Today on the stage of the Shanghai Grand Theatre the performance of Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam marked the festive finale of the company’s vibrant ballet programme in China. The lead roles were danced by the brilliant young soloists Maria Ilyushkina, Even Capitaine, Alisa Barinova, Alexei Orohovsky and Maxim Izmestiev. From 11 to 23 October the ballet troupe toured three cities of the Middle Kingdom – Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai – giving eleven performances in total.
This year the Chinese tour included masterpieces of the classical repertoire: Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam. The tour featured stars of the Mariinsky stage and promising young artists: Viktoria Tereshkina, Kimin Kim, Renata Shakirova, Timur Askerov, Nadezhda Batoeva, Maria Ilyushkina, Roman Belyakov, Roman Malysh¬ev, Even Capitaine, Daria Kulikova, Maxim Izmestiev, Alisa Barinova, Anton Osetrov, Yaroslav Baibordin, Alexei Orohovsky and Roma Gudelev.
“Tours are always a tremendous responsibility. We are representing Russia, Russian art, our beloved theatre. Our performances in China have been met with great success, and above all they are remarkable in that the young dancers, alongside the stars of the Mariinsky Theatre, made their debuts in leading roles – and I hope they will become the principal soloists of the next decade,” remarks Andrian Fadeyev, Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Ballet Company.
It is worth remembering that the Mariinsky Theatre’s extensive China tour runs from 11 to 27 October, and encompasses seven cities of the People’s Republic: Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Kunming, Changsha and Xi’an. The tour by the ballet company and the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev covers this entire span. In the symphonic programme a world record was achieved: the complete cycle of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies was performed in five days, along with representative Russian and European music, and a concert version of The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky. The vocal-symphonic leg of the tour will conclude on 27 October with a concert in Xi’an.
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