St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre

Chopiniana. Pas de quatre. The Swan. Carnaval.


one act ballets

Performers

Age category 12+

Credits

Music: Frédéric Chopin,Cesare Pugni, Camille Saint-Saëns,  Robert Schumann
Choreography: Michel Fokine, Anton Dolin

Chopiniana
choreographic composition in one act

Music: Frédéric Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller)
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario: Michel Fokine
Revised version: Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches: Orest Allegri

World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 35 minutes

 

Pas de quatre
choreographic composition in

Music: Cesare Pugni
Choreography: Anton Dolin

Running time: 18 minutes


The Swan
choreographic composition

Music: Camille Saint-Saëns (from the Carnaval des animaux suite)
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1907)

World premiere: 22 December 1907, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 4 minutes


Carnaval
pantomime ballet in one act Music: Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design: Léon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Running time: 30 minutes


Conductors: Mikhail Agrest, Mikhail Tatarnikov
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