The premiere of Scheherazade performed by the National Academic Bolshoi Theater of Opera and Ballet of the Republic of Belorussia. The restoration and staging of the ballet was conducted by Andris Liepa. Title roles danced by Ilze Liepa and Denis Klimuk. Большинство компаний, как вот эта , предоставляют запас в (…)
Diaghilev Gala in Cannes
More than 100 years after Europe first fell under the spell of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, the magic is recaptured by Les Saison Russes’ appearances in France. This time, Diaghilev’s mission has been taken up by the world famous dancer and People’s Artist of Russia Andris Liepa. The programme includes pas (…)
Gala Concert of Russian ballet stars dedicated to Māris Liepa in Almaty, Kazakhstan
The programme of the evening featured performances from the Bolshoi Theatre’s principal dancer, Dmitry Gudanov, and its prima ballerina, Ilze Liepa; from the Kremlin Ballet’s prima ballerina, Alexandra Timofeeva, and its principal dancer Mikhail Martynjuk; from the Mariinsky prima ballerina, Julia Makhalina; and from the principal soloist of the Royal (…)
85th Birthday Concert for Maya Plisetskaya at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre, Moscow
Andris Liepa, the concert’s producer, told journalists that he was honoured by the opportunity to pay tribute to Madame Plisetskaya: “All my life I have been devoted to the Goddess Maya Plisetskaya”. Photo by Viktor Vasenin
85th Birthday Concert for Maya Plisetskaya at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre
Photos by Viktor Vasenin rg.ru
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 (…)
Maya Plisetskaya 80th birthday tribute at London Opera House
The celebrations of Maya Plisetskaya’s 80th birthday continue round the world, a fact unprecedented and heart-warming. On Sunday night the Royal Opera House will be the setting for a succession of variously splendid duets and solo in order to celebrate an iconic Russian ballerina. The programme will be presented by (…)
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 (…)
