The former Bolshoi star, Andris Liepa, 52, returns to the London Coliseum from 8th to 19th July with a two-week programme in his itinerant series of Les Saisons Russes du XX1e Siècle. This will feature a triple bill of Liepa’s productions of Petrushka, Chopiniana and the Polovtsian Dances (from Borodin’s opera, Prince Igor) on 11th/12th July, followed by seven performances (…)
Dave Morgan, DanceTabs: Russian Season for the 21st Century at the London Coliseum, July 2013
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Review: Les Seisons Russes of XXI century – Programme 1 – London Coliseum
Reviewed by Graham Watts – Wednesday 17 July 2013 Performance reviewed: 16 July Hot on the heels of one Muscovite ballet company (the Stanislavsky) departing the London Coliseum, another arrives; since Andris Liepa’s Russian Seasons programme is constructed around the company that performs at the vast 6,000 seat State Kremlin (…)
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 (…)