Final Graduation Performance of the Vaganova Ballet Academy

PERFORMERS:
Soloist: Ruslan Stenyushkin
Students of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov

PROGRAMME:
SCENE II OF THE BALLET SWAN LAKE
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Lev Ivanov (1895)
revised by Konstantin Sergeyev (1950)
In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the first graduating class of Agrippina Vaganova

SUITE FROM THE BALLET GAYANE
Music by Aram Khachaturian
Choreography by Nina Anisimova (1942)
revised by Nikolai Tsiskaridze (2025)
In celebration of the 80^th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

SUITE FROM THE BALLET PAQUITA
Music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo
Choreography by Marius Petipa (1881)
revised by Nikolai Tsiskaridze (2025)
In celebration of the 30^th anniversary of Nikolai Tsiskaridze's teaching career