The one-act ballets Daphnis et Chloé and Visions fugitives will be premiered at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. They are timed to coincide with launching new passenger service scheduled by Japan Airlines from Tokyo to Vladivostok. Now Mariinsky Theatre’s performances are available for tourists from Japan.
On February 28 Daphnis et Chloé one-act ballet to music by Maurice Ravel and Visions fugitives one-act ballet to music by Sergei Prokofiev will be premiered for the third time at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. The premieres are timed to coincide with launching the Japan Airlines first scheduled passenger service from Tokyo to Vladivostok that will be operated daily from March 28. Presenting the new line, Tetsuya Onuki, a Managing Executive Officer for International Relations and Alliances at Japan Airlines, said that the airline first intended the residents of Japan to discover Vladivostok as a hospitable city of great historic and cultural interest. The Managing Executive Officer also noted that the company would be pleased to see more Russian people to visit Japan where they would be able to open a window to its amazing lands.
The premier ballets were specially created for Vladivostok by stage directors from St. Petersburg. The performances were choreographed by Dmitry Pimonov; all sets and costumes were designed by Stas Lopatkin. The piano part in Visions fugitives will be performed by Yevgeny Solovyov. In Daphnis et Chloé the Orchestra will play under the baton of Anton Torbeev, a conductor at the Primorsky Stage.
