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85th Birthday Concert for Maya Plisetskaya at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre
Nikolay Tsiskaridze and Friends
AVE MAIA: 85th Birthday Concert for Maya Plisetskaya at Champ-Elysees, Paris
The legendary stage of Champs-Élysées is hosting world famous ballet dancers from the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatres and the Paris Opera, all appearing here to celebrate the 85th birthday of one of the most significant ballet figures of the Twentieth Century, Maya Plistetskaya. Возможности виртуального казино в наши дни практически (…)
Le Pavillon d’Armide, Latvian National Opera, Riga 2009
Photo: U.Chernov
Compare and contrast
Ballet galas might be the dream of every spectacle-craving balletomane, but they can easily become a nightmarishly boring series of ‘party pieces’ if they are not properly organised. Luckily, this is not the case when a company such as Ensemble Production takes over, as demonstrated by a number of recent (…)
The thrill of the usual suspects
I must be forgiven for reminding you that “Gala” has been translated in an Italian dictionary as “a frill or tucker”. So I report that Sunday night’s gala at the Coliseum, in memory of the fine Bolshoi dancer Maris Liepa and in aid of the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, which funds (…)
Gala Homenaje de Ballet a MAYA PLISETSKAYA, Teatro Real de Madrid
El 10 de septiembre de 2007 en el Teatro Real de Madrid rendirá un homenaje a la mas importante bailarina de todos los tiempos MAYA PLISETSKAYA. Maya Plisetskaya, una mujer que ha defendido siempre, incluso en las circunstancias más adversas, su libertad artística. Uno de los propósitos del Teatro Real (…)
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Maris Gala, Riga
Maya Plisetskaya 80th birthday tribute
Sabores, the new show from flamenco dancer Sara Baras, begins in an intimate, almost conversational manner. The dancers saunter on, buttoning jackets and pulling on shoes. The musicians pick up their instruments. Heels begin to drill out the beat, legs to extend into sultry lines. Baras enters with two male (…)
