598 Beats. Cheeky Chastushki. Brilliant Divertissement

Performers

Soloists of the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre

PROGRAMME:
Act I
598 Beats
One-act ballet
Music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Act II
Cheeky Chastushki
One-act ballet
Music by Rodion Shchedrin

Act III
The Brilliant Divertissement
One-act ballet
Music by Mikhail Glinka

Credits

598 Beats
One-act ballet
Music: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Choreography: Vyacheslav Samodurov
Set Design: Elena Trubetskova
Lighting: Sergey Vasiliev

Cheeky Chastushki
One-act ballet
Music: Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography: Vyacheslav Samodurov
Set Design: Anastasia Nefyodova
Lighting: Sergey Vasiliev

Brilliant Divertissement
One-act ballet
Choreography: Leonid Yacobson
Set Design: Vyacheslav Okunev
Video Content: Leonid Nikolayevich Yacobson
Costumes: Anna Yakushchenko
Lighting: Margarita Fominskaya

About the production

The Brilliant Divertissement was choreographed by our Theatre’s founder Leonid Yacobson, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic). He conceptualised it as a conversation between himself and the ballet masters of ages past, whose legacy he wished to uphold. A thoughtful viewer will notice the wealth of classical elements at play here.

Vyacheslav Samodurov’s Cheeky Chastushki pays homage to Rodion Shchedrin, a remarkable contemporary composer. Meanwhile, 598 Beats is the latest show that Vyacheslav has staged at our Theatre. Both productions have received the Golden Soffit, the highest honour in the world of ballet in St. Petersburg.

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes
The performance has two intervals

Age category 16+