Chopiniana. Le Carnaval. Pétrouchka

Performers

CHOPINIANA Daria Vasnetsova, Elena Yevseyeva, Daria Pavlenko, Alexander Parish		LE CARNAVAL Columbine: Nadezhda Batoeva Harlequin: Filipp Stepin		PETROUCHKA Petrushka: Andrei Batalov The Ballerina: Yelizaveta Cheprasova The Moor: Ruben Bobovnikov
Conductor: Mikhail Agrest		Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov		Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by Michel Fokine

CHOPINIANA

choreographic composition in one act
Music by Frédéric Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario by Michel Fokine
Revised version by Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches by Orest Allegri

World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 30 minutes

CARNAVAL

pantomime ballet in one act
Music by Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design by Léon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Running time: 30 minutes

PETROUCHKA Premiere

burlesque in four scenes

Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1911)
Libretto by Alexandre Benois
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Staging by Gary Chryst
Revival Designer: Batozhan Dashitsyrenov
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich
Coach: Igor Petrov

World premiere: 13 June 1911, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Premiere of this production: 6 February 2010, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 40 minutes

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