
Ballet productions already familiar to St Petersburg audiences – Georges Bizet - Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen-Suite and Sergei Prokofiev's Prodigal Son with choreography by George Balanchine – will be presented on 19 January at 19.30 and on 20 January at 12.00.
The lead roles in the tour performances will be performed by lead soloists of the ballet company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre: Anna Samostrelova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Kanat Nadyrbek and Sergei Umanets. Conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra will be Pavel Smelkov (Principal Conductor of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre) and Anton Torbeyev.
The last tour by the ballet company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre to the historic stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in August 2017 was a great success. Over a week there were performances of the one-act ballets The Firebird with choreography by Eldar Aliev and George Balanchine's Apollo, as well as the ballet Giselle with choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa.
The ballet company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre is an international ensemble comprising dancers from Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Japan, Brazil, the USA, Great Britain, Italy and Spain. The company's soloists and corps de ballet are diploma-recipients and prize-winners at international competitions and have won grants from major foundations. The ballet playbill of the Primorsky Stage includes productions from the classical repertoire: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Giselle and Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam. 20th and 21st century choreography is represented by Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird staged by Eldar Aliev, Alberto Alonso's Carmen-Suite to music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin and George Balanchine's one-act ballets Apollo, Prodigal Son, Serenade and Scotch Symphony.
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