Archive: The Nutcracker
About the show
St. Petersburg is the cradle of the famous Russian ballet created by Marius Petipa in the 20th century. There are many famous theaters in St. Petersburg, such as Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky, but as these very rarely tour outside Russia, few of the world's ballet lovers ever get the chance to see the famous St. Petersburg ballet.
In 2009, the St. Petersburg Festival Ballet was created to tour Europe and the rest of the world. This was to share and represent the best traditions and spirit found in the St. Petersburg ballet. Elegance, style, and delightful lightness are what make the St. Petersburg ballet special. It is strictly classical elegance, a fresh breeze from the 21st century, a perfect dance performance combined with magnificent costumes and an unbeatable stage landscape by the world-renowned set designer Vyacheslav Okunev (Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, La Scala)
Over the past five years, the St. Petersburg Festival Ballet has toured around Europe. First-class dancers and soloists, captivating stage design combined with impressive lighting design and wonderful music by Tchaikovsky – this is what the St. Petersburg Festival Ballet represents around the world.
Margarita Kamysh – Artistic Director
Winner of the international ballet competition
2008 – Special award “The Princess of Russian Ballet” International Competition “Arabesque-2008”
2009 – Prizewinner of the international organization “TURKSOY”
2011 – Diploma and special award from the press “for charm and beauty of the” in the international competition “Arabesque-2011”
Margarita has toured in Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Finland, Hungary, USA, Mexico, and Iceland.
Sergey Smirnov – Artistic Director
Winner of the international ballet competition
Sergey holds a ballet master's degree from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg.
Principal dancer and soloist at Mikhailovsky Theatre (St. Petersburg), Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet, Imperial Russian Ballet (Moscow), National Russian Ballet Theatre (Moscow).
He has choreographed ballets in both Russia and Norway. Sergey has also won The Prizewinner of International Ballet Contest «Alternativa», Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Svetlana Filatova – Principal Dancer
Prizewinner of the international ballet competition
Graduate of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg
2005 – 2015 Principal dancer at St-Petersburg State Academic Yacobson Ballet Theatre
Since 2016, Svetlana has been a soloist for the St. Petersburg Festival Ballet.
Svetlana has toured in Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada, Mexico, China, among others.
Elizaveta Bogutskaya – Principal Dancer
Prizewinner of the international ballet competition
Elizaveta studied choreography at Moscow State Academy. She then also graduated from Nesterova’s Academy of Dance, 2007. After that, she was also accepted at the legendary Bolshoi Theater Moscow. In 2012, Elizaveta was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theater. Her repertoire includes roles such as Aurora, Lilac Fairy, and Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She has toured in several countries such as the USA, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and China.
The Nutcracker:
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov
Libretto by M. Petipa
Set design and costumes by Vyacheslav Okunev
Lighting design by Rainer Kornhuber
Performance length: 2 acts (50 min and 50 min), intermission approx. 20 min
Cast
Marie / Sugar Plum Fairy – E. Bogutskaya
Nutcracker Prince – A. Abaturov
Nutcracker Doll – S. Dubrovin
Uncle Drosselmayer – S. Smirnov
Rat King I. Kazakov
The Nutcracker is one of the most popular ballets in the world and has been for over a century. Every year, countless ballet companies around the world perform the famous ballet during the winter months. The wonderful music by Tchaikovsky and the magical performance take us on a Christmas tale that both children and adults look forward to when the snow begins to fall outside.
On Christmas Eve, Marie receives a beautiful Nutcracker as a gift from the mysterious Drosselmeyer.
Suddenly, the Nutcracker and all the other toys under the tree come to life, and the whole room is invaded by an army of uniformed mice. The Nutcracker transforms into a prince who takes Marie to an enchanting fairyland.
Hoffmann's tale tells of a Christmas Eve, where the young Marie goes down to look at her Christmas presents, but instead finds herself suddenly in a magical adventure where the Christmas tree starts to grow and the tin soldiers have come to life to fight the Rat King!
The production tells the story clearly from its mysterious start to its happy ending. After all, it is Tchaikovsky's music that is the most memorable, with a plethora of well-known melodies.
Julius Production presents
Duration: approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes including intermission.
The performance is presented to recorded orchestra
Organizer: Julius Production
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