CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS PROGRAM

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 8pm PROGRAM Thursday, October 11, 2012, 8pm Friday, October 12, 2012, 8pm Saturday, October 13, 2012, 2pm & 8pm Swan Lake Sunday, October 14, 2012, 3pm Ballet in Four Acts Zellerbach Hall Act I Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Act II St. Petersburg, Russia INTERMISSION Valery Gergiev, Artistic & General Director Yury Fateev, Interim Ballet Director Act III Mikhail Agrest, Conductor INTERMISSION

The Company Act IV

Principals Music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Ekaterina Kondaurova, Anastasia Kolegova, Oksana Skoryk Libretto Vladimir Begichev & Vasili Geltzer Yevgeny Ivanchenko, Danila Korsuntsev, Vladimir Schklyarov Choreography Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov Alexander Sergeev, Maxim Zyuzin Revised Choreography & Stage Direction Konstantin Sergeyev Soloists Set Designer Igor Ivanov Olga Gromova, Maria Shirinkina, Olga Akmatova, Elena Bazhenova, Tatiana Bazhitova, Costume Designer Galina Solovieva Nadezhda Batoeva, Olga Belik, Victoria Brileva, Daria Grigoryeva, Ksenia Dubrovina, Valeria Zhuravleva, Ekaterina Ivannikova, Svetlana Ivanova, Keenan Kampa, Lidia Karpukhina, World Premiere Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Victoria Krasnokutskaya, Liubov Kozharskaya, Lilia Lishchuk, Anna Lavrinenko, January 15, 1895 Anastasia Mikheikina, Olga Minina, Anastasia Nikitina, Ksenia Ostreykovskaya, Irina Prokofieva, Premiere of Sergeyev’s Version Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Ksenia Romashova, Yulia Stepanova, Alisa Sodoleva, Irina Tolchilshchikova, Tatiana Tiliguzova, March 8, 1950 Tatiana Urvantseva, Margarita Frolova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elena Chmil, Nadezhda Gonchar

Coryphées Aleksandr Beloborodov, Vadim Belyaev, Dmitry Vedeneev, Eduard Gusev, Oleg Demchenko, Mikhail Degtyarev, Boris Zhurilov, Denis Zainetdinov, Konstantin Ivkin, Karen Ioannisyan, Alexey Kuzmin, Soslan Kulaev, Kirill Leontiev, Maxim Lynda, Viktor Lytvynenko, Anatoly Marchenko, Alexey Nedviga, Alexander Neff, Xander Parish, Ilya Petrov, Konstantin Zverev, Alexey Popov, Alexander Romanchikov, Andrey Soloviev, Andrey Yakovlev, Vasily Tkachenko, Alexander Fedorov, Denis Firsov, Kamil Yangurazov These performances are made possible, in part, by the Centennial Campaign’s Creative Venture Fund through a gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation. Additional major support provided by the Goatie Foundation, and by Patron Sponsors Kathryn and The Mariinsky Ballet’s U.S. tour is under the management of Scott Mercer, and Natalia Makarova and Edward Karkar. Ardani Artists Management, Inc., Sergei Danilian, President & CEO. Cal Performances’ 2012–2013 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.

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Swan Lake

act i act iii

It is Prince Siegfried’s birthday, and in the park Guests have gathered at the castle for a ball cel- in front of the castle the young prince celebrates ebrating the birthday of the Prince. Siegfried his coming of age with courtiers, friends, and must choose his bride from among the six prin- villagers. The guests drink to his health and a cesses who have been invited, but he remains jester entertains them with his antics. When indifferent to them all because he has given his Siegfried’s mother arrives she expresses displea- heart to Odette. At his mother’s insistence he sure with her son’s behavior, and he presents her dances with each of the prospective brides. As with a bouquet of roses to mollify her. However, a token, he is to give his chosen bride a bouquet once his mother departs, the revelry resumes. of flowers. As he faces his dilemma a flourish As twilight falls, the guests depart and the of trumpets heralds the arrival of new guests: Prince is left alone in the park. High above, a the sorcerer Rothbart and his daughter Odile- flock of white swans fly across the darkening sky. Odette’s evil double. Seeing them and thinking

Seizing his bow, Siegfried rushes off into the for- his true love has arrived, Siegfried joyously an- Gene Schiavone est to hunt for the swans. nounces to his mother that the beautiful Odile is his choice. The sorcerer is jubilant. hen we say “russian ballet” we The “swan” scene staged by Lev Ivanov Suddenly, Siegfried sees a vision of the fran- Wsimply mean Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky’s was first shown in 1884, earlier than all other act ii tic swan queen, Odette, outside the castle win- masterpiece is a savory dish frequently used to episodes of the ballet, at a concert in memory dow and realizes that he has been deceived into open a theatrical season or a tour. Swan Lake is a of Tchaikovsky. Petipa, abandoning all other In the growing darkness the swans have gath- breaking his vow. In despair, Siegfried rushes to must in the tourist guides for St. Petersburg, and activities, accepted a sudden challenge from his ered near the shore of a lake deep in the forest. the lake in search of his beloved Odette. is generally mentioned second after a visit to the talented rival. He staged in Swan Lake scenes of The swans are, in fact, beautiful young maidens Hermitage. Ballet companies worldwide seek to palatial balls and court festivals, and juxtaposed who have been transformed by the evil sorcerer include it in their repertoires, but they tacitly the white queen Odette—created by Ivanov— Rothbart. Only at night can they assume human act iv admit the superiority of Russian performers. with her black counterpart, Odile, thereby set- form and the only power on earth that can break But who instilled the Russian soul into ting up a contrast between daring fascination Rothbart’s spell is devoted love. One of the swans The dejected swan-maidens have gathered at the story of a prince with the German name of and tender craftiness with elegiac languor. To comes to shore, and just as Siegfried is draw- the lakeside. When Siegfried arrives, he begs Siegfried and a swan with the French name of the simple flowing dance of the swans, he op- ing his bow to shoot the white bird it suddenly Odette’s forgiveness for breaking his promise Odette? Not Tchaikovsky—he æstheticized the posed the tracery of court waltzes and the vio- turns into a beautiful woman—it is Odette, the and again professes his eternal love. minute emotional movements with a French lent colors of Hungarian, Polish, and Spanish Queen of the Swans. Enthralled by her beauty, Rothbart appears, and in a rage commands rather than Russian grace. Neither did the fa- folk dances. the Prince tries to capture her. But, afraid of that the black swans separate the young lov- mous choreographer Marius Petipa, who delib- The premiere of Swan Lake took place in Rothbart and his magic, she disappears into he ers. Siegfried struggles with the sorcerer and erately evaded the Russian theme throughout 1895, and dancing the leading role became a midst of the other swan-maidens. Siegfried runs in the encounter breaks Rothbart’s wing. The his long sojourn in Russia. The Russification turning point in the biographies of many fa- after her and swears his eternal love and fidelity. enchanter collapses and, his power gone, dies. of the ballet fell to Lev Ivanov, a modest assis- mous Russian ballerinas, including Marina As dawn breaks, Odette sadly bids farewell to Love has broken the evil spell. The rising sun tant to Petipa. It was, in fact, he who devised in Semenova, Galina Ulanova, Natalia Makarova, her prince and joins the other swan-maidens as shines radiantly on the Prince, Odette, and the the lakeside act the spellbound white maidens Alla Osipenko, and Galina Mezentseva. Now they glide slowly across the lake. rescued maidens. with their arms folded on their tutus with heads this role is danced by today’s generation of bowed suggesting a silhouette of a bird with Mariinsky dancers, who infuse Swan Lake with folded wings. He endowed the dancers with a a new life. national grace and flowing majesty of move- ment. He made them “sing” the music with their hands so that they immediately conjured up in audiences visions of languid sorrowful songs, pensive mermaid-like round-dances, and vast fields and ungainly northern scenery.

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Swan Lake Prince’s Brides Victoria Krasnokutskaya, Keenan Kampa, Ksenia Ostreykovskaya, Victoria Brileva, Alisa Sodoleva, Yuliana Chereshkevich CAST (Subject to change) Spanish Dance Anastasia Petushkova, Yulia Stepanova, Kamil Yangurazov, Karen Ionessian Odette, Queen of the Swans/ Odile, Odette’s Double Ekaterina Kondaurova (10/10, 10/13 matinee), Neapolitan Dance Anna Lavrinenko, Ilya Petrov (10/10, 10/13 evening); Anastasia Kolegova (10/12, 10/14), Anna Lavrinenko, Vasily Tkachenko (10/12, 10/14); Oksana Skoryk (10/11, 10/13 evening) Anna Lavrinenko, Alexey Nedviga (10/11, 10/13 matinee) Prince Siegfried Danila Korsuntsev (10/10, 10/13 matinee), Yevgeny Ivanchenko (10/12), Hungarian Dance Olga Belik, Boris Zhurilov Vladimir Schklyarov (10/11), Alexander Sergeev (10/13 evening), Mazurka Lilia Lishchuk, Ksenia Dubrovina, Maxim Zyuzin (10/14) Lyubov Kozharskaya, Irina Prokofieva, Alexander Beloborodov, Mikhail Degtyarev, The Princess Regent, Siegfried’s Mother Elena Bazhenova Soslan Kulaev, Vadim Belyaev

The Prince’s Tutor Andrey Yakovlev (10/10, 10/12, 10/13 evening), Orchestra Soloists Lyudmila Chaikovskaya, violin Soslan Kulaev (10/11, 10/13 matinee, 10/14) Alexander Ponomarev, cello Bozhena Chornak, harp Friends of the Prince Maria Shirinkina, Nadezhda Batoeva, Alexander Popov (10/10), Ekaterina Ivannikova, Nadezhda Gonchar, Xander Parish (10/11), Irina Golub, Nadezhda Gonchar, Alexander Popov (10/12, 10/13 evening), Ekaterina Ivannikova, Nadezhda Batoeva, Xander Parish (10/13 matinee), Irina Golub, Anastasia Nikitina, Xander Parish (10/14)

A Jester Vasily Tkachenko (10/10, 10/13 evening), Alexey Nedviga (10/12, 10/14), Ilya Petrov (10/11, 10/13 matinee)

Rothbart, an Evil Sorcerer Konstantin Zverev (10/10, 10/13 matinee), Andrey Solovyov (10/11, 10/13 evening), Alexander Romanchikov (10/12, 10/14)

Cygnets Anastasia Mikheykina, Svetlana Ivanova, Elena Chmil, Maria Shirinkina

Swans Keenan Kampa, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Victoria Brileva, Yulia Stepanova

Two Swans Maria Shirinkina, Anastasia Nikitina (10/10, 10/11); Maria Shirinkina, Nadezhda Gonchar (10/12); Nadezhda Gonchar, Anastasia Nikitina (10/13 matinee & evening, 10/14)

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MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

Valery Gergiev, Artistic & General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre

Mikhail Agrest, conductor

first violin Inna Zalitsalo trombone Lyudmila Chaykovskaya Alexander Ponomarenko Ilya Belyaev Elena Berdnikova Fedor Kirillov Fedor Arkhipov Alexander Shirokov Vladimir Polevin Artur Dzhavadian double bass Ildar Gatov Alexander Alexeev tuba Sergey Gavrikov Alexander Belokon Nikolay Novikov Leonid Kirichenko Victor Alexeev Nina Pirogova Vladimir Nefedov percussion Irina Vasilieva Valery Kniga Irina Sukhorukova flute Nikolay Volkov Liana Zingarenko Natalia Shlykova Alexander Petrov Olga Kulikova Vasily Viland Vladislav Ivanov Anna Vinogradskaya Oleg Mikhailovsky harp second violin oboe Bozhena Chornak Zumrud Ilieva Andrey Yankovsky Zhanna Abdulaeva Alexander Trushkov carpenter Yerdan Yergaliev Alexander Sveschnikov Andrey Romanov Marchel Bezhenaru Alexander Vasilyev clarinet Lyubov Gavrikova Yevgeny Kultygin 2012 united states tour management Maria Rusinova Grigory Volobueev Ardani Artists Management, Inc. Maria Lavneeva bassoon 130 West 56th Street, Floor 5m New York, New York 10019 viola Arseny Makarov www.ardani.com Olga Maximova Konstantin Shevchuk Viktor Zakharov Sergei Danilian, President & CEO Anna Shoka horn Gaiane Danilian, Vice-President & CFO Dmitry Veselov Igor Prokofiev Michael Vool, Technical Supervisor Elena Sadovaya Dmitry Chepkov Alexander Shargorodsky, Stage Interpreter Angelina Vainer Dmitry Pozin OOCL, Overseas Cargo Transportation Elena Solovieva Dmitry Lezhnin MOSCO, Overseas Travel Arrangements Ekaterina Stupnikova DeWitt Stern Group, Liability Insurance trumpet APS, Accounting Service cello Vasily Kan Promotional materials provided by Ardani Studio. Dmitry Kirillov Viacheslav Panasyuk Reza Gimaletdinov Gennady Nikonov Natalia Baikova Igor Kravtsov

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Legend of Love by Yury Grigorovich as well as State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in sym- The Coast of Hope and The Leningrad Symphony phony conducting under Professor Ilya Musin. by Igor Belsky—ballets that revived the tradi- At age 23, he won the Herbert von Karajan tion of symphonic dances. The success of these Conducting Competition in Berlin and, while productions would obviously be impossible still a student at the Conservatoire, was invited without superb performers. From the 1950s to to join the Kirov Theatre (now the Mariinsky). the 1970s, the dancers of the company includ- At age 35, Mr. Gergiev was appointed Artistic ed Irina Kolpakova, Natalia Makarova, Alla Director of the Opera Company, and since 1996 Osipenko, Irina Gensler, Alla Sizova, Rudolph he has been Artistic and General Director of Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Valery Panov, the Mariinsky Theatre. Yury Solovyev, and Anatoly Sapogov. At the Mariinsky Theatre, Mr. Gergiev has Toward the end of the 1970s in the compa- overseen the emergence of a plethora of inter- ny’s repertory appeared Le Sylfide and Naples by nationlly acclaimed singers. Under his direc- Auguste Bournonville, fragments of ancient cho- tion, the theater’s opera and ballet repertoire reography by Perrot, Saint-Léon, and Coralli. has expanded significantly. Today, it encom- Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart came to work passes a broad range of works, from 18th- to

Gene Schiavone for some time with the company. The Tudor 20th-century classical masterpieces to works by he mariinsky ballet is closely linked Glazunov: The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Foundation gave rights for the ballets Lilac contemporary composers. Highlights include T with the entire history of the development Raymonda. The talents of many generations of Garden and Leaves Are Fading. Jerome Robbins performances of every opera by Prokofiev and of Russian choreographic art which has begun ballerinas have been revealed in them—from staged the ballet In the Night at the Mariinsky. Shostakovich at the Mariinsky Theatre, as well some 250 years ago. Since 1783 the company Yekaterina Vyazem, Marina Semenova, and It was in 1989 that the Mariinsky Theatre as the return of Wagner’s Lohengrin, Parsifal, performed at the stage of the St. Petersburg Galina Ulanova to younger dancers who are just first staged ballets by outstanding choreographer Der fliegende Holländer and Tristan und Isolde to Bolshoi (Stone) Theatre, and from 1885 onwards fledging on the Mariinsky stage. George Balanchine, who had begun his career the St. Petersburg stage. For the first time in the the ballet productions have been staged at the At the turn of the 20th century, the in St. Petersburg. The next decade saw the the- history of Russian theater, Mr. Gergiev staged Mariinsky Theatre. Mariinsky Ballet yielded to the world of ballet ater’s repertoire enriched with productions of a production of Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring The leading role in the establishment and such great dancers as Anna Pavlova, Mathilde the leading choreographers of the mid-20th to des Nibelungen in the original German (2003), evolution of the Russian ballet belonged to for- Kschessinska, Tamara Karsavina, Olga the early 21st centuries: Kenneth MacMillan’s the Western European premiere of which, eign masters. At the end of the 18th century, Preobrazhenskaya, Olga Spesivtseva, Vaslav Manon and John Neumeier’s Now and Then and in Baden-Baden (2004), was fêted by the German active in St. Petersburg were Franz Gilferding, Nijinsky, and Nikolai and Sergei Legat. Many of Spring and Fall. Especially for the Mariinsky media as an historic event. In 2005, the Ring was Gasparo Angiolini, Giuseppe Canziani, and them glorified the Russian ballet during the leg- Theatre. Neumeier staged Sounds of Empty Pages performed to great acclaim in Moscow, and later Charles le Picqué. But already in the 1790s, endary Saisons Russes in Paris, which familiar- to music by Alfred Schnittke. These years also in South Korea and Japan. In the 2006–2007 the first Russian ballet teacher, Ivan Valberkh, ized Europe with pioneering works by Michele saw intense work to restore Marius Petipa’s The season, Wagner’s tetralogy was performed in the became prominent. The main sphere of his ac- Fokine. The years after the revolution were a dif- Sleeping Beauty and La Bayadère, both highly ac- United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain. tivities was a small mime ballet company. He ficult period for the Mariinsky Theatre. Almost claimed in the international press. In 2009, Mr. Gergiev oversaw an international sought to make his productions rich in sub- all of its leading artists abandoned the compa- St. Petersburg premieres also include Etudes production of Berlioz’s operatic duologue Les ject matter and to create recognizable lifelike ny. Nevertheless, during these years the classi- (choreography by Harald Lander), two bal- Troyens, which resulted in a series of concert per- images. A special place in his work was occu- cal repertory was retained. And in 1922, when lets by Stravinsky—Bronislava Nijinska’s Les formances of this work by the Mariinsky Theatre pied by ballet divertissements, which reflected Fyodor Lopukhov, a daring innovator and a Noces and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du print- Orchestra, chorus, and soloists in Russia, Israel, his responses to the events of the war against brilliant connoisseur of the past, was appointed emps—and ballets by William Forsythe. The and the United States. Napoleon. The history of the St. Petersburg bal- head of the company, its repertory was enriched number of world premieres has grown too, with Mr. Gergiev has established and directs let in the 19th century was associated with the with new productions, in particular ballets deal- Alexei Ratmansky’s staging of Cinderella, The such international festivals as the Gergiev activities of Charles Didelot, Jules Perrot, and ing with contemporary life. It was during those Nutcracker, and The Magic Nut (music by Sergei Festival (the Netherlands), the Moscow Easter Arthur Saint-Léon. In 1869, the position of years that Galina Ulanova, Alexei Yermolayev, Slonimsky; libretto, sets, costumes, and produc- Festival, and the Stars of the White Nights fes- principal ballet master was entrusted to Marius Marina Semenova, Vakhtang Chibukiani, Alla tion design by Mihail Chemiakin; and choreog- tival (St. Petersburg), which Austria’s respected Petipa, who markedly raised the professional Shelest, and many other future celebrities of the raphy by Donvena Pandoursky), the latter two Festspiele magazine listed as one of the world’s standards of the company. The peak accom- St. Petersburg ballet came to the company. together comprising Chemiakin’s Hoffman. ten greatest festivals. plishment of this famous master became ballets The 1960s saw the staging of Spartacus and Thanks to Mr. Gergiev’s efforts, a new con- staged in the period of his collaboration with the Choreographic Miniatures by Leonid Lavrovsky, Valery Gergiev (Artistic & General Director of the cert hall was built in 2006, which has signifi- composers Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Alexander the productions of The Stone Flower and The Mariinsky Theatre) graduated from the Leningrad cantly broadened the repertoire possibilities of

16 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 17 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS the company and the orchestra. This stunning the Rising Sun, the honorary title UNESCO The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and Petit, John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, theater and concert complex is remarkable for Artist of the World, and the Polar Music Prize Maiden Fevronia and his debut at the Royal William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, and its outstanding acoustics. The Concert Hall of from the Swedish Royal Academy of Music. Of Opera House, Covent Garden, with the ballets José Antonio. the Mariinsky Theatre hosts performances of the three Russian orchestras included in the list, Le Sacre du printemps and Les Noces. In 2005 He has been a guest coach with the Royal operas and symphonic programs, and it also the Mariinsky was ranked highest. In 2009, and 2006, he collaborated with London’s Royal Ballet in London and Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre, produces recordings of works for the Mariinsky the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Music Ballet, conducting Romeo and Juliet, Le Sacre as well as teaching for the Swedish Royal Ballet, label. Established on the initiative of Valery named him “Conductor of the Year.” He has du printemps and L’Histoire du soldat. In 2005, he Pacific Northwest Ballet (USA), and the Danish Gergiev in 2009, the Mariinsky label has re- also received the European Glashütte Original appeared with Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Orchestra Royal Ballet, where he staged a production of leased 16 discs to date. In 2010, its recording of Music Festival Prize for his support of talented and the City of Birmingham Symphony highlights from the ballet Le Corsaire. He was the opera The Nose—the label’s first project— young musicians. In 2011, Mr. Gergiev was Orchestra. The same year saw his debuts with involved in the Kings of Dance project in Russia received a MIDEM Classical Award. made Honorary President of the Edinburgh the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and the United States, as well as the project Mr. Gergiev devotes much attention to pro- International Festival. In November 2011, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, Stiefel and Stars in the United States, where he grams for children and young people, and he has the French magazine Classica named him and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. staged highlights from classical ballets. revived the practice of offering subscriptions for “Artist of the Year.” In October 2006, English National Opera Since 2008, he has been Interim Director of this audience group as well as gratis concerts for premiered a new production of Janáček’s op- the Mariinsky Ballet. In 2010, he was named an students. He is also well-known for his active Mikhail Agrest (Conductor) was born era Jenůfa under Mr. Agrest (production by Honored Artist of Russia. stance with regards to the protection of human- in Leningrad. He began his music studies as David Alden). The following year saw per- istic ideals. He initiated the worldwide series of a violinist at the School of the Leningrad State formances with the City of Birmingham Anastasia Kolegova was born in Chelyabinsk, charitable concerts Beslan: Music for Life held Conservatoire. In 1989, he and his family emi- Symphony Orchestra (United Kingdom), Russia, and graduated from the Vaganova in New York, Paris, London, Tokyo, Rome, and grated to the United States, where he studied Malmö (Sweden), the BBC London Symphony Academy of Russian Ballet in 2000 (class of Moscow. In 2008, Mr. Gergiev conducted a re- for a bachelor’s degree under Josef Gingold Orchestra and the philharmonic orchestras of Lyubov Kunakova). Since 2000, she has per- quiem concert in front of the ruined Government at the Indiana University School of Music. Helsinki (Finland) and Radio France, together formed with various dance companies, includ- House of South Ossetia in Tskhinval. He later returned to St. Petersburg, where he with Olga Borodina. In May 2007, he appeared ing the St. Petersburg Konstantin Tachkin Since 2007, Mr. Gergiev has been Principal studied at the faculty of opera and symphony with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ballet Theatre, the Lithuanian National Opera Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, conducting of the St. Petersburg State Rimsky- Hungary and the orchestras of Irish and Danish and Ballet Theatre (Vilnius), the St. Petersburg and he also collaborates with the Vienna Korsakov Conservatoire (class of Professor Ilya radio. In 2008, Mr. Agrest conducted a perfor- Boris Eifman Ballet Company, and the Philharmonic, the orchestra of La Scala, and Musin and Mariss Jansons). In the summers of mance of Don Giovanni with the Australian Mariinsky Theatre. She joined the Mariinsky the New York and Rotterdam philharmonic 2000 and 2001 he trained at the Aspen Music Opera and The Rake’s Progress for the Opera de Ballet in 2006. orchestras. He is a member of the Council for Festival’s American Academy of Conducting Oviedo, while summer 2009 saw a new pro- Her repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre Culture and Art of the President of the Russian under David Zinman and Jorma Panula. duction of La Traviata by Jonathan Miller for includes: Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha); Le Corsaire Federation and heads the Organizational Mr. Agrest joined the Mariinsky Theatre the Glimmerglass Opera. He has also conducted (Medora, Gulnare, Trio of Odalisques); La Committee of the XIV International in 2001. He conducts the operas a Life for the Tsar, the orchestras of the Komische Oper Berlin, Bayadère (Gamzatti, Grand pas), choreog- Tchaikovsky Competition. The Snow Maiden, The Legend of the Invisible the Opéra de Lyons, and the Teatro di San Carlo raphy by Marius Petipa, revised version by In February 2010, the Academic Council City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia, Sadko, in Naples. Vakhtang Chabukiani; The Sleeping Beauty of the St. Petersburg State University elected Oedipus Rex, Le Rossignol, The Fiery Angel, Lucia (Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine), choreography by Mr. Gergiev Dean of the Faculty of Arts. In ac- di Lammermoor, La bohème, Il trittico, Cleopatra, Yury Fateev (Interim Director of the Ballet) Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin cordance with a resolution by the Expert Council and Così fan tutte, and the ballets La Sylphide, was born in Leningrad, graduated from the Sergeyev; Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, Swans, of the Moscow State University, Mr. Gergiev Giselle, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Leningrad Academic Vaganova Choreography Two Swans), choreography by Marius Petipa was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor by The Firebird, Pétrouchka, Le Sacre du printemps, School in 1982, and joined the Kirov (Mariinsky) and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin the University in April 2012. Apollo, Prodigal Son, Jewels, La Valse, The Four Ballet the same year. Sergeyev; Raymonda (Raymonda, Grand pas), For his services to music and to society, Temperaments, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, His repertoire included the ballets Giselle, choreography by Marius Petipa, revised ver- Mr. Gergiev has been the recipient of numer- Cinderella, and The Nutcracker. La Bayadère, Paquita, Swan Lake, Romeo and sion by Konstantin Sergeyev; Don Quixote ous awards and prizes. These include the title He was a prize-winner at the International Juliet, Creation of the World, Le Carnaval, (Kitri, Queen of the Dryads, Act IV Variation); of People’s Artist of Russia (1996), the State Antonio Pedrotti Conducting Competition La Fille mal gardée, Knight in the Tiger’s Skin and Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Prize of Russia (1994 and 1999), Germany’s (Italy, 2001) and at the Dimitri Mitropoulos Coppélia, among others. Waltz, Eleventh Waltz), choreography by Michel Bundestverdienstkreuz, Italy’s Grand’ufficiale Conducting Competition (Greece, 2002). In 1996, he became a coach with the Fokine; The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria), dell’Ordine al merito, France’s L’Ordre des In July 2003, with the Mariinsky Theatre Mariinsky Ballet, and in this post he worked choreography by Rostislav Zakharov; Pas de Arts et des Lettres, the Netherlands’ Knight of Orchestra, Mr. Agrest made his Metropolitan on Mariinsky Theatre premiere performanc- Quatre (Fanny Cerrito, Marie Taglioni); and the Order of the Dutch Lion, Japan’s Order of Opera debut with Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera es of ballets by George Balanchine, Roland George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo (Calliope,

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Polyhymnia), Serenade, Symphony in C (Second choreography by Pierre Lacotte; Glass Heart Schéhérazade (the Golden Slave); Le Sacre du He was named an Honored Artist of Movement), Jewels (Emeralds), and La Valse; and (Alma), choreography by Kirill Simonov; ballets printemps (The Chosen One); Romeo and Juliet the Russian Federation (2008), was a prize-win- Russkaya, choreography by Vladimir Vasiliev. by Alexei Ratmansky: Cinderella (Stepmother), (Romeo); The Legend of Love (Ferkhad); Carmen- ner at the Joinville Dance Festival (Brazil, 1995) Ms. Kolegova was a prize-winner at The Little Humpbacked Horse (Mare), and Anna Suite (Torero), choreography by Alberto Alonso; and the International Ballet Competition Maya International Ballet Competitions in Rieti Karenina (Anna Karenina); Simple Things, cho- George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo, Serenade, (St. Petersburg, 1996), and a diploma recipi- (Italy, 2000) and Varna (Bulgaria, 2002), and reography by Emil Faski; and Le Parc (soloist), Symphony in C (Second Movement), Theme and ent at the International Ballet Competition in a diploma-recipient and recipient of the special choreography by Angelin Preljocaj. Variations, Jewels (Diamonds), Piano Concerto Paris (1997). prize at the Arabesque young ballet dancers’ Ms. Kondaurova was the first performer No. 2 (Ballet Imperial) and Scotch Symphony; Mr. Korsuntsev has toured with competition for the best performance of a role to of the roles of Alma in Kirill Simonov’s bal- In the Night, choreography by Jerome Robbins; the Mariinsky Ballet to the United Kingdom, music by Tchaikovsky (Perm Opera and Ballet let Glass Heart (2008); the Mare in Rodion and Manon (Des Grieux), choreography by Greece, and China. Theatre, 2002). Shchedrin’s ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse, Kenneth MacMillan. She has toured with the Mariinsky with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky (2009); Mr. Ivanchenko was named an Honored Alexander Sergeyev was born in Leningrad Ballet to Germany, the United Kingdom, the Soloist in Emil Faski’s ballet Simple Things Artist of Russia in 2010. He has toured with and graduated from the Vaganova Academy the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, China, (2010); and Aegina in the 2010 full-scale revival the Mariinsky Ballet to Azerbaijan, the United of Russian Ballet in 2004 (class of Professor Finland, Japan, and Australia. of the ballet Spartacus, with choreography by Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, and Korea. Gennady Selyutsky). He joined the Mariinsky Leonid Yakobson (1956). Ballet in 2004 and has been a soloist since 2010. Ekaterina Kondaurova was born in Moscow She is the recipient of the 2006 Benois de la Danila Korsuntsev was born in Tashkent, His repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Danse prize; the Golden Sofit, St. Petersburg’s Uzbekistan, and graduated from the Uzbek includes: Giselle (Count Albrecht); Swan Lake Russian Ballet in 2001. She joined the Mariinsky most prestigious theater prize, in the cat- School of Ballet in 1992 (class of Kurkmas (Prince Siegfried, Spanish Dance); Raymonda Ballet in 2001. egory “Best Female Role in Ballet,” in 2008 Sagatov). From 1992–1998 he was a soloist (Béranger, Bernard, Grand pas), Konstantin Her repertoire includes: Giselle (Myrtha, for the role of Alma in the ballet Glass Heart with the Moscow State Classical Ballet Theatre Sergeyev’s version; Don Quixote (Espada); Zulma); Le Corsaire (Medora); La Bayadère and in 2010 for the role of Anna Karenina in directed by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir The Fountain of Bakhchisarai(Vaslav); Leonid (Nikia, Gamzatti); The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac the ballet of the same name; the Golden Mask, Vasiliev. He joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 1998. Yakobson’s ballets Shurale (Shurale) and Fairy), choreography by Marius Petipa, revised Russia’s most prestigious theater prize, for “Best His repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre in- Spartacus (Harmodius); Romeo and Juliet by Konstantin Sergeyev; The Nutcracker (Queen Female Role in Ballet” (Anna Karenina in Anna cludes: Giselle (Albrecht), Le Corsaire (Conrad), (Mercutio); Cinderella (Prince), choreography of the Snowflakes, Oriental Dance), production Karenina, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, La Bayadère (Solor), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince by Konstantin Sergeyev; The Legend of Love by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill 2011); and Ballet magazine’s prize in the cat- Désiré), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried), Raymonda (Friends of Ferkhad); George Balanchine’s Simonov; Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); Raymonda egory “The Spirit of Dance 2011.” (Jean de Brienne), Grand pas from Paquita; ballets Apollo (Apollo), Serenade, Symphony (Henrietta); Don Quixote (Queen of the Dryads, Ms. Kondaurova has toured with the Michel Fokine’s ballets Chopiniana (Youth) in C (First Movement), Jewels (Emeralds, Street Dancer, Act IV variation); ballets by Michel Mariinsky Ballet to the United Kingdom, and Schéhérazade (Zobeide’s Slave); Carmen- Rubies), The Four Temperaments (Sanguine), Fokine: The Firebird (Firebird), Schéhérazade Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, China, and Suite (Jose), choreography by Alberto Alonso; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ballet Imperial), Theme (Zobeide), and The Swan; The Fountain of the United States. Spartacus (Spartacus), choreography by Leonid and Variations, and Scotch Symphony; Études, Bakhchisarai (Zarema); Spartacus (Phrygia, Yakobson; George Balanchine’s ballets Serenade, choreography by Harald Lander; Grand pas Aegina), choreography by Leonid Yakobson; The Yevgeny Ivanchenko was born in Ashkhabad, Symphony in C (Second Movement), Jewels classique, choreography by Viktor Gzovsky; Legend of Love (Mekhmeneh Bahnu); Leningrad Turkmenistan, and graduated from the (Diamonds), and Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ballet Manon (Young Gentlemen), choreography by Symphony (Girl); Walpurgis Night (Nymphs), Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Imperial); In the Night, choreography by Jerome Kenneth MacMillan; Pas de deux from the bal- choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky; Carmen Valentin Onoshko). He joined the Mariinsky Robbins; Grand Pas Classique , choreography let The Talisman; The Nutcracker (Nutcracker Suite (Carmen), choreography by Alberto Ballet in 1992 and has been a soloist since 1996. by Viktor Gzovsky; John Neumeier’s Now and Prince), production by Mihail Chemiakin, Alonso; ballets by George Balanchine: Prodigal His repertoire includes: Giselle (Count Then; and Yuri Smekalov’s ballets Presentiment choreography by Kirill Simonov; Alexei Son (Siren), Serenade, Symphony in C (Second Albrecht); Le Corsaire (Conrad); La Bayadère of Spring (Yarilo) and Bolero Factory (Pride). Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella (the Prince), Movement), The Four Temperaments (Choleric), (Solor), Vakhtang Chabukiani’s version; In 2004, as a guest soloist, Mr. Korsuntsev The Little Humpbacked Horse (Ivan the Fool), Jewels (Rubies), La Valse; In the Night, cho- Grand pas from Paquita; The Sleeping Beauty performed at the Ali-Shir Nava’i State Academic and Anna Karenina (Count Vronsky); William reography by Jerome Robbins; Pas de quatre (Prince Désiré), Konstantin Sergeyev’s ver- Bolshoi Theatre (Tashkent) as Prince Siegfried in Forsythe’s ballets In the Middle, Somewhat (Marie Taglioni); ballets by William Forsythe: sion; Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried); Raymonda Swan Lake opposite Sofia Gumerova as Odette/ Elevated, Approximate Sonata, and Steptext; Steptext, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, (Jean de Brienne, Grand pas Act); Don Quixote Odile. He has performed at the National Opera The Magic Nut (Hungarian Bridegroom, the Approximate Sonata; Reverence, choreography (Basilio, Espada); The Nutcracker (Prince), and Ballet in Bulgaria (Metaphysics) and at Young Drosselmeyer), production by Mihail by David Dawson; Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Vasily Vainonen’s version; Michel Fokine’s bal- the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo (as Jean Chemiakin, choreography by Donvena (Marquise de Dorimaine), choreography by lets The Firebird (Ivan-Tsarevich), Chopiniana de Brienne in the ballet Raymonda). Pandoursky; Tango, choreography by Alexei Nikita Dmitrievsky; Ondine (Queen of the Sea), (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz), and

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Miroshnichenko; For Four, choreography ballet); The Sleeping Beauty(Prince Désiré, (St. Petersburg, 2002). He holds Ballet maga- trois), choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev by Christopher Wheeldon; Diana Vishneva: Suitor), Konstantin Sergeyev’s version; The zine’s “Soul of Dance 2008” prize, in the “Rising Ivanov; revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev, Beauty in Motion (Pierrot Lunaire, Three Point Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince), production Star,” category, the annual Leonid Massine Raymonda (Béranger, Grand pas), choreog- Turn); Pétrouchka (Petrushka); choreography by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill International Prize “For the Art of Dance” raphy by Marius Petipa; revised version by by Michel Fokine, production by Gary Chryst; Simonov; Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Pas de (Positano, Italy, 2008), and the Zegna-Mariinsky Konstantin Sergeyev, Chopiniana (Nocturne, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (the Youth); chore- trois, Jester and Neapolitan Dance); Raymonda New Talent Awards grant (London, 2008). Mazurka, Seventh Waltz), choreography by ography by Roland Petit; and Le Parc (soloist), (Grand Pas); Don Quixote (Basilio); Le Réveil He has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet to Michel Fokine; Le Sacre du printemps (Elders, choreography by Angelin Preljocaj. Other reper- de Flore (Zéphyr), revival of the 1894 produc- Europe, North America, and China. Youths), choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky; The toire includes: The Nutcracker (Prince), choreog- tion; The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav, Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Tatar Dance, Youths), raphy by Vasily Vainonen; and The Golden Age Polish Youth); Romeo and Juliet (Romeo): The Oksana Skoryk was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, choreography by Rostislav Zakharov, Leonid (Alexander), choreography by Noah D. Gelber. Legend of Love (Friend of Ferkhad): Le Carnaval and graduated from the Perm School of Dance Lavrovsky’s ballets Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, He was the first performer of roles in the (Harlequin); Le Spectre de la rose (Le Spectre in 2007. She joined the Mariinsky Ballet the Troubadour), Walpurgisnacht (Satyr), and The ballets Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Covielle), cho- de la rose); Schéhérazade (Zobeide’s Slave), same year. Legend of Love (Ferkhad’s Friends), choreogra- reography by Nikita Dmitrievsky; Reverence, choreography by Michel Fokine; George Her repertoire includes: La Sylphide (a Sylph), phy by Yuri Grigorovich; Leningrad Symphony choreography by David Dawson; Du Côté Balanchine’s ballets Jewels (Emeralds, Rubies, choreography by August Bournonville; Giselle (Youth), ballet by Igor Belsky to music by Dmitry de chez Swann, choreography by Alexei Diamonds), Piano Concerto No. 2 (Soloist, Trio), (Giselle, Monna, Zulma); La Bayadère (Trio Shostakovich; Carmen (Bandit), choreography Miroshnichenko; The Meek One (Man), cho- Symphony in C (Third Movement), Theme and of Shadows), choreography by Marius Petipa, by Roland Petit; George Balanchine’s ballets reography by Donvena Pandoursky; Aria Variations, Tchaikovsky Pas de deux and Scotch revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani; The The Prodigal Son (Friends of the Prodigal), Jewels Suspended (First Movement), choreography by Symphony; Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (the Youth), Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine), (Emeralds, Diamonds), The Four Temperaments Peter Quanz; The Ring, choreography by Alexei choreography by Roland Petit; Jerome choreography by Marius Petipa; revised ver- (Melancholic), Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Piano Miroshnichenko; and Presentiment of Spring Robbins’s In the Night, Harald Lander’s sion by Konstantin Sergeyev; Swan Lake Concerto No. 2 (Ballet Imperial), and La Valse; (Death) and Bolero Factory (Greed), choreogra- Études (Soloist); Grand pas classique, cho- (Odette-Odile, Swans, Two Swans), choreogra- Études (Dancers), choreography by Harald phy by Yuri Smekalov. He danced in the pre- reography by Viktor Gzovsky; Kenneth phy by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised Lander; Grand pas classique, choreography by miere performances of Diana Vishneva: Beauty MacMillan’s Manon (Beggars’ Leader, Young version by Konstantin Sergeyev; Le Corsaire Viktor Gzovsky; The Nutcracker (Nutcracker in Motion (Alexei Ratmansky’s Pierrot Lunaire Gentleman); Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella (Medora), choreography by Pyotr Gusev; Don Prince, Pulcinella, Mother Gigogne), staging by and Three Point Turn by Dwight Roden) in the (Prince) and The Little Humpbacked Horse (Ivan Quixote (Queen of the Dryads), choreography Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Kirill United States and in the Russian premiere at the the Fool); William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous by Alexander Gorsky; Chopiniana (Nocturne, Simonov; Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella Mariinsky Theatre. Thrill of Exactitude; Yuri Smekalov’s Parting Mazurka, Seventh Waltz, First Waltz), chore- (Autumn, Winter) and The Little Humpbacked Mr. Sergeyev is the recipient of the Ministry and Requiem for Narcissus; Without, choreogra- ography by Michel Fokine; Serenade, choreog- Horse (Ivan the Fool, Gavrilo), and Anna of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan’s award phy by Benjamin Millepied; and the Pas de deux raphy by George Balanchine; and Ondine (Four Karenina (Levin); William Forsythe’s ballets “For Achievements in Culture” (2009), as from Venetian Carnival. Naiads), choreography by Pierre Lacotte. Approximate Sonata and The Vertiginous Thrill well as the Golden Sofit, St. Petersburg’s most Mr. Shklyarov gave the first performance Ms. Skoryk has toured with the Mariinsky of Exactitude; Come In!, choreography by Kirill prestigious theater prize, in the category “Best of the role of the Zéphyr in Le Réveil de Flore Ballet Company to Norway and China. Simonov; Dolce, con fuoco, choreography by Performing Ensemble” for his work on the (revival of Marius Petipa’s 1894 production, Svetlana Anufrieva; The Magic Nut (Hungarian ballet For Four (production by Christopher revived by Sergei Vikharev, 2007) and the role Maxim Zyuzin was born in Alma-Ata, Groom, the Young Drosselmeyer), staging Wheeldon, 2007). of Harlequin in Le Carnaval (revival of Michel Kazakhstan, and graduated from the Vaganova by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Fokine’s 1910 production, revived by Sergei Academy of Russian Ballet in 2001. He joined Donvena Pandoursky; Princess Pirlipat (Turkish Vladimir Shklyarov was born in Leningrad Vikharev, 2008). He has participated in several the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2001. Grooms); Metaphysics (The Man), choreography and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of gala-concerts, including the 70th birthday of His repertoire includes, La Sylphide (Youths), by Donvena Pandoursky; The Ghostly Ball, cho- Russian Ballet (class of Vitaly Afanaskov) in the outstanding dancer Maris Liepa (Moscow, choreography by August Bournonville; Giselle reography by Dmitry Bryantsev, Simple Things, 2003. He joined the Mariinsky Ballet the same Kremlin Palace, 2006), Mariinsky and Bolshoi (Classical Duet); Le Corsaire (Lankedem), cho- choreography by Emil Faski; Bolero Factory year and has been a soloist since 2007. Theatres (Tokyo, 2007), Malakhov and Friends reography by Pyotr Gusev after the composition (Envy), choreography by Yuri Smekalov; and His repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Berlin, 2008), Ballettisimo (Guadalajara, 2008), by Marius Petipa; La Bayadère (Magdaveya), Without, choreography by Benjamin Millepied. (James and Youth): Giselle (Count Albrecht, and DANCE OPEN (St. Petersburg, 2010). choreography by Marius Petipa, revised ver- Mr. Zyuzin has toured with the Mariinsky Classic Duo from Act 1): Ondine (Matteo); Mr. Shklyarov was a prize-winner sion by Vakhtang Chabukiani; The Sleeping Ballet to the United Kingdom, Germany, the Le Corsaire (Аli, Lankedem); La Bayadère at the Eleventh International Ballet and Beauty (Prince Désiré, Prince Chéri, Prince Netherlands, Norway, France, the United (Solor, Golden Idol, additional role choreo- Choreography Competition, in the “solo” Fleur de Pois, the Blue Bird), choreography States, China, Japan, and Azerbaijan. graphed by Nikolai Zubkovsky in Vakhtang category (Moscow, 2009, first prize), and by Marius Petipa; revival of the 1890 produc- Chabukiani’s version of Marius Petipa’s the Vaganova-Prix International Competition tion of Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Pas de

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Mariinsky Ballet Administration and Staff

Yury Fateev, Interim Director of the Ballet

Ballet Masters Redzhep Abdyev Gennady Selyutsky Nina Ukhova Viacheslav Khomyakov

Ballet Teachers Galina Kekisheva Igor Petrov Elvira Tarasova Maxim Khrebtov Elena Evteeva Victor Baranov Elena Vorontsova

Assistant to Ballet Director Sergey Proskuriakov

Stage Manager Denis Firsov

Assistant Stage Manager Irina Zagrebina

Female Corps de Ballet Coordinator Vera Kirillova

Male Corps de Ballet Coordinator Soslan Kulaev

Pianists Olga Soboleva Irina Kondrashova

Masseurs Zoya Kharlanova Veronika Maksimenkova

Technical Staff Head of Carpentry Department Vasily Chuprakov Master Carpenter Alexey Dmitriev Carpenters Mikhail Dmitriev, Vadim Kvyatkovsky, Vitaly Obukhov, Robert Fadeev Lighting Designer Igor Karmanov Electrician Igor Kostin Head of Props Department Arutyun Tsaturov Props Natalia Zakharova Head of Make-up Department Natalia Borisova Make-up Tatiana Bykova, Vladimir Mikhaylov Men’s Wardrobe Anna Moskvina Women’s Wardrobe Elena Morozova, Yulia Belyaeva, Favziya Alieva Sound Engineer Maxim Teryokhin

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