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Thursday, October 1, 2015, 8pm Friday, October 2, 2015, 8pm Saturday, October 3, 2015, 2pm & 8pm Sunday, October 4, 2015, 3pm Zellerbach Hall

The Mariinsky &

Gavriel Heine, Conductor

The Company

Diana Vishneva, Nadezhda Batoeva, Anastasia Matvienko, Sofia Gumerova, Ekaterina Chebykina, Kristina Shapran, Elena Bazhenova

Vladimir Shklyarov, Konstantin Zverev, Yury Smekalov, Filipp Stepin, Islom Baimuradov, Andrey Yakovlev, Soslan Kulaev, Dmitry Pukhachov

Alexandra Somova, Ekaterina Ivannikova, Tamara Gimadieva, Sofia Ivanova-Soblikova, Irina Prokofieva, Anastasia Zaklinskaya, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Lubov Kozharskaya, Yulia Kobzar, Viktoria Brileva, Alisa Krasovskaya, Marina Teterina, Darina Zarubskaya, Olga Gromova, Margarita Frolova, Anna Tolmacheva, Anastasiya Sogrina, Yana Yaschenko, Maria Lebedeva, Alisa Petrenko, Elizaveta Antonova, Alisa Boyarko, Daria Ustyuzhanina, Alexandra Dementieva, Olga , Anastasia Petushkova, Anastasia Mikheikina, Olga Minina, Ksenia Tagunova, Yana Tikhonova, Elena Androsova, Svetlana Ivanova, Ksenia Dubrovina, Ksenia Ostreikovskaya, Diana Smirnova, Renata Shakirova, Alisa Rusina, Ekaterina Krasyuk, Svetlana Russkikh, Irina Tolchilschikova

Alexey Popov, Maxim Petrov, Roman , Vasily Tkachenko, Andrey Soloviev, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexander Beloborodov, Viktor Litvinenko, Andrey Arseniev, Alexey Atamanov, Nail Enikeev, Vitaly Amelishko, Nikita Lyaschenko, Daniil Lopatin, Yaroslav Baibordin, Evgeny Konovalov, Dmitry Sharapov, Vadim Belyaev, Oleg Demchenko, Alexey Kuzmin, Anatoly Marchenko, Kirill Leontiev, Fuad Mamedov, Boris Zhurilov, Fedor Murashov, Alexey Nedviga, Denis Zainetdinov, Artemiy Ibryanov

STATE ACADEMIC St. Petersburg,

Valery Gergiev, Artistic & General Director Yury Fateev, Acting Ballet Director

The Global Partners of the Mariinsky Theatre are VTB Bank, Yoko Ceschina, and Sberbank. The & Orchestra’s 2015 U.S. tour is managed by Ardani Artists Management, Inc. 15 PROGRAM

PROGRAM

Cinderella Ballet in Three Acts (West Coast Première )

Act I

INTERMISSION

Act II

INTERMISSION

Act III

Music Libretto Nikolai Volkov, after motifs from the fairytale by Choreography (2002) Set Design Ilya Utkin and Yevgeny Monakhov (2002) Costume Design Elena Markovskaya (2002) Lighting Design Gleb Filshtinsky Musical Director Conductor Gavriel Heine Coaches Elena Yevteyeva, Olga Iskanderova, Elena Vorontsova, Yuri Fateev, Viktor Baranov, Vyacheslav Khomyakov Stage Manager Denis Firsov

World Première November 21, 1945, , Première at the Kirov Theatre April 8, 1946 Première of Alexei Ratmansky’s version March 2, 2002, Mariinsky Theatre

The running time of this performance is approximately two hours and 50 minutes.

Major support for these performances is provided by The Bernard Osher Foundation.

These performances are made possible, in part, by an Anonymous Lead Patron Sponsor and by Patron Sponsors Margot and John Clements. Cal Performances’  – season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.

PLAYBILL SYNOPSIS

Cinderella

ACT I Prince. Unexpectedly, an unknown figure ap - pears. The Stepmother and the Sisters do not A room in Cinderella’s Father’s house. Her recognize Cinderella. Stepmother, a capricious and arrogant The Prince is enchanted by her. Her every woman, and her two daughters, Kubishka and movement delights the court. Khudishka, are occupied with preparations The hall empties; the Prince and Cinderella for the ball. The hairdressers are styling their are left alone. Cinderella, carried away by the hair. The kind and polite Cinderella, wearing fact that her dreams have come true, suddenly an old dress, is the image of her dead mother. remembers about the time. The clock begins She is busy with the dirtiest household to chime midnight. Cinderella runs from the tasks. Once alone, Cinderella mourns the past, palace and, in her haste, loses one of the slip - remembering her happy childhood days. Her pers. The Prince and the guests rush after her, Father appears and Cinderella throws her but she disappears. The Prince picks up the arms around him. He, however, has come in tiny slipper—it will help him find the myste - drunk with his drinking companions to ask rious beauty. his daughter for money. The Stepmother ap - pears and launches a tirade of abuse at her ACT III husband. Cinderella is alone once more. Suddenly, an old tramp appears. Cinderella The court ladies of the kingdom are in de - pities her. The final preparations for the ball spair; the slipper is too small for their feet. The are being made. The dance teachers arrive. Prince leaves to search the world for the un - They rehearse with Khudishka and Kubishka, known girl. Early in the morning, Cinderella but the slow-witted Sisters are unable to learn the is dozing in her corner of the house. After steps. Cinderella observes the lesson. waking up, she remembers the previous night. The Stepmother and the Sisters depart for If it were not for the slipper she unexpectedly the palace. Cinderella waltzes dreamily, think - finds, the whole thing could have been a ing up her own dance for the ball. The old dream. The Sisters appear. Naturally, they tramp appears again; she is, in fact, a Fairy and once again begin to quarrel. has come to reward Cinderella’s kindness. Cinderella tries to part them, but the She presents her with a pair of glass slippers Stepmother enters and falls on her. and a dress that she removes from her heavy Unexpectedly, the searchers rush in, look - bags. The Four Seasons appear and help with ing for the girl who lost her slipper at the ball. Cinderella’s transformation. The Prince arrives. None of the girls there re - The Fairy warns Cinderella that the effect motely remind him of his mysterious beauty. of the magic charms will cease at midnight. In vain, Kubishka and Khudishka try to If Cinderella does not leave the palace on squeeze their foot into the tiny slipper. Then time, she will instantly find herself dressed in the Stepmother decides to try it on. dirty rags again. Cinderella, hidden in her corner, drops the other slipper. ACT II The startled Prince looks at Cinderella and recognizes the girl he has been looking for. The ball at the palace is in full swing. The The Fairy-Tramp puts the slippers back in her Stepmother and her daughters arrive. bag. They have served their purpose here, but Kubishka, Khudishka, the Stepmother, and all they will come in handy somewhere else.... the ladies try to attract the attention of the PROGRAM NOTES a n i z a R

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LEXEI RATMANSKY is famed for his gem-like around, turning int o a grand chandelier, then Aballets. The three-act Cinderella is one of back again: What better metaphor could there the most monumental scores of Stalinist “grand be for this mad, exhausting race against time? style” ballet. Nonetheless, when the two came First it is Cinderella fleeing from the ball, then together, a “grand spectacle” was created. Only the Prince in pursuit of his bride. It is this race the court balls remind us of based on that makes Cinderella stand out from all other fairytales and the Soviet period, vaguely ballets that end in a wedding. In fact, Alexei reminiscent of the evening room at the National Ratmansky has created a sad ballet, saying that restaurant, and the Stepmother, resembling the this race is a race for lost time, a race that can harridans of communal flats in Zoshchenko’s never be won. But Ratmansky’s Cinderella also stories. And, depicting , varicolored honors the whole Mariinsky Ballet, from the punks dart about among the guests, and the prima ballerina to the “walk-on” parts, the Fairy Godmother goes about as a tramp. The characters who appear but fleetingly, then huge, skeletal clock created by architects Ilya leave the stage.... Utkin and Yevgeny Monakhov gently swings © The Mariinsky Theatre

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Cinderella

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. N CAST (Subject to change )

Cinderella (10/1) Nadezhda Batoeva (10/2, 10/4) Anastasia Matvienko (10/3 matinee) Kristina Shapran (10/3 evening)

The Prince Konstantin Zverev (10/1, 10/3 evening) (10/2, 10/4) Filipp Stepin (10/3 matinee)

Stepmother Anastasia Petushkova (10/1, 10/3 matinee , 10/4) Sofia Gumerova (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Khudishka Margarita Frolova (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Ekaterina Chebykina (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Kubishka Yekaterina Ivannikova (10/1, 10/3 evening) Sofia Skoblikova (10/2, 10/4) Anna Tolmacheva (10/3 matinee)

Fairy-Tramp Elena Bazhenova (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Lubov Kozharskaya (10/2, 10/3 evening) CAST

Cinderella’s Mother Lubov Kozharskaya (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Elena Bazhenova (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Cinderella’s Father Andrey Yakovlev

The Four Seasons

Summer Alexey Popov (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Boris Zhurilov (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Spring Vasily Tkachenko (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Alexander Beloborodov (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Summer Alexey Popov (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Boris Zhurilov (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Autumn Konstantin Ivkin (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Alexey Nedviga (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Winter Andrey Soloviev (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Vitaly Amelishko (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Dance Teachers Yury Smekalov (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Viktoria Brileva (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Diana Smirnova (10/2, 10/3 evening) Islom Baimuradov (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Hairdressers/Searchers Oleg Demchenko, Fedor Murashov, Denis Zainetdinov

Female Dance Diana Smirnova (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Viktoria Brileva (10/2, 10/3 evening)

Male Dance Islom Baimuradov (10/1, 10/3 matinee, 10/4) Yury Smekalov (10/2, 10/3 evening)

The Four Seasons Suite/Guests at the Ball Artists of the Mariinsky Ballet

Violin Soloists Lyudmila Tchaikovskaya, Alexander Shirokov

PLAYBILL ORCHESTRA ROSTER

MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

Valery Gergiev, Artistic & General Director Gavriel Heine, conductor

FIRST VIOLIN FLUTE Lyudmila Tchaikovskaya* Denis Lupachev Stanislav Izmailov Ekaterina Rostovskaya Tatiana Garkush Aglaya Schuplyakova Xenia Yevtoshenko Alexander Shirokov* Boris Vasiliev Vadim Bondarenko Anna Vinogradskaya Vasily Zhuchenko Liana Zingarenko Vitaly Komissarov Michael Schaffarczyk Yana Yukhmanova Elizaveta Goldenberg Arseny Makarov Miroslav Romanchak SECOND VIOLIN Maxim Karpinsky Zumrad Ilieva Anastasia Lukirskaya HORN Alexander Bulov Igor Prokofiev Dmitry Neklyudov Alexei Pozin Elena Shirokova Alexei Tses Olga Sayenko Nikita Vzyatishev Tatiana Lazarova VIOLA Gennady Nikonov Vladimir Litvinov Vasily Kan Yevgeny Barsov Aleksei Nikoforov Viktor Zakharov Andrei Petushkov Olga Klyueva Andrei Smirnov Dmitry Starikov Fedor Arkhipov Alexei Titov Vladimir Polevin

CELLO Dmitry Ponomarenko Yevgeny Borodavko Daniil Bryskin Kirill Yevtushenko PERCUSSION Natalia Baikova Arseny Shuplyakov Dmitry Kirillov Alexander Novikov Tatiana Kozhevnikova Yury Alekseev Nikolay Khotin DOUBLE Daniil Ivanov Vladimir Shostak Dmitry Popov HARP Alexander Belokon Elena Klass Sergei Trafimovich PIANO Olga Okhromenko Pavel Kundyanok Pavel Terentiev CARPENTER Alexander Pyshkin Viktor Ukhalin * soloist ABOUT THE ARTISTS

HE MARIINSKY BALLET is closely linked Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky and Aleksandr Twith the entire history of the development Glazunov: The Sleeping Beauty , , and of Russian choreographic art which began . The talents of many generations of more than two and a half centuries ago. An ballerinas have been revealed in these works, important role in the establishment and evo - from Yekaterina Vyazem, Marina Semenova, lution of was played by foreign and to younger dancers who dance masters. At the end of the 18th century, are just starting their careers at the Mariinsky Franz Hilverding, Gasparo Angiolini, Theatre. At the turn of the 20th century, the Giuseppe Canziani, and Charles Le Picq were Mariinsky Ballet produced such great dancers all working in St. Petersburg. As far back as the as , , 1790s, however, the first Russian ballet , Olga Preobrazhenskaya, teacher, Ivan Valberkh, came to the fore. The Olga Spesivtseva, , and Nikolai main sphere of his activities was in a small and . Many of them brought glory mime . He sought to make his to Russian ballet during the legendary Saisons productions rich in subject matter and to cre - russes in , which brought the pioneering ate recognizable, lifelike images. works of Mikhail Fokine to Europe. The first Ballet divertissements , reflecting his response years following the Russian Revolution ush - to the events of the Napoleonic War, occupied ered in difficult times for the Mariinsky a special place in his work. The history of St. Theatre. Almost all of its leading artists aban - Petersburg ballet in the 19th century was as - doned the company. Nevertheless, the classical sociated with the activities of Charles Didelot, repertoire was retained during this period. In , and Arthur Saint-Léon. In 1869, 1922 when , a daring inno - the position of principal was en - vator and a brilliant connoisseur of the past, trusted to , who markedly raised became head of the company, its repertoire the professional standards of the company. was enriched with new productions, in par - The peak accomplishments of this famous ticular ballets dealing with contemporary life. choreographer were ballets staged in the pe - Galina Ulanova, Alexei Yermolayev, Marina riod of his collaboration with the composers Semenova, and all

PLAYBILL ABOUT THE ARTISTS danced at the Mariinsky Theatre during Mariinsky Orchestra was played by Eduard that period. Napravnik, who directed it for over half a cen - Ballet in the 1930s was largely influenced tury. The excellence of the orchestra was rec - by dramatic theater, and this was reflected in ognized on numerous occasions by the such productions as Rostislav Zakharov’s The world-class musicians who conducted it, Fountain of Bakhchisarai , Vakhtang among them Berlioz, Wagner, von Bülow, Chabukiani’s The Heart of the Hills , and Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Nikisch, and ’s Romeo and Juliet . Rachmaninoff. In Soviet times, the ensemble’s The 1960s saw the staging of and illustrious traditions were continued by con - Choreographic Miniatures by , ductors such as Vladimir Dranishnikov, Ariy as well as productions of The Stone Flower and Pazovsky, , Konstantin The Legend of Love by Yuri Grigorovich and Simeonov, and . The Coast of Hope and The Leningrad The orchestra has had the honor of being Symphony by Igor —ballets which re - the first to perform many and ballets vived the traditions of symphonic dances. The by Tchaikovsky, operas by Glinka, Mussorgsky, success of these productions would obviously and Rimsky-Korsakov, and ballets by have been impossible without superb perform - Shostakovich, Khachaturian, and Asafiev. ers. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the company’s Since 1988, the orchestra has been directed dancers included , Natalia by Valery Gergiev, a musician of the highest Makarova, , Irina Gensler , Alla order and an outstanding figure in the music Sizova, , , world. Mr. Gergiev’s arrival at the helm ush - , and . ered in a new era of rapid expansion of the or - and Napoli by August chestra’s repertoire, which today includes Bournonville appeared in the repertoire to - every symphony by Beethoven, Mahler, ward the end of the 1970s, as did fragments of Prokofiev, and Shostakovich; Requiems by old choreography by Perrot, Saint-Léon, and Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms, and Coralli. Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart came Tishchenko; and various works by such com - to work with the company for some time. posers as Stravinsky, Messiaen, Dutilleux, The present-day repertoire of the Henze, Shchedrin, Gubaidulina, Kancheli, Mariinsky Ballet includes, along with Petipa’s and Karetnikov. The orchestra performs legacy— Swan Lake , Raymonda , , programs of symphony music at prestigious La Bayadére , and The Sleeping Beauty — concert venues throughout the world. ballets staged by , , Frederic Ashton, William Valery Gergiev has Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky, Angelin been Artistic and Preljocaj, and Wayne McGregor. General Director of the Since 2001, the Mariinsky Theatre has Mariinsky Theatre hosted the annual Mariinsky International since 1996. Following Ballet Festival, its participants the greatest his tenure as Principal soloists from leading ballet companies from Conductor of the all over the globe. London Symphony Orchestra for nearly a The Mariinsky Orchestra is one of the oldest decade, he will open his first season with the musical ensembles in Russia. It can trace its Philharmonic in September 2015. He history back to the early 18th century and the is also Principal Conductor of the World development of the Court Instrumental Orchestra for Peace. Kapella. In the 19th century, an extremely Mr. Gergiev is the founder of many festi - im portant role in the emergence of the vals, not only in St. Petersburg, such as the ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Stars of the , the Yury Fateev (Acting Mariinsky Ballet Festival, and the Mariinsky Director ), born in Piano Festival, but also the Moscow Easter St. Petersburg, is an Festival, the Mikkeli Festival (Finland), and Honored Artist of Russia the Gergiev Festival (the Netherlands), to (2010). He graduated name just a few. from the Leningrad Under his direction, the Mariinsky Academic Vaganova Theatre’s and ballet repertoires have be - Choreography School in come richer and more diverse, now including 1982 and joined the a broad range of works from 18th- to 20th- Kirov (Mariinsky) Ballet the same year; his century classics as well as music by contem - repertoire included the ballets , La porary composers. Bayadère , , Swan Lake , Romeo and Thanks to Mr. Gergiev’s initiative and driv - Juliet , Creation of the World , Le , La ing force, 2006 saw the opening of the Concert Fille mal gardée , Knight in the Tiger’s Skin , Hall, which, with its unique stage as well as or - and Coppélia . chestra pit, provides numerous possibilities for In 1996, Mr. Fateev became a coach with orchestra and staged performances. the Mariinsky Ballet, and in this post he Renowned for its excellent acoustics, worked on Mariinsky Theatre première per - the Concert Hall has become the main venue formances of ballets by George Balanchine, for the recordings of the Mariinsky label, Roland Petit, , Alexei founded by Mr. Gergiev in 2009. To date, Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Christopher the label has released more than 25 recordings Wheeldon, and José Antonio. that received lavish praise from press and pub - He has been a guest coach with the Royal lic alike, winning many awards. Ballet in London and Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre, The new stage of the Mariinsky Theatre and has taught at the Swedish Royal Ballet, (also referred to as Mariinsky II) was inaugu - , and the Royal rated in May 2013. Since then, over 100 per - Danish Ballet, where he staged a production formances, concerts, and lectures are presented of highlights from Le Corsaire . He was in - monthly on the three stages and four chamber volved in the Kings of Dance project in Russia music halls of the Mariinsky complex. and the United States as well as the Stiefel and Mr. Gergiev has put great effort into en - Stars project in the United States, where he hancing music education, not only by increas - staged highlights from classical ballets. ing music programs for young audiences, but Since 2008, Mr. Fateev has been Acting also by furthering young people’s active par - Director of the Mariinsky Ballet. ticipation; one example was the creation of the Children’s Chorus of Russia, founded in 2014. One of the most excit - Mr. Gergiev conducts at leading opera ing talents houses and with all over the world. of his generation, His numerous awards and prizes include Gavriel Heine (conduc - prestigious government decorations from tor ) is currently a resi - Russia, , Italy, France, Japan, the dent conductor at the Netherlands, and Poland. He is Co-Chairman Mariinsky Theatre in St. of the Organizational Committee of the Petersburg, Russia and International Tchaikovsky Competition and Music Director of Chairman of the All-Russian Choral Society. Northern Lights Festival Opera in Minnesota. Born in the United States and educated in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Mr. Heine was one of ’s last pupils at the

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St. Petersburg Conservatory and follows a Notable recent events include performances long line of conductors who were deeply in - with the National Symphony fluenced by the legendary pedagogue. In 2007, Orchestra in Kazan, Russia, and a new produc - Valery Gergiev invited Mr. Heine to make his tion of The Merry Widow in July 2015 with début at the Mariinsky Theatre, resulting in Northern Lights Festival Opera. Upcoming his appointment to the conducting roster. He events include a début with the Georgian since led over 300 performances at the Philharmonic Orchestra (Tbilisi), leading the Mariinsky, including the première and all sub - opening and closing performances of the XXIII sequent performances of Robert Carsen’s pro - Stars of the White Nights Festival at the duction of My Fair Lady , a co-production with Mariinsky Theatre ( Swan Lake and The the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. Nutcracker , respectively), and conducting He conducted on the most recent Mariinsky Raymonda and Cinderella on the Mariinsky Ballet tours to the United States and the Ballet and Orchestra’s fall 2015 tour to the , leading performances of United States. Swan Lake at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, at the Kennedy Center, and SOLOISTS Apollo and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Covent Garden. He also led the Mariinsky Diana Vishneva (Cinderella ), Orchestra in concert at the Gergiev Festival in is prima ballerina of the Mikkeli, Finland, and made his Bolshoi Mariinsky Theatre, Theatre début conducting the Mariinsky’s which she joined in 1995 production of ’s Castle during the after graduating from the Golden Mask Festival in Moscow. Vaganova Academy of Mr. Heine is co-creator and conductor of Russian Ballet. She was the Mariinsky’s first subscription series for prima ballerina of young people—the very popular Academy of Young Theatre-Goers—where he created and since 2005. She performs both classical and conducted special versions of The Tale of Tsar contemporary repertoires and appears at the Saltan , Love for Three Oranges , and Wagner’s world’s leading ballet theaters, among them the Ring for younger audiences. He served as Teatro alla Scala, the Opéra de Paris, and the Artistic Coordinator and Assistant Conductor Berliner Staatsoper. In the 2010–2011 season, of the Mariinsky’s New Horizons Festival of she performed works with the companies of Contemporary Music, conducting works by Édouard Lock and Martha Graham. In 2008, , Henri Dutilleux, György together with Ardani Artists Management and Kurtág, , Vladimir the Orange County Performing Arts Center, she Tarnopolsky, and Boris Tishchenko. presented the program Diana Vishneva: Beauty Mr. Heine is a graduate of the Moscow in Motion. In 2011, she presented the project Conservatory, and he studied conducting with Diana Vishneva: Dialogues, run with support Mr. Musin and Leonid Korchmar at the from the Mariinsky Theatre, the Diana Vishneva St. Petersburg Conservatory. He has a master’s Foundation, and Ardani Artists. In 2013 , she degree in conducting from Indiana University, premièred Diana Vishneva: On the Edge . Her where he studied with Imre Palló, Thomas repertoire includes ballets by Marius Petipa, Baldner, and David Effron. He was chosen by Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, Leonid the League of American Orchestras as one of Lavrovsky, Kenneth MacMillan, Martha six rising conductors to lead the Jacksonville Graham, Alberto Alonso, Roland Petit, John Symphony at the 2013 Bruno Walter National Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, Angelin Conductor Preview in Jacksonville, . Preljocaj, and William Forsythe. ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Ms. Vishneva is a recipient of the State Prize 2009, she was a prima ballerina with the of Russia (2000), a prize-winner at the Prix de in St. Petersburg. In Lausanne International Ballet Competition 2009, she joined the Mariinsky Theatre, where (1994), and recipient of the Benois de la Danse she performs both classical and contemporary (1995), Golden Sofit (1996), BALTIKA repertoires, including Giselle (Giselle); La (1998), Golden Mask (2001, 2009, and 2013), Bayadère (Nikia, Gamzatti); The Sleeping Dancer of the Europe (2002), and Ballet mag - Beauty (Aurora); Swan Lake (Odette-Odile); azine (2003) prizes. Raymonda (Raymonda); (Kitri); She was named a People's Artist of Russia Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana ; George in 2007. Balanchine’s , Scotch Symphony , Serenade , Apollo (Terpsichore), (Rubies ), Nadezhda Batoeva and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta); (Cinderella ) was born in Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (Juliet); Neryungri, Russia, Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets The Little graduated from the Humpbacked Horse (Tsar Maiden) and Vaganova Academy of Cinderella (Cinderella); and ballets by Jerome Russian Ballet in 2009, Robbins, Benjamin Millepied, and and joined the Wayne McGregor. Mariinsky Ballet the Ms. Matvienko was a prize-winner at the same year. Serge Lifar International Competition (Kiev, Her repertoire includes Don Quixote 2002) and the International Ballet and (Kitri); Le Corsaire (Gulnare); The Sleeping Choreography Competition (Moscow, 2005). Beauty (Princess Florine, the White Cat); She received a prize and the press jury award Giselle (Classical Duet); Swan Lake (Friends at the International Ballet Competition in of the Prince); La Bayadère (“Manu” Dance, Varna (2004) and won the Dance Open Indian Dance, Trio of Shades); Michel International Ballet Prize (2011). Folkine’s Schéhérazade (Zobeide), Chopiniana , and Le Carnaval (Columbine); Leonid Kristina Shapran Jakobson’s Spartacus (Etruscans) and Shurale (Cinderella ) graduated (Fiery Witch); George Balanchine’s Jewels from the Vaganova (Rubies ), Apollo (Polyhymnia), and Symphony Academy of Russian in C (I. Allegro vivo , III. Allegro vivace ); Alexei Ballet in 2011 and was Ratmansky’s Cinderella (Cinderella), Anna engaged as a soloist at Karenina (Kitty), and Concerto DSCH ; the Stanislavsky and William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Nemirovich-Danchenko Elevated ; and Infra by Wayne McGregor. Music Theatre in Ms. Batoeva is a recipient of the Hope of Moscow. Her repertoire there included Giselle Russia prize (2008). (Giselle), Don Quixote (Queen of the Dryads), La Bayadère (Nikia), La Sylphide (Sylph), and Anastasia Matvienko Coppelia (Swanilda) by Roland Petit. In 2014 , (Cinderella ) was born she was a prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Theatre, where her repertoire included Giselle and graduated from (Giselle), La Bayadère (Nikia), Le Corsaire the Kiev State School of (Medora), and some ballets by . Dance. In 2001, she She joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 2014 . became a soloist with Ms. Shapran’s repertoire includes Giselle the National Opera of (Giselle); Le Corsaire (Medora); The Sleeping Ukraine. From 2007 to Beauty (Lilac Fairy); George Balanchine’s

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Apollo (Terpsichore), and Jewels (Diamonds ); Award (London, 2008), and the Dance Open The Legend of Love (Shirin) by Yuri international ballet prize in the category Grigorovich; Angelin Preljocaj’s Le Parc ; “Mr. Vituoso” ( 2014 ). Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella (Cinderella); and Adagio Hammerklavier by Hans Konstantin Zverev van Manen. (The Prince ) joined the Mariinsky Ballet in Vladimir Shklyarov 2005 after graduating (The Prince ) was born from the Vaganova in St. Peters-burg and Academy of Russian gradu ated from the Ballet. His repertoire Vaganova Academy of includes roles in Giselle Russian Ballet in 2003. (Count Albrecht, Hans): He joined the Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, von Rothbart); Mariinsky Ballet the Don Quixote (Basilio and Espada); Raymonda same year and has (Abderakhman); Le Réveil de Flore (Apollo); been a principal dancer since 2011. Balanchine’s Theme and Variations , Jewels He performs lead roles in all of the the - (Diamonds , Emeralds ), La Valse , and ater’s repertoire— La Sylphide A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon, Pas (James), Giselle (Count Albrecht), Le Corsaire de deux from Act II); Leonid Yakobson’s (Ali), La Bayadère (Solor), The Sleeping Shurale (Shurale); Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo Beauty (Prince Désiré), Swan Lake (Prince and Juliet (Romeo, Paris); Alexei Ratmansky’s Siegfried), Raymonda (Jean de Brienne), Don (Count Vronsky), Cinderella Quixote (Basilio)—as well as in ballets by (the Prince), and Concerto DSCH ; Alberto George Balanchine, Harald Lander, Frederic Alonso’s Carmen-Suite (José, Torero); In the Ashton, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Middle, Somewhat Elevated by William Wayne McGregor, and Alexei Ratmansky. He Forsythe; and ballets by Jerome Robbins, was the first performer of the roles of Zéphyr Harald Lander, and Angelin Preljocaj. (reconstruction of Marius Petipa’s ballet Le Mr. Zverev was a prize-winner at the Réveil de Flore , 2007) and Harlequin (recon - International Ballet Competition in struction of Michel Fokine’s ballet Le Seoul ( 2009 ). Carnaval , 2008). In 2012, at the Bolshoi Theatre, he performed the role of Prince Filipp Stepin (The Siegfried in Swan Lake . In 2014 he made his Prince ) was born in début with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) as St. Petersburg and Solor in La Bayadère , and in 2015 he per - graduated from the formed the role of Count Albrecht in Giselle Vaganova Academy of with ABT. Russian Ballet in 2005. Mr. Shklyarov was a prize-winner in the He joined the Vaganova-Prix International Competition Mariinsky Ballet the (St. Petersburg, 2002) and the International same year and has Ballet and Choreography Competition been a soloist since 2009. (Moscow, 2009). He holds Ballet magazine’s His repertoire includes a vast range of “Soul of Dance” prize ( 2008), the Leonid roles in classical ballets: Don Quixote Massine International Prize (Positano, Italy, (Basilio), Le Corsaire (Ali, Lankedem), The 2008), the Zegna-Mariinsky New Talent Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré), La Sylphide ABOUT THE ARTISTS

(James), Giselle (Count Albrecht, Classical Yakobson, George Balanchine, Frederic Duet), La Bayadère (Idol), Leonid Lavrovsky’s Ashton, Alexei Ratmansky , Benjamin Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), William Forsythe’s Millepied, and Wayne McGregor.

Steptext and In the Middle, Somewhat Photos of Batoeva, Fateev, Matvienko, and Shklyarov by Elevated , and ballets by Michel Fokine, Leonid O. Zotov; photos of Shapran and Zverev by S. Avvakum.

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