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Thursday, June 4, 2009, 8pm Friday, June 5, 2009, 8pm Saturday, June 6, 2009, 2pm & 8pm Sunday, June 7, 2009, 3pm Zellerbach Hall Bolshoi Anatoly Iksanov, General Director of the Yury Burlaka, Artistic Director of the in La Bayadère Music by by & Sergei Khudekov by Marius Petipa New scenic version by Yuri Grigorovich

Berkeley Symphony Pavel Klinichev, conductor

Scenes from productions by , Nikolai Zubkovsky and

Sets and costumes after sketches by designers of the first production (1877), Elena Fetisova © Bolshoi revived by Valery Firsov, Nikolai Sharonov (sets) and Nikolai Sviridchikov (costumes) Svetlana Zakharova and Valery Levental, Supervisor, Set & Costume Revival La Bayadère Alexander Kopylov, Music Director

Premiered November 25, 1991. a c t i

Running time: three hours 30 minutes with two intervals. Young warriors led by Solor are hunting a tiger. Nikiya and other bayadères give the fakirs water Before entering the forest, Solor asks a fakir named from the sacred pool. Imperceptibly, Magedaveya Magedaveya to tell Nikiya, a bayadère, that he will tells Nikiya that Solor will come to see her. The Children in this production appear courtesy of School, wait for her near the temple. bayadère is happy. Helgi Tomasson, Director, and Lola de Avila, Associate Director. The High Brahmin and priests are solemnly As darkness falls, Nikiya goes to meet her be- leaving the temple. The feast of worshipping fire loved. Their secret rendezvous is guarded by the begins. Fakirs and votaries of the temple, bay- fakir. But the High Brahmin manages to overhear Credit Suisse is the general sponsor of the Bolshoi Theatre. adères, are performing sacred . Beautiful the conversation of the sweethearts. Nikiya is among them. She adorns the festival. Solor proposes that they elope. The bayadère The Bolshoi Ballet’ s official 2008–2009 season sponsor is Banque Société Générale Vostok. Having forgotten about his ordination and vow agrees, but first she wants him to vow fidelity to of celibacy, the High Brahmin tells Nikiya that he her at the sacred fire. Solor takes the oath. The These performances are made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Foundation. loves her and promises to place at her feet all the High Brahmin is infuriated. He appeals to the riches of India. Nikiya rejects his wooing. She will gods and demands punishment. His revenge will Cal Performances’ 2008–2009 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank. never love him. be terrible.

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Next morning, the rajah Dugmanta, head of than part with him. Gamzatti offers her . La Bayadère the principality, tells his daughter Gamzatti that Nikiya throws them away with scorn. Nothing will she will see her fiancé that day. make her part with her beloved. In a rage, she raises The rajah sends for the fiancé. It is the brave her dagger. stops her. But Gamzatti will warrior Solor. The rajah shows Solor his beautiful never give her fiancé back. daughter and proclaims them bride and groom. The warrior is struck by Gamzatti’s beauty. But a c t i i he remembers the bayadère, his vow to her, and is thrown into confusion. A sumptuous feast is being held on the occasion It is time to hold the ceremony of consecrat- of Solor and Gamzatti’s engagement. The bayadère ing Gamzatti’s betrothal. Nikiya is invited to the Nikiya is supposed to entertain the guests with her palace for the ceremony. dances. But she cannot hide her grief. Her eyes are The High Brahmin arrives. He wants to tell fixed on her beloved Solor. the rajah a secret. Dugmanta sends everybody The fakir presents Nikiya with a basket of flow- away. Gamzatti feels that the High Brahmin’s ar- ers from Solor. The bayadère’s is filled with rival is somehow connected with her forthcoming happiness. But suddenly a snake crawls out of the marriage and eavesdrops on the High Brahmin’s flowers and bites her fatally. conversation with her father. Nikiya realizes that the rajah’s daughter is to The High Brahmin tells the rajah about Solor’s blame for her death. The High Brahmin promises love for Nikiya. Dugmanta is infuriated but doesn’t to save her life if she will love him. But the bayadère change his mind to give his daughter in marriage is faithful to her love for Solor. Nikiya dies. Solor to Solor. Instead, the bayadère, who made Solor leaves the feast in despair. take the oath, must die. The High Brahmin, who M. Logvinov © Bolshoi had wanted to get rid of his rival, did not expect Nadezda Grasheva and Andrey Uvarov this turn of events. a c t i i i He threatens the rajah with punishment of t h u r s d a y e v e n i n g the Gods for the bayadère’s death. But the rajah Solor is inconsolable. He is plagued by remorse. He Nikiya, bayadère Svetlana Zakharova is unrelenting. enjoins the fakir to distract him from his grievous Dugmanta, rajah Alexey Loparevich Gamzatti orders her slave to bring Nikiya. She thoughts. Fascinated by the sacred dance, Solor Gamzatti, his daughter sees that the bayadère is very beautiful and can be a sinks into the world of dreams. Solor, famous warrior Nikolay Tsiskaridze dangerous rival. The rajah’s daughter tells the bay- Shadows appear to him out of the darkness. High Brahmin Andrey Sitnikov adère about her forthcoming marriage and invites They descend from the mountains in a long, single Toloragva, warrior Vladislav Lantratov her to dance at the feast. She deliberately shows her file. Solor sees fair Nikiya among them. Slave Egor Kromushin the portrait of her fiancé, Solor. Nikiya protests: Solor follows the shadow of Nikiya, wanting Magedaveya, fakir Anton Savichev Solor loves only her and he made a vow of eternal to stay with her forever. There is no more reality Aiya, slave Anastasia Vinokur fidelity. The rajah’s daughter demands that Nikiya for Solor, only his fantasy. As he reaches out to Jampe Svetlana Pavlova, Yanina Parienko give up Solor. But the bayadère would rather die Nikiya’s shadow, he breathes his last breath. Pas d’action (Act II) Svetlana Pavlova, Alesya Boyko, Ilona Matsiy, Anastasia Stashkevich, Victoria Osipova, Anna Leonova, Olga Stebletsova, Anna Okuneva, Karim Abdullin, Artem Vakhtin Dance with a Drum Anna Antropova, Vitaly Biktimirov, Denis Medvedev Golden Idol Manu Chinara Alizade The Shades First Ekaterina Krysanova Second Variation Anastasia Goryacheva Third Variation Nelli Kobakhidze

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f r i d a y e v e n i n g s a t u r d a y e v e n i n g Nikiya, bayadère Nadezda Gracheva Nikiya, bayadère Svetlana Zakharova Dugmanta, rajah Alexey Loparevich Dugmanta, rajah Alexey Loparevich Gamzatti, his daughter Ekaterina Shipulina Gamzatti, his daughter Ekaterina Krysanova Solor, famous warrior Nikolay Tsiskaridze Solor, famous warrior Nikolay Tsiskaridze High Brahmin Andrey Sitnikov High Brahmin Andrey Sitnikov Toloragva, warrior Vladislav Lantratov Toloragva, warrior Vladislav Lantratov Slave Egor Kromushin Slave Egor Kromushin Magedaveya, fakir Anton Savichev Magedaveya, fakir Anton Savichev Aiya, slave Anastasia Vinokur Aiya, slave Anastasia Vinokur Jampe Victoria Litvinova, Ksenia Sorokina Jampe Svetlana Pavlova, Yanina Parienko Pas d’action (Act II) Svetlana Pavlova, Alesya Boyko, Ilona Matsiy, Pas d’action (Act II) Svetlana Pavlova, Alesya Boyko, Ilona Matsiy, Chinara Alizade, Victoria Osipova, Anna Leonova, Anastasia Stashkevich, Victoria Osipova, Olga Stebletsova, Anna Okuneva, Karim Abdullin, Anna Leonova, Olga Stebletsova, Anna Okuneva, Artem Vakhtin Karim Abdullin, Artem Vakhtin Dance with a Drum Anna Antropova, Vitaly Biktimirov, Dance with a Drum Anna Antropova, Vitaly Biktimirov, Denis Medvedev Denis Medvedev Golden Idol Ivan Vasiliev Golden Idol Ivan Vasiliev Manu Anastasia Stashkevich Manu Chinara Alizade The Shades The Shades First Variation Nina Kaptsova First Variation Nina Kaptsova Second Variation Anna Tikhomirova Second Variation Anastasia Goryacheva Third Variation Nelli Kobakhidze Third Variation Nelli Kobakhidze

s a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n s u n d a y a f t e r n o o n Nikiya, bayadère Maria Alexandrova Nikiya, bayadère Nadezda Gracheva Dugmanta, rajah Alexey Loparevich Dugmanta, rajah Alexey Loparevich Gamzatti, his daughter Ekaterina Shipulina Gamzatti, his daughter Ekaterina Shipulina Solor, famous warrior Alexander Volchkov Solor, famous warrior Alexander Volchkov High Brahmin Alexander Fadeechev High Brahmin Alexander Fadeechev Toloragva, warrior Vladislav Lantratov Toloragva, warrior Vladislav Lantratov Slave Egor Khromushin Slave Egor Kromushin Magedaveya, fakir Anton Savichev Magedaveya, fakir Anton Savichev Aiya, slave Anastasia Vinokur Aiya, slave Anastasia Vinokur Jampe Victoria Litvinova, Ksenia Sorokina Jampe Svetlana Pavlova, Yanina Parienko Pas d’action (Act II) Svetlana Pavlova, Alesya Boyko, Ilona Matsiy, Pas d’action (Act II) Svetlana Pavlova, Alesya Boyko, Ilona Matsiy, Chinara Alizade, Victoria Osipova, Anna Leonova, Anna Tikhomirova, Victoria Osipova, Olga Stebletsova, Anna Okuneva, Karim Abdullin, Anna Leonova, Olga Stebletsova, Anna Okuneva, Artem Vakhtin Karim Abdullin, Artem Vakhtin Dance with a Drum Ksenia Sorokina, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Dance with a Drum Ksenia Sorokina, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Alexander Vodopetov Alexander Vodopetov Golden Idol Viacheslav Lopatin Golden Idol Denis Medvedev Manu Anastasia Stashkevich Manu Chinara Alizade, Anastasia Stashkevich The Shades The Shades First Variation Nina Kaptsova First Variation Ekaterina Krysanova Second Variation Anna Tikhomirova Second Variation Anastasia Goryacheva Third Variation Nelli Kobakhidze Third Variation Nelli Kobakhidze

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Bolshoi Ballet

Corps de ballet Tamara Abakelia Natalia Novikova Ksenia Abbazova Anna Okuneva Karim Abdullin Maxim Oppengeym Chinara Alizade Victoria Osipova Batyr Annadurdyev Yanina Parienko Sergey Antonov Svetlana Pavlova Vladimir Avdeev Zakhar Potapov Anna Baranova Galina Potdykova Ekaterina Barykina Ivan Prazdnikov Alesya Boyko Apollinary Proskurnin Pavel Dmitrichenko Svetlana Rudenko Liudmila Ermakova Andrey Rybakov Alexander Fadeechev Natalia Sadovaya Irina Fedotova Anton Savichev Natalia Fokina Evgeny Sazonov Elena Fetisova © Bolshoi Ekaterina Shipulina Evgeny Golovin Ivan Semirechesky Yulia Grebenshchikova Anastasia Shilova Principals Kristina Karaseva Roman Simachev Svetlana Zakharova Petr Kazmiruk Ksenia Sorokina Maria Alexandrova Victor Kleyn Dmitry Starshinov Nadezda Gracheva Olga Klypina Anastasia Stashkevich Nikolay Tsiskaridze Elena Kotova Olga Stebletsova Andrey Uvarov Tatian Kurilkina Anna Tatarova Alexander Volchkov Vadim Kurochkin Anna Tikhomirova Konstantin Kuzmin Alexey Torgunakov Leading Soloists Anton Kuznetsov Roman Tselishchev Nina Kaptsova Vladislav Lantratov Olga Tubalova Anastasia Goryacheva Victoria Litvinova Artem Vakhtin Ekaterina Shipulina Natalia Lomakina Maria Vinogradova First Soloists Kristina Loseva Anastasia Vinokur Ekaterina Krysanova Svetlana Luneykina Angelina Vlashinets Denis Medvedev Sofia Lyubimova Alexander Vodopetov Olga Marchenkova Daria Vorokhobko Soloists Alexey Matrakhov Ilya Vorontsov Anna Antropova Ilona Matsiy Marina Zakharova Nelli Kobakhidze Sergey Minakov Sergey Zelenko Anna Leonova Anna Nakhapetova Vasily Zhidkov Vitaly Biktimirov Egor Khromushin Alexey Loparevich Viacheslav Lopatin Andrey Sitnikov Ivan Vasiliev

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Bolshoi Ballet BERKELEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Kent Nagano, Music Director General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre Anatoly Iksanov Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet Yury Burlaka I Franklyn D’Antonio, Concertmaster Roman Fukshansky, Principal Head of the Touring Division and Tour Director Elena Perfilova Noah Strick, Associate Concertmaster Diana Dorman Administrative Director of the Gennady Yanin Graeme Jennings, Assistant Concertmaster Virginia Baker Tour Managers Evgenia Mezhlumova, Ekaterina Valieva Eugene Chukhlov Carla Wilson, Principal Doctor Elena Lisitsina Larisa Kopylovsky Karla Ekholm Emanuela Nikiforova Ballet Company Manager Veronika Sanadze Lisa Zadek Horn Coaches Nadezda Gracheva, Tatiana Krasina, Stuart Gronningen, Principal Vladimir Nikonov, Alexander Petukhov Violin II Alicia Telford Karsten Windt, Principal Alex Camphouse Stage Manager Irina Zibrova Randall Weiss, Assistant Principal Loren Tayerle Pianists Alexey Melentiev, Dmitry Zubravskiy Brian Lee Cheng Masseurs Yury Gorbunov, Dmitry Puchkov David Ryther Kale Cumings, Principal Deputy Head of Production Department Alexander Efimov Josepha Fath Scott Macomber John Freeman Stagehands Pavel Milenin, Roman Vlasov, Anatoly Voronov, Owen Miyoshi Konstantin Kazakov, Alexey Chuvalnikov Marcel Gemperli, Principal Props Alexander Zinin, Tamara Bit-Bayro Darcy Rindt, Assistant Principal Barbara Hauser Thomas Hornig, Principal Lighting Designers Mikhail Sokolov, Alexander Rubtsov Patrick Kroboth Bruce Chrisp Lighting Technicians Liudmila Ziborova, Viacheslav Teperin, Ekaterina Treshchalina Trombone Carol Rice, Principal Craig McAmis Special Effects Akhtyam Kuramshin Nancy Bien Souza, Assistant Principal Deputy Head of Wardrobe Department Daniil Aldoshin Wanda Warkentin Alexander Kramer, Principal Female Wardrobe Natalia Zinovieva, Galina Shchedrina, Nadezda Maksimovskaya Michel Taddei, Principal Male Wardrobe Irina Rasstanaeva, Olga Levina, Maxim Bashargin Karen Horner, Assistant Principal Kevin Neuhoff, Principal

Makeup Elena Strebkova Nadezda Krylova, Percussion Lidia Shcherbakova, Natalia Pianova Emma Moon, Principal Ward Spangler, Principal Exclusive North American Management IMG Artists, Carnegie Hall Tower, 152 West 57th Street, Stacey Pelinka Scott Bleaken Fifth Floor, New York, New York 10019, Rena Urso-Trapani phone (212) 994-3500, fax (212) 994-3550 Harp www.imgartists.com Wendy Tamis, Principal Deborah Shidler, Principal Bennie Cottone BMW is the offical car of the Bolshoi. Marriott is the official hotel of the Bolshoi. Shell Oil and Telenor are official sponsors of the Bolshoi. Samsung, Bank of , Hennessey and JTI are partners of the Bolshoi.

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History of the Bolshoi Ballet Susanin and , works which and Rimsky-Korsakov in a mission to educate the years at the Bolshoi were characterized by a series marked the foundation of a truly national school public with new ideas. However, more moderate of large-scale, highly spectacular productions. He The history of the Bolshoi begins over 200 years of composition in . Of equal importance to voices prevailed and, during the early Soviet transferred to the Theatre the innovative produc- ago, in 1776. The first permanent theater company the history of both ballet and was the legacy period, traditional 19th-century and tions he first presented in Leningrad: The Stone in Moscow was established by Prince Peter Urussov, of Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, many of whose works were performed alongside contemporary works. Flower and The of Love, such masterpieces Public Prosecutor in Catherine II’s imperial gov- received their first performances at the theater. Alexander Gorsky was charged with the task of as (1966), (1968) and ernment and passionate lover of theater, together These include the operas Eugene and The re-organizing the company. Vassily Tikhomirov (1975), and his own versions with an ex-acrobat Englishman named Michael Queen of Spades and the ballet . succeeded Gorsky as Director of Ballet in 1924 and of the classical ballets (Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Maddox. In 1780, Prince Urussov, having under- Because of the success of Marius Petipa at the was instrumental in developing the Bolshoi style , ). , Natalia taken to construct an edifice “of which the external in St. Petersburg in the second during the following decades. Bessmertnova, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Ekaterina ornamentation will contribute to the beauty of the half of the 19th century, there followed a period Outstanding amongst Bolshoi soloists at this Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Nina Timofeyeva city,” built a theater in where the of rivalry between the two companies. A contrast time were the ballerinas Olga Lepeshinskaya and Maris Liepa were among the great principal company performed drama, opera and ballet. became apparent between the dance styles favored and , who were trained in dancers in his company. The majority of his pro- Twenty-five years later, the building was razed by the two cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg. This St. Petersburg but enjoyed their greatest successes ductions remain in the Bolshoi repertoire to this in one of the fires common in Moscow at that disparity was exemplified by Petipa’s ballet Don in Moscow. day. Grigorovich served as Artistic Director and period. Performances were now staged at a vari- Quixote, which received its premiere in Moscow on Principal Choreographer from 1964 to 1995. ety of venues throughout the city until January December 26, 1869, in a boldly conceived, colorful War Years and First Visit Outside Russia In 1995, Vladimir Vasiliev took over as Artistic 1825 when the magnificent new Classical-style production which, when restaged in St. Petersburg Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, with Alexei With the invasion of Russia by German forces in Petrovsky Theatre was opened. Designed by - ar two years later, was transformed into a far more Fadeyechev as Artistic Director of the Ballet from 1941, the Bolshoi Ballet and Opera were evacuated chitects Ossip Bovet and Andrei Mikhailov, the classically conceived work. 1998 to 2000. In 2000, Boris Akimov succeeded to Kuibyshev on the Volga, where they remained building was fronted by eight Doric columns, its Alexander Gorsky, Petipa’s assistant and pu- Fadeyechev, and at the beginning of 2004 he was until August 1943. The Ballet was now under the portico surmounted by a bronze driving pil, was appointed to the Bolshoi Theatre in 1900 succeeded by . In 2009, Yury charge of who was faced with his four-horse chariot. The drama company now and, from then until his death in 1924, revised the Burlaka was appointed Artistic Director of the the monumental task of re-establishing the com- moved to the newly opened while company’s stagings of the basic repertoire, making Bolshoi Ballet. pany during the post-war years of deprivation and the Bolshoi Petrovsky Theatre devoted itself to the them more dramatic and realistic and laying the In addition to the glories of its dancers and reconstruction. In 1945, Sergey Prokofiev’s ballet production of opera and ballet. At this stage, the foundations for the company’s great future suc- singers, the Bolshoi Theatre also boasts an or- received its first performance with Olga ballet company was comprised of just 47 dancers. cesses. His colossal impact on Bolshoi productions chestra worthy to be compared with any of the Lepeshinskaya in the title role, and nine years later In 1853, fire again destroyed the interior of continued into the Soviet period with such recent world’s greatest symphony . Throughout the same composer’s The Stone Flower was given its the theater and the building was restored by the choreographers as acknowl- its long history, the orchestra has been directed world premiere. Venetian architect Alberto , son of the com- edging his influence. Under Gorsky, the com- by some of Russia’s greatest conductors, includ- One of Lavrovsky’s most significant achieve- poser Caterino Cavos and grandfather of Alexander pany would find its true identity. Adhering to the ing , Yury Faier, Alexander ments was to administer the Bolshoi Ballet’s first Benois. The Bolshoi again opened its doors to the naturalist principles of the great theater director Melik-Pashayev, Boris Khaikin, Evgeny Svetlanov, appearance in the West at the , public in 1856. Konstantin Stanislavsky, Gorsky created several , Covent Garden, in 1956, followed a year later by original ballets, including Notre-Dame de and . In 2001, a visit to New York. British audiences were given Early Choreographers in 1902 after Victor Hugo and Salammbo in 1910 took a position of the Bolshoi Music Director and their first opportunity to witness the virtuosity after Flaubert’s novel. In 1900, he revived Petipa’s Chief Conductor. The first ballets to be produced were by the great and dramatic intensity of the Soviet choreographic , followed by Coppélia by Saint-Leon Today, the Bolshoi is considered the principal French and masters, such as Filippo style. A particular triumph was enjoyed by legend- in 1901, La Fille mal gardée in 1903, Swan Lake and national theater in the Russian Federation, employ- Beccari, the Morelli brothers and Jean Lamirat. ary ballerina . She was succeeded as Giselle in 1911, in 1912 and La Bayadère ing 3,000 people, including its famed opera com- Before long, however, young Russian choreogra- the Bolshoi’s prima ballerina by Maya Plisetskaya, in 1917. pany and a ballet company of more than 200 danc- phers such as Adam Glushkovsky took over, con- for whom choreographers such as Petit, Bejart and ers. The Theatre’s New Stage opened in November centrating on ballets with Russian themes. From created roles. Soviet Era 2002, and for three seasons Bolshoi productions 1820 to 1830, the company, having expanded to were presented at both venues. Since September 150 dancers, developed in the French tradition Following the in 1917, Post-War Choreographers, Dancers and Orchestra 2005, when reconstruction of the Main Stage be- under the influence of Félicité-Virginie Hullin-Sor Moscow became the capital of the new Soviet Lavrovsky continued as Ballet Director until 1964, gan, nearly all of the repertoire has been performed and , who familiarized the Moscow Union and debate raged about the function of when he was succeeded as Chief Choreographer on the New Stage, while large-scale productions public with the ballets of . the arts in a socialist society. Left-wing critics and Artistic Director by Yuri Grigorovich, whose have been shown at the State Kremlin Palace. During the 1840s, the opera company staged demanded the removal from the repertoire of the first productions of Glinka’s operas Ivan works by such bourgeois composers as Tchaikovsky

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At the same time, Bolshoi Ballet has engaged in was appointed the General Director of the Bolshoi Yury Burlaka graduated which he presented a reconstruction of fragments extensive touring schedules, appearing everywhere Theatre of Russia. from Moscow Ballet School from Petipa’s The Awakening of Floraand The Magic from Russian towns to the world’s most prestigious (Pyotr Pestov’s class) in Mirror and from Gorsky’s The Humpbacked Horse. venues. In 2005, the Bolshoi Ballet performed at Yuri Grigorovich gradu- 1986. In 1999, he gradu- Mr. Burlaka researches old choreography the in New York. In 2006 ated from the Leningrad ated with distinction from and 19th-century ballet music. In 2000, he pub- and 2007, the Bolshoi had two major sea- Ballet School (class of Boris the Moscow State Academy lished (with Pribylov) the piano score of the sons, and in 2008 the Bolshoi appeared at the Paris Shavrov and Alexei Pisarev) of Ballet as teacher-cho- surviving musical numbers from and National Opéra. These tours were a great success, in 1946 and danced at the reographer. From 1993 to the notes of Petipa’s choreographic text. He is with tickets being sold out far in advance of perfor- Kirov Theatre for 18 years. 1996, he studied at the cho- the author of Music Arrangement for Lessons of mance dates. While competing in their choice of As choreographer, he made reographic faculty of RATI (Gordeyev’s course). In Classical Dance (1999) and The Classical Legacy rapturous encomiums, reviewers were unanimous his debut at the K irov, where 1986, he became principal with the Russian and Ballet Repertoire of the 18th to 20th Centuries in giving Bolshoi performances a five-star rating. Damir Yusupov he mounted Prokofiev’s The Ballet Company, where his repertoire included: the (2007). Since 2003, he has studied as a post- Today’s Bolshoi Theatre combines a pride in its Stone Flower (1957) and Melikov’s Legend of Love title role in The Nutcracker, Franz (Coppélia), Prince graduate at the Moscow State Academy of Ballet. artistic heritage, which it is determined to maintain, (1961). From 1964 to 1995, he was choreographer- Desiré and the Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty), That same year, he was appointed senior teacher with an awareness that it must grow and develop to in-chief of the Bolshoi Theatre, where he choreo- Albrecht (Giselle), James (), Pierre at the Academy’s faculty of choreography and prosper in today’s rapidly changing world. graphed Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (1966), (Halte de Cavalerie), Zefir (“Dances of the Hours” ballet studies in Classical Legacy and Ballet Khachaturian’s Spartacus (1968), Ivan the Terrible from the opera ), Rothbart and Pas Repertoire. He is a member of the International Anatoly Iksanov (General to music by Prokofiev (1975), Eshpay’s Angara de troix (Swan Lake), Shah Zeman (Shéhérazade), Minkus Society. Director of the Bolshoi (1976), Prokofiev’s (1979) and Time (Cinderella, Gordeyev version), solo parts in From May to December 2008, Mr. Burlaka Theatre) graduated from the Shostakovich’s The Golden Age (1982). He also Chopiniana, Paquita and other parts in the clas- served as Bolshoi Theatre choreographer. Since Leningrad State Institute choreographed new versions of such classical bal- sical repertoire. He participated in productions of January 2009, has been Artistic Director of the of Theatre, Music and lets as Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty (1963, evenings of old choreography for which he revived Bolshoi Ballet. He is an Honored Artist of the Cinematography with a de- 1973) and Swan Lake (1969, 2001), Glazunov’s fragments from the ballets of Fokine (Chopiniana, Russian Federation. gree in theater management. Raymonda (1984), Minkus’s La Bayadère (1991) “Dances of Naina” from the opera From 1977 to 1978, and Don Quixote (1994), and Adam’s Giselle (1987) Ruslan and Ludmila), Gorsky (The Humpbacked Pavel Klinichev (conduc- Mr. Iksanov worked as a and Le Corsaire (1994). His ballets have been Horse, Raymonda, dances from the opera Samson tor) is a graduate of Moscow senior manager in the Leningrad Maly Drama staged in Stockholm, Rome, Paris, , et Dalila, Coppélia, La Fille mal gardée), Petipa State Conservatory, first as Theatre, and from 1978 to 1983 he held the same , Milano, Helsinki, Ankara, , Sofia, (Harlequinade, Halte de cavalerie, Naiade et le a choirmaster (with Boris position in the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theatre Genoa, Warsaw, Istanbul and Seoul, among other pecheur, La Bayadère, The Humpbacked Horse, Le Tevlin) in 1998, and then named after Maxim Gorky. cities. Mr. Grigorovich has created ballet projects Corsaire, Paquita, La Sylphide, Esmeralda), the as a symphony conductor From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Iksanov held the post of in the Coliseum in Rome, London’s Albert Hall, Legat brothers (The Fairy of the Dolls) and others. in 2000 (under Mark Deputy Director of the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama ancient theaters in , on San Marco Square Since 2006, he has been teacher/répétiteur and, Ermler), and he continued Theatre, and in 1996 was appointed as its Director. in Venice, and in Luzhniki Stadium at the 1980 since April 2007, artistic director of the Russian his training as a conductor In 1994, he founded the Charity Foundation of the Olympic Games. He has headed of many in- Ballet Company. For Nesterova’s Academy of in Conservatory’s post-

Bolshoi Drama Theatre and became its Executive ternational ballet competitions in Russia, Finland, Dance, he revived Chopiniana and the Damir Yusupov graduate course. While still Director. From 1998 to 2000, he was Deputy the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Bulgaria, from Paquita. Together with Gordeyev, he mount- a fourth-year student, Maestro Klinichev joined General Director of the Culture TV channel. and . He also heads the for ed a production of Don Quixote at the Ekaterinburg the Bolshoi Young Artist Program, and in 2001 Mr. Iksanov has foreign experience in the field the and directs the Yuri Theatre of Opera and Ballet (2006). became the Bolshoi's staff conductor. of art management, having worked in theaters in Grigorovich Ballet (Krasnodar). Among his other productions are: Swan Lake at His repertoire includes , , the United States, and Switzerland. He Mr. Grigorovich is a People’s Artist of the the Vienna Conservatoire (2000, with Karl Musil , Nabucco, Adriana Lecouvreur, has co-authored two books, How to Fund-Raise USSR, a Hero of Socialist Labor, a Lenin (1970) and E. Thiery); Coppélia (2003) and Nutcracker Rimsky-Korsakov’s , The Golden for the Arts (1995) and The Charity Foundation of and USSR State (1977, 1985) prize-winner, and a (2005) at the Choreography Association ; Cockerel and Mozart and Salieri, Dargomyzhsky’s the Bolshoi Drama Theatre: Theory and Practice of professor and academician. He holds the highest Le Corsaire (2007) with Ratmansky at the Bolshoi Rusalka, Tosca, La Bohème and . Success (1997). state awards from many countries and has won Theatre; theGrand Pas from Paquita at the Bolshoi His performances with the Bolshoi Ballet in- In accordance with the Order of the more than 40 arts titles and prizes. Theatre (2008); andThe Night of Old Choreography clude Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Chairperson of the Government of the Russian at the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Lake, Spartacus, The Pharaoh’s Daughter, La fille Federation, on September 1, 2000, Mr. Iksanov (2008). In 2004, he took part in the Bolshoi mal gardée, Don Quixote, Giselle, The Legend of Love, Theatre’s First Workshop of New Choreography, at , , , Russian

18 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 19 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS on Beethoven’s and Mahler’s music, La Sylphide, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra celebrates 40 Principals In 2002, Ms. Zakharova took part in a gala of in- The Bolt on Shostakovich’s music, The Nutcracker years of music-making this season. Under the ternational ballets stars at the Square of the Arts and the Grand pas from Paquita. In 2002, Maestro baton of the internationally acclaimed conductor Svetlana Zakharova in Montreal, one of the largest cultural complexes Klinichev made his debut as musical director in Kent Nagano since 1978, Berkeley Symphony wel- was born in Lutsk, in , and in the gala concert dedicated to Maurice Jarre’s Notre-Dame de Paris (choreogra- comes 32-year-old Lisbon native Joana Carneiro Ukraine. From 1989 at in . phy by ). In 2006, he conducted The as its new Music Director for the 2009–2010 sea- to 1995, she studied at As a guest star, Ms. Zakharova has danced Golden Age by Shostakovich and, in 2007, Adam’s son. Maestro Carneiro’s tenure begins October 15, the Kiev Ballet School in new versions of familiar classical ballets, in- Le Corsaire. 2009, in Zellerbach Hall with a program featur- (Valentina Sulegina’s cluding several versions of Swan Lake: by Natalia In spring 2001, Maestro Klinichev appeared ing Berkeley composers John Adams and Gabriela class) and contin- Makarova at the Rio de Janeiro Theatre (2001); by with the Bolshoi Symphony in its extensive tour Lena Frank. ued her studies at the Nureyev at the Opera National de Paris (2002); of the United States, featuring both symphonic Berkeley Symphony supports local compos- Vaganova Ballet School by with National English Ballet programs and opera gala. In March 2003, he vis- ers through its informal Under Construction new in St. Petersburg (Elena Evteyeva’s class). In at the Royal Albert Hall in London (2002); by ited the United States to conduct Bolshoi Ballet music series at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, and 1996, she joined the Company Konstantin Sergeyev at the New National Theatre performances with the National Symphony at the it has been recognized with an ASCAP Award for (teacher, Olga Moiseyeva), where her repertoire in Tokyo (2002 and 2006); by Galina Samsova at Festival at the Kennedy Center. Adventurous Programming in seven of the past included leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, The Rome Opera (2003); and by Vladimir Burmeister In summer 2004, Maestro Klinichev appeared at nine years. Berkeley Symphony also serves every Bakhchisaray Fountain, The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, at La Scala (2004). Covent Garden with the Bolshoi Symphony and public elementary school in Berkeley with its year- La Bayadère, Don Quixote, Sheherazade, Romeo and In 2002, she danced the role of Princess Ballet. In fall 2004, he took the same forces on a long, award-winning Music in the Schools program, Juliet, Swan Lake, Giselle, Chopiniana, , Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (Paul Chalmer ver- tour of the United States. In summer 2005, dur- which provides each student with the experience of Symphony in C and Jewels by Balanchine, Manon, sion) at Rome Opera, and the part of Nikiya in ing another tour of United States, he performed becoming a performer. Ratmansky’s La Poème de l’Extase, Neumeier’s Here La Bayadère by Rudolf Nureyev at Opera de Paris. with the Bolshoi Symphony and Ballet at the Berkeley Symphony was founded in 1969 as the and Now and Lander’s Etude, among other ballets. In 2003, she danced in La Bayadère (Asami Maki Metropolitan Opera. Berkeley Promenade Orchestra by Thomas Rarick. In 2003, she joined the Bolshoi Theatre, version) at the New National Theatre in Tokyo. In He has also conducted several opera gala Reflecting the spirit of the times, the Promenade where she rehearses with Ludmila Semeniaka. At 2004, Ms. Zakharova danced the role of Giselle in concerts, including the Bolshoi Opera Gala in replaced tuxedos with informal street dress and the Bolshoi, she has danced: Aspicia (La Fille du the production by Opera de Paris; she appeared for the Mariinsky Theatre and gala concerts within performed in unusual locations, including the Pharaon by ); the title role in Giselle the first time at the San Carlo Theatre in the framework of the National Theater Prize, the Berkeley Art Museum. (Vasiliev version); Odette-Odile (Swan Lake); in the role of Nikiya in La Bayadère (Derek Deane Golden Mask. In summer 2004, he appeared at the When Kent Nagano was appointed Music Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty); Nikiya version); danced in La Bayadère ( Spoleto Festival USA, where he led the Charleston Director in 1978, he charted a new course by offer- (La Bayadère); Aegina (Spartacus), Raymonda version) with American Ballet Theater at the Symphony in Bernstein’s Dybbuk. In 2004, ing innovative programming that featured many (Raymonda, Grigorovich version); the solo part in Metropolitan Opera; danced Princess Aurora in Maestro Klinichev was named conductor of the rarely heard 20th-century scores. Notable events Symphony in C (choreography by Balanchine); Kitri The Sleeping Beauty (Sergeyev version) at the New International Vocal Competition. which gained the orchestra international atten- (Don Quixote); Hyppolita/ (A Midsummer National Theatre in Tokyo; danced the title role in In 2005, he conducted at the tion included West Coast premieres at Davies Hall Night’s Dream by Neumeier); and Carmen Raymonda at the New National Theatre in Tokyo International Competition of Young Opera Singers of works by Olivier Messiaen with the composer ( by Alonso). In 2006, she created the (Maki version); and danced Aurora in The Sleeping in St. Petersburg. in attendance, and an evening of works by Frank title role in Possokhov’s Cinderella and Svetlana in Beauty (Nureyev version) at Opera de Paris. In He has conducted the St. Petersburg Zappa with an augmented orchestra, life-size pup- Zakharova Super Game. On June 15, 2005, she per- 2005, she danced the part of Nikiya in La Bayadère Philharmonic, the Orchestra dell’Accademia pets and moving stage sets. formed her first gala night on the Main Stage of the (Makarova version) with the Ballet of Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Taipei For information on Berkeley Symphony’s Bolshoi Theatre. , and she danced the title role in Symphony, and the Rostov-on-Don and Saratov 2009–2010 season with Joana Carneiro, please In 1999, at the start of her international career, Giselle at La Scala. academic symphonies of St. Petersburg in various visit berkeleysymphony.org or call (510) 841-2800. Ms. Zakharova danced the role of Medora in Le Ms. Zakharova won second prize in the 1995 symphonic programs. He has recorded a Universal Corsaire at the Argentine Theatre Colon, staged by Vaganova-Prix Young Dancers Competition in CD, Just Waltzes, with the Bolshoi Chamber M. Vaziev. In 2000, she danced the Sugar Plum St. Petersburg. In 1997, she was awarded the prize Orchestra, and he teaches symphonic conducting Fairy in Balanchine’s version of The Nutcracker of the Baltika Company. She won the Golden Soffit at the Moscow State Conservatory. at Ballet. In 2001, she appeared (1998), the highest theater award in St. Petersburg, Maestro Klinichev regularly collaborates with with the Bavarian State Ballet in in the and two Golden Mask awards for Serenade (1999) the Company in Korea, having as- title role of Manon. In 2002, she danced in a new and The Sleeping Beauty (2000). She was named sumed the position of Principal Guest Conductor production of Swan Lake by Derek Deane for Best Dancer of the Year by the Italian magazine in the 2005–2006 season. in London, and in Rudolf Danza & Danza. In 2001, she was awarded the Nureyev’s version of Swan Lake for Opèra Bastille. People of Our City prize of St. Petersburg. In 2005,

20 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 21 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS she was awarded the Benois de la Danse prize of (Le Tricorne by Massine, Bolshoi, 2005); and the and Raymonda; and the leading role in Symphony Mr. Tsiskaridze is the anchor of the ballet sec- the International Association of Choreographers solo part in Jeu de Cartes (Ratmansky, 2005). in C (Balanchine). She created the role of Jeanne tion of the program Masterpieces of World Musical for her performance of Hyppolita-Titania in A Ms. Alexandrova is coached by Tatyana in The Last (Gordeev, 1996). She has made Theatre on the Culture TV channel. In 2001, he Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2006, she won Golikova. Her guest performances include the guest appearances at the Belgrade National Theatre was an anchor of the television program Opinion. Ballet magazine’s Soul of Dance prize. In 2008, Bashkiria State Opera and Ballet Theatre (2001); (1994–1995) and the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet With the Mariinsky Ballet, he danced the roles Ms. Zakharova was awarded the title of People’s M. Jalil Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Theatre (2005). She was Galina Ulanova’s last pupil of James in La Sylphide in 1997 and Ferkhad in Artist of the Russian Federation and became the (2005 and 2006); Mariinsky Theatre (2007); and and is now coached by Marina Kondratieva. Legend of Love and the Soloist in Rubies in 2001. In first Russian dancer conferred the title of the La Opera and Ballet Theatre (2007). She has Ms. Gracheva’s awards include second prize at 2002, he danced The Slave in Scheherazade, Solor Scala Ballet Company Etoile. appeared in gala ballet performances at Lincoln the 1986 Varna Ballet Competition; first prize and in La Bayadère in 2003, Des Grieux in MacMillan’s Center in New York (1997), in (2000), Leningrad Academy of Choreography prize at the Manon in 2005, and in 2006 he gave his gala per- Maria Alexandrova was Apollo, California (2002), Athens, Prague and 1988 All-Union Competition in Moscow; second formance there. born in Moscow. In 1997, Perm, Russia; with the Malakhov and Friends prize at the 1988 Varna Ballet Competition; the In 2001, he made his debut at Opera de Paris upon graduation from the company at Megaron Hall in Athens (2003); in 1992 Benois de la Danse prize; first prize at the as Solor (La Bayadère). In 2003, he performed the Moscow Ballet School Don Quixote at the Bashkortorstan Opera and 1995 Osaka Ballet Competition; 1996 State Prize role of Jeune Homme (Le Jeune homme et la Mort (Sophia Golovkina’s class) Ballet Theatre as part of the Rudolf Nureyev of Russia; and the 2001 Medal of Honor, Belgrade by Petit) with the Asami Maki Ballet in Japan. In she joined the Bolshoi International Ballet Festival; and as part of the National Theatre Distinguished Service Medal. 2002, he participated in the gala program in mem- Ballet Company. International Ballet Festival in Japan. In 2006, ory of Rudolf Nureyev at La Scala, together with Her repertory includes she took part, together with Sergey Filin, in the Nikolay Tsiskaridze Svetlana Zakharova. That same year, he took part, Odetta-Odile, Friend to Malakhov and Friends tour of Japan. was born in Tbilisi, together with Maria Alexandrova, in a gala concert Prince and the Spanish Bride-to-Be (Swan Lake); Ms. Alexandrova’s awards include first where he began his stud- on the occasion of a new theater opening in Apollo, Gamzatti and in the Shades scene (La prize in the 1997 Moscow International Ballet ies at the Tbilisi Ballet California. He performed the part of Death in the Bayadère); Fairy of Lilac and Fairy of Courage Competition; the Soul of Dance Ballet magazine School. In 1992, he grad- musical Romeo and Juliet by Zherar Presgurvik, (The Sleeping Beauty); Raymonda and Clemence prize in the Ascending Star Category (1999); a uated from the Moscow the premiere having taken place in 2004 at the (Raymonda, Grigorovich version); the title roles Golden Mask; and national theater award nomina- Ballet School (Pyotr Moscow Operetta Theatre. in Coppélia, Paquita and La Sylphide; Myrtha tions for best female ballet role for her performance Pestov’s class) and joined In 2005, he performed the title role in the (Giselle); Medora (Le Corsaire); The Pupil The ( in the role of The Classical Ballerina in The Bright the Bolshoi Ballet. ballet Blue God (choreographer , Lesson); Kitri, Street Dancer and Variation Grand Stream (2003). His repertoire includes: The King Swan( Lake, Russian Season Project, Maris Liepa Fund), and pas (Don Quixote); Queen of the Ball (Fantasy on the Vasiliev version); Prince Siegfried and The Evil took part in the puppet ballet production The Theme of Casanova by M. Lavrovsky); The Empress Nadezda Gracheva was Genius (Swan Lake); Jean de Brienne (Raymonda); Death of Polyphem, where he performed the role (The Russian Hamlet by ); Aspicia born in Semipalatinsk, Solor (La Bayadère); Prince Desire, Blue Bird and of Polyphem the Cyclops with his feet. In 2006, and Congo (La Fille du Pharaon by P. Lacotte); Ka­zakhstan. She studied Wicked Fairy Carabosse (The Sleeping Beauty, he participated in the international ballet proj- and No. 11 (Chopiniana by at the Alma-Ata Ballet Grigorovich version); Albrecht (Giselle); The King ect Kings of the Dance with , Johan Fokine); solo parts in Symphony in C, Tchaikovsky School and completed (Swan Lake); James (La Sylphide, von Rosen ver- Kobborg and , where he performed (Balanchine); Dreams of Japan (by her studies at the Moscow sion); Variety show compere (The Golden Age); The the Teacher in The Lesson by Flindt, the solo ballet Alexander Ratmansky); Friend to Juliet (Romeo Academic College of Nutcracker-Prince (The Nutcracker, Grigorovich Carmen by Petit and the solo part in the ballet For and Juliet, L. Lavrovsky version); Mekhmene Choreography (Sophia and V. Vasiliev versions); solo parts in Chopiniana, 4 by Wheeldon. In 1992, he was included in the list Banu (A Legend of Love); Aegina (Spartacus by Golovkina’s class). In Le Spectre de la rose (Fokine) and Symphony in of scholars in the “New Names” project. Grigorovich); Esmeralda (Notre-Dame de Paris by 1988, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet. C (Balanchine); Taor (La Fille du Pharaon by Mr. Tsiskaridze’s awards include second R. Petit); Leah (Leah by Ratmansky); and Carmen Her repertoire includes: Mistress of the Copper P. Lacotte); and The Classical Dancer The( Bright prize at the 1995 Osaka Ballet Competition; first (Carmen Suite by Alonso). She appeared in the Mountain (The Stone Flower ); Odetta-Odile (Swan Stream by Ratmansky). He created the roles of prize at the 1997 Moscow International Ballet 1997 and 1998 New Year premieres at the Bolshoi Lake); Nikiya (La Bayadère); Medora (Le Corsaire); Hermann (La Dame de Pique by R. Petit, 2001); Competition; the 1999 Benois de la Danse prize; Theatre inBlack Out, 4 Kisses and Les Lacs d’amour ’s Ghost (the opera Mlada); Princess Aurora Quasimodo (Notre-Dame de Paris by Petit, Bolshoi, the 1995 Soul of Dance prize, awarded by Ballet by Mannes. She created the roles of Ramze (La (The Sleeping Beauty); Juliet (Romeo and Juliet, 2003); and Theseus/Oberon (A Midsummer magazine; the Golden Mask national theater prize Fille du Pharaon by Lacotte, 2000); The Classical Grigorovich and Leonid Lavrovsky versions); Night’s Dream by Neumeier, Bolshoi, 2004). He is in the Best Dancer category (1999, 2000 and 2003); Ballerina (The Bright Stream by Ratmansky, Mekhmene Banu (Legend of Love by Grigorovich); coached by Nikolai Fadeyechev. Since September and the “Triumph” prize (2003). 2003); Juliet (Romeo and Juliet by Donnellan and Kitri (Don Quixote); Aegina (Spartacus by 2004, he has coached at the Moscow Academy of In 2000, Nikolai Tsiskaridze was awarded the Poklitaru, 2003); Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Grigorovich); Aspicia (La Fille du Pharaon by Pierre Choreography and the Bolshoi Theatre. Moscow Prize in literature and art and named the Dream by Neumeier, Bolshoi, 2004); Miller’s Wife Lacotte); title roles in Giselle, La Sylphide, Paquita

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Best Dancer of the Year by the Italian magazine Alexander Volchkov was Soloists Ekaterina Krysanova Danza & Danza. He is a laureate of the State Prize born in Moscow. In 1997, graduated from the of Russia (2001 and 2003) and a member of the completed his studies at Ekaterina Shipulina Moscow Ballet School Order of Honor of Republic of . In 2006, the Moscow Ballet School was born in Perm. In (Tatyana Galtseva’s he was made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et (Leonid Zhdanov’s class) 1998, having completed class), having begun her des Letters. and joined the Bolshoi her studies at the Moscow choreographic training Ballet, where, under the Ballet School (Lyudmila at the Mikhail Lavrovsky Andrey Uvarov gradu- direction of Vladimir Litavkma’s class), she Ballet School, and joined ated from the Moscow Nikonov, he rehearsed and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. the Bolshoi in 2003. Choreographic School (class danced the following solo roles, among others: Her repertoire in- Her repertory of Alexander Bondarenko) Prince Siegfrid and Friend to Prince (Swan Lake); cludes Odette–Odile and includes Odetta-Odile in 1989 and immediately Jean de Brienne (Raymonda ); Prince Desire and the Polish Bride-to-Be (Swan Lake); Gulnare (Le (Swan Lake); Princess Aurora, Lilac Fairy and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. Prince Fortune (The Sleeping Beauty, Grigorovich Corsaire); Mekhmene Banu (The Legend of Love); Fairy of Audacity (The Sleeping Beauty); the title His lyric gift, remark- version); Basil (Don Quixote); Albrecht and Pas The Lilac Fairy, The Gold Fairy and The Sapphire roles in La Sylphide and Cinderella; Luska (The able natural abilities and art- d’action (Giselle, Vasiliev version); Nutcracker- Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty); Gamzatti, the Shades’ Golden Age); Gamzatti and the Shades’ istry have helped him to be promoted to the rank Prince (Nutcracker); Ferkhad and Ferkhad’s Pas de trois and Grand pas (La Bayadère); Myrtha (La Bayadère); Kitry (Don Quixote); Soloist Parts of the leading soloist. Within a short period of time friend (Legend of Love); Krassus (Spartacus); (Giselle); Kitry and The Mistress of the Dryads III and IV (Symphony in C); Tchaikovsky Pas de he has mastered the main classic repertoire. Today, Boris (The Golden Age, Grigorovich); Hanan (Leah (Don Quixote); The Tsar Maiden The( Humpbacked deux, Marie and Spanish Doll (The Nutcracker); one can enjoy his dancing in the ballets Chopiniana by Ratmansky); Prince (Cinderella); Solor (La Horse by Androsov); Queen of the Ball (Fantasy on Friend to Prince and Polish Bride (Swan Lake); (Youth), Swan Lake (Prince), Romeo and Juliet Bayadère); Philippe (The ); Lucien the Theme of Casanova by Lavrovsky); Mazurka, Zina (The Bright Stream); Gulnare and Pas de trois (Romeo), Ivan the Terrible (Kurbski), La Bayadère (Paquita); Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream Prelude and Waltz No. 7 (Chopiniana by Fokine); des Odalisques (Le Corsaire); Amour and Mireille de (Solor), Giselle (Albert), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince by Neumeier); The Hero Les( Présages by Léonide The Fisherman’s Wife and Congo La ( Fille du Poitiers (The Flames of Paris); Variation (Paquita); Desire), Don Quixote (Basil), Raymonda (Jean Massine); and solo parts in Chopiniana (choreog- Pharaon by Lacotte); Magnolia and Countess Gvadalquivir River (La Fille du Pharaon); and de Brienne) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream raphy by Fokine), Symphony in C and Agon (cho- Cherry (Cipollino by Mayorov); Esmeralda (Notre- ±2 (Bolshoi Theatre Workshop, 2006). Roles she (Lysander). At the Bolshoi, he created the roles of reography by Balanchine). He created the roles of Dame de Paris by Petit); The Classical Ballerina (The has created include Typist (The Bolt) and Fall Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, last version), Soloist Phoebus (Notre-Dame de Paris by Petit, 2003, at Bright Stream by Ratmansky); Aegina (Spartacus (Cinderella). In 2009, she performed Medora Part II (Symphony in C), José (Carmen Suite, 2006 the Bolshoi), Paris (Romeo and Juliet by Donnellan by Grigorovich); Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s (Le Corsaire) at the Bayerische Staatsoper. She is production), Lucien (Paquita) and the solo part in and Poklitaru, 2003) and Lambda (Zakharova Dream by Neumeier); Jeanne and Mireille de coached by Svetlana Adyrkhaeva. Serenade. His repertory also includes Dreams of Super Game). Poitiers (The Flames of Paris); Variation (Paquita); Ms. Krysanova won third prize at the Japan, The Charms of Mannerism and Leah. He is In 2002, he danced the title role in Yuri and the solo parts in Agon and Symphony in C. International Vaganova-Prix Ballet Competition coached by Nikolay Fadeechev. Grigorovich’s Romeo and Juliet for the Kremlin Roles she has created include Wife to the and second prize at the Moscow International In 1993, Mr. Uvarov was nominated for the Ballet Company, in a performance to mark the Heir Apparent (The Russian Hamlet by Eifman, Ballet Competition (2005). Benois de la Dance prize. In 1995, he won first prize choreographer’s jubilee. That same year, he ap- 2000); the solo part in Jeu de Cartes (Ratmansky, in the International Ballet Competition in Osaka, peared with the Tbilisi Theatre of Opera and Ballet, 2005); and, with the Bolshoi, the solo part in Japan, and in 2003 he won Ballet magazine’s Soul of dancing Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Sergeyev Magrittomania (Possokhov, 2004) and Action in Dance prize. He is an Honored Artist of Russia. production) and the Prince in The Nutcracker Les Présages (Léonide Massine). All of her repertory (Grigorovich version). In 2003, he took part in the is prepared with Marina Kondratieva. Rudolf Nureyev Festival of Ballet in Ufa, where he Ms. Shipulina won second prize at the Prix de appeared in The Sleeping Beauty and danced the ti- Luxembourg (1999) and Moscow International tle role in Romeo and Juliet (Grigorovich version). (2001) ballet competitions, and is the winner of In 2001, he won second prize at the International the 2002 “Triumph” youth prize. Competition of Young Ballet Dancers, in .

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