Ballet concert “Petipa. Metamorphosis. XXI century”
Photo © Mats Bäcker
The Festival was ended on November 27 with “Petipa. Metamorphosis. XXI century”, at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, with a programme which reflected the wide range of interest that outstanding masters of contemporary ballet have shown towards the Master’s creative heritage – his masterpieces Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Giselle.
PROGRAMME OF THE CONCERT
ACT I
I
Pas-de-deux ‘Pavlova and Cecchetti’ from The Nutcracker
Performers: Kristina Shapran, Viktor Baranov
Choreography: John Neumeier
Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky
Premiere: October 21, 1971. Frankfurt Ballet
Photos © Evgeniya Matvienko
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
II
Pas-de-deux from Giselle
Performers: Nicoletta Manni, Julian MacKay
Choreography: Marius Petipa (after Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli)
Music: Adolphe Adam
Premiere: February 5, 1884. Bolshoi Theatre, St Petersburg
Photos © Vitaliy Kolikov
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
III
Giselle and Albert duet from Giselle
Performers: Dada Masilo, Xola Willie
Choreography: Dada Masilo
Music Philip Miller
Premiere: May 4, 2017. DansensHus, Oslo
Photos © Mikhail Logvinov
Photos © Evgeniya Matvienko
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Olga Mikhailova
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
IV
Pas-de-deux from The Sleeping Beauty
Performers: Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Reconstruction: Alexei Ratmansky
Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky
Premiere: March 3, 2015. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California
Photos © Vitaliy Kolikov
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
V
Pas-de-deux of Aurora and Carabosse from The Sleeping Beauty
Performers: Mariko Kida, Vahe Martirosyan
Choreography: Mats Ek
Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky
Premiere: June 2, 1996. Hamburg Ballet
Photos © Olga Mikhailova
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
Photos © Mikhail Logvinov
VI
The Doll’s variations from Coppelia
Performers: Maria Alexandrova
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Revised version: Sergei Vikharev
Music: Leo Delibes
Premiere: March 12, 2009. New stage of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Photos © Evgeniya Matvienko
VII
Coppelius dance with the Doll from Coppélia
Performers: Anton Domashev
Choreography: Roland Petit
Music: Leo Delibes
Premiere: September 18, 1975. Marseille
Photos © Vitaliy Kolikov
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
Photos © Mark Olich
VIII
Pas-de-deux from The Nutcracker
Performers: Elena Evseeva, Alexander Sergeev
Choreography: Kirill Simonov
Staging: Mikhail Shemyakin
Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky
Premiere: February 12, 2001. Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Photos © Vitaliy Kolikov
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeniya Matvienko
ACT II
IX
Ghost
Performers: Mirea Delogu, Antoine Dubois, Nuriya Nagimova, Anna Gueho, Alice Leloup
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Music: E. Cooley & O. Blackwell, P.I. Tchaïkovski, 79D
Premiere: November 27, 2018. Festival “Diaghilev. P.S.”, St Petersburg
Photos © Olga Mikhailova
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
X
Pas-de-deux of Prince and Swan from The Swan Lake
Performers: Ivan Putrov, Liam Mower
Choreography: Matthew Bourne
Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky
Premiere: 1995. Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, UK
Photos © Olga Mikhailova
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
XI
NotWhite Adajio
Performers: Irina Perren, Marat Shemiunov
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Reduction: Marat Shemiunov
Music: Oleg Karavaichuk
Premiere: July 23, 2018.
Hermitage Theatre, St. Petersburg
Photos © Mark Olich
Photos © Evgeny Pronin
XII
Esmeralda variation from Esmeralda
Performers: Maria Alexandrova
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Reconstruction: Youri Bourlaka (with Vassili Medvedev)
Music: Cesare Pugni
Premiere: December 25, 2009. Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Photos © Mark Olich
XIII
Esmeralda variation from Notre Dame de Paris
Performers: Nicoletta Manni
Choreography: Roland Petit
Music: Maurice Jarre
Premiere: December 11, 1965. Paris Opera
Photos © Mark Olich
XIV
‘Danza delle ore’ from the opera La Gioconda
Performers: Students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Reconstruction and reduction:
Nikolay Tsiskaridze
Music: Amilcare Ponchielli
Premiere: June 14, 2018. Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
June 19, 2018. Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Photos © Mark Olich
