St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre

Apollo. Tchaikovsky Pas de deux. La Valse. Theme and Variations


one act ballets

Performers

Apollo
Apollo – Alexander Sergeyev
Terpsichore – Yekaterina Osmolkina
Polyhimnia – Anastasia Nikitina
Calliope – Yana Selina

Tchaikovsky Pas de deux
Viktoria Tereshkina, Vladimir Shklyarov

La Valse
Daria Pavlenko, Ivan Kozlov, Soslan Kulaev

Theme and Variations
Ulyana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntsev

Age category 12+

Credits

Music: Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Maurice Ravel
Choreography: George Balanchine

Apollo

ballet in two scenes

Music: Igor Stravinsky (Apollon musagete)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1928)
Libretto: Igor Stravinsky
Staging: Francia Russell
Original lighting design: Ronald Bates
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich

World premiere: 12 June 1928, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Théâtre Sarah Bernhart, Paris
Premiere of last revived version at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 April 1998

Running time: 33 minutes

Tchaikovsky Pas de deux

Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography: George Balanchine (1960)
Staging: Francia Russell
Costume design: Karinska

World premiere: 29 March 1960, New York City Ballet, New York City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 April 1998, St Petersburg

Running time: 10 minutes

La Valse

Music: Maurice Ravel (Valses nobles et sentimentales, 1911, orchestrated 1912; La Valse, 1920, commissioned: Serge Diaghilev)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1974)
Staged: John Clifford
Costumes: Karinska
Lighting: Mark Stanley, realized: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: February 20, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 13 April, 2004

Running time: 30 minutes

Theme and Variations

a classical ballet

Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky (final movement of Suite No.3 for orchestra in G major, 1884)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1947)
Staging: Francia Russel
Coach: Elyse Borne
Costumes: Galina Solovieva (1989)
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: November 26, 1947, Ballet Theatre, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: April, 16, 1989

Running time: 25 minutes

 

The Ballets of George Balanchine is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust

The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life


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