Archive: Swan Lake
About the show
St. Petersburg is the cradle of the famous Russian ballet created by Marius Petipa in the 1900s. There are many famous theaters in St. Petersburg, such as Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky, but as they 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 of the St. Petersburg ballet. Elegance, style, and delightful lightness are what make the St. Petersburg ballet special. It is strict classical elegance, a fresh breeze from the 2000s, 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 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 the Moscow State Academy. She also graduated from Nesterova’s Academy of Dance, 2007. After that, she was also admitted to 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.
Swan Lake:
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov
Libretto by W. Begitchev and W. Geltzer
Scenography and costumes by Vyacheslav Okunev
Lighting design by Rainer Kornhuber
Performance length: 2 acts (60 min and 50 min), intermission approx. 20 min
Cast
Odette/Odile – E. Bogutskaya
Prince Siegfried – A. Abaturov
Rothbart – I. Kazakov
The Court Jester – S. Dubrovin
Pas de trois – A. Troitskaya, J. Kichigina, N. Moskalets
Swan Lake is one of the most popular ballets and belongs to the international standard repertoire of classical ballet. The ballet is a brilliant work by a brilliant composer, Tchaikovsky, and has been a crowd-puller for centuries. A magical combination of Tchaikovsky's music and a captivating story of tragic romance where choreography allows the best dancers to show how impressive ballet can be. Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's choreography gives both soloists and the entire dance ensemble room to shine. With the stage lit by moonlight, charged solos for the Prince and Odette and her alter ego Odile, as well as intrigues from Rothbart. This, combined with fantastic music, makes the evening full of inspiration and romance. A ballet feast with magic, drama, and tragedy, ending with the triumph of love.
Julius Production presents
Duration: approx. 2 hours and 20 min including intermission.
The performance is presented with recorded orchestra
Organizer: Julius Production
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