Ballet Stars of the Mariinsky Theatre

PERFORMERS:
Mariinsky Theatre Ballet Company
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Vladislav Karklin

PROGRAMME:
PART I
Carmen Suite
Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alberto Alonso
Production Choreographer: Viktor Barykin
Production Designer: Boris Messerer
Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich

Carmen: Ekaterina Kondaurova
José: Ivan Oskorbin
Torero: Alexander Sergeev
Fate: Yekaterina Chebykina
Corregidor: Roman Belyakov

PART II

IN THE NIGHT
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Choreography by Jerome Robbins (1970)
Staged by Ben Huys
Costumes by Anthony Dowell
Nadezhda Batoeva, Philipp Stepin,
Ekaterina Kondaurova, Evgeny Ivanchenko
Ulyana Lopatkina, Andrei Yermakov
Piano: Lyudmila Sveshnikova

PART III

Symphony in C
Music by Georges Bizet (Symphony No. 1 in C)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1947)
Staging by Colleen Neary
Costume design by Irina Press
1^st Movement:
Yekaterina Osmolkina, Aleksander Sergeev,
2^nd Movement:
Ekaterina Kondaurova, Danila Korsuntsev,
3^nd Movement:
Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova, Ernest Latypov
4^th Movement:
Renata Shakirova, Konstantin Zverev

About the Concert

Diversity of talents of the Mariinsky Ballet Company will be presented at the festival with the program of one-act ballets. In the legendary Carmen Suite by Bizet-Shchedrin that was created specifically for Maya Plisetskaya by choreographer Alberto Alonso, today’s dancers create their own version of independent Carmen.

Choreographic stories of love, united in In the Night by Jerome Robbins, present three totally different by temperament pairs of soloists. Hypnotic thoughtfulness and tenderness of a first date in the adagio, performed by first couple is followed by restrained manifestation of feelings of the second duo. And third pair shows true culmination of love passions.

Evening’s final piece Balanchine’s Symphony in C is perfectly suited to demonstrate the best assets of the company: four parts of the ballet are shared by four pairs of soloists. This ballet allows the company to display its multivalent talents, from the most technically demanding movements in the allegro, to the proud and regal grace required in the adagio.

About the performers

These ballets feature world-renowned prima ballerinas of the Mariinsky Theatre Diana Vishneva, Uliana Lopatkina, Ekaterina Kondaurova, and Oksana Skorik. Other soloists and principal dancers of the Mariinsky join them in these performances, including the following: Ekaterina Osmolkina, Andrei Ermakov, Konstantin Zverev, Evgeny Ivanchenko, Danila Korsuntsev, Alexander Sergeev, and also world-famous dancer and choreographer Vladimir Malakhov.

Age category 6+