Chopiniana. Presentiment of Spring

Performers

CHOPINIANA

Daria Vasnetsova, Yevgenia Dolmatova, Yulia Kasenkova, Alexander Parish

Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

PRESENTIMENT OF SPRING

Fertility: Alisa Sodoleva
Winter: Sofia Gumerova
Yarilo: Ivan Sitnikov
Death: Karen Ioannisyan

Conductor: Vasily Kang

Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Frédéric Chopin, Anatoly Lyadov
Choreography by Michel Fokine, Yuri Smekalov

CHOPINIANA

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

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

Running time 35 minutes

PRESENTIMENT OF SPRING
Premiere

Music by Anatoly Lyadov
Choreography and libretto by Yuri Smekalov (2010)
Video Graphics Designer: Yuri Davydov
Technical Designer: Alexander Letsius
Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting Designer: Yuri Smekalov

Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 10 February 2010

Running time: 35 minutes