A new version of The Afternoon of a Faun, set to Debussy's famous symphonic prelude, will soon premiere at the Mariinsky. In 1912, Vaslav Nijinsky staged a ballet under this title for the Russian Seasons. The new production of The Faun was commissioned to choreographer Maxim Petrov on the occasion of Diaghilev's 150 anniversary. The ballet will be presented on the Mariinsky historical stage on April 23, alongside Mikhail Fokine's Scheherazade, Le spectre de la Rose and The Swan, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
“This ballet shows portraits of several people, our contemporaries, who do not resemble each other,” Maxim Petrov comments. There are to be five characters, each exploring the possibilities of their own body. Artists of different generations will be involved in this production, as was the case with "Russian Dead Ends-II", one of the choreographer’s latest works.
Graduate of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, choreographer Maxim Petrov has staged, among others, the one-act ballets The King's Divertissement, Russian Overture, Russian Dead Ends-II at the Mariinsky Theatre. Last season he created a three-act performance "Renard. Mavra. Fairy's Kiss", nominated for the Golden Mask theatre award in eight categories. In June, he is making his debut as an opera director with a production of Bellini's Norma at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.
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