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November 14th - Ekaterina Shipulina, the Bolshoi Ballet's soloist and an Honored Artist of Russia, celebrated her birthday. Our best wishes to the dancer! November 14th - Alexander Riabko performed the part of Armand Duval, "Lady of the Camellias" November 15th - Alina Cojocaru performed the part of Marguerite Gautier in the matinee performance of "Lady of the Camellias" November 16th - in memory of an orchestra musician. A symphony concert in memory of orchestra musician Victor Sedov took place at the Bolshoi Theatre November 19th - December 7th - Bolshoi Ballet's and Bolshoi Orchestra's guest performances in Japan Historic Stage - rehearsal day New Stage - rehearsal day Ekaterina Shipulina, the Bolshoi Ballet's soloist and an Honored Artist of Russia, celebrated her birthday on November 14th Nominees for "The Golden Mask Award" were announced; the Bolshoi has a record number of nominations. Photo: ITAR-T ASS/Maxim Shemetov Mass media about the Theatre Newsletter November, 17 2014 general public to have a more comprehensive image of Russia's modern theatre art. This year the long-list of drama productions has 99 titles. Why does Svetlana Zakharova need "Ballet without Borders"? On December 7th the gala concert "Ballet without Borders" will take place on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage; Svetlana Zakharova is the artistic director of this project. This will be a charity gala, starring international ballet stars; all money raised will be donated to the Kiev Choreographic School. The name of Svetlana Zakharova has lately been associated not only with Bolshoi Theatre premieres. She initiated and took an active part in several unusual ballet projects; her galas "Svetlana Zakharova and friends", which she invites outstanding dancers to take part in, are a great success abroad. The ballerina's new project is charity. Last year it was the first time during all years of her spectacular career that Zakharova came back to Kiev, where she studied at the Choreographic School for six years and where the teachers prepared her for the international competition "Vaganova-Prix", which later allowed her to enter the graduating class of the Vaganova Academy in Saint Petersburg. Zakharova performed in Kiev and visited her alma-mater. The ballerina said: "When we entered the school auditorium, I realized that nothing had changed there over all those years. Even the smell in the corridors was the same. Later we were told that the school had not been renovated for about thirty years. They only managed to make a new ballet floor in the ballet classes. Everything else - the windows, the walls and the roof - was in a critical condition. Children said it was very cold there in winter, there were drifts and the roof was leaking. I looked at those little kids that surrounded me to take my autograph and thought: they should have good conditions for studying. The current situation in Ukraine is a very complicated one, and no one really cares about the choreographic school. But these are kids!" T ogether with Yuri Baranov, the Bolshoi Theatre's soloist, who used to study at the Kiev Choreographic School at the same time with Zakharova, the ballerina decided to help her native school. Her name guarantees the high level of the project, so many outstanding modern artists who also started their career at the Kiev Choreographic School, agreed to participate in the gala-concert. The gala will star the English National Ballet's prima ballerina Alina Cojocaru and the same company's premier Ivan Putrov, the Mariinsky Theatre's premier Denis Matvienko, the Mikhailovsky Theatre's star Leonid Sarafanov and the Eifman Ballet's star Nina Zmievets. Other dancers that have no Kiev roots decided to join the project as well: Natalia Osipova promised to come from London, Iana Salenko, who grew up in Donetsk, will represent Staatsballett Berlin. The concert will also star Dinu T amazlacaru, Denis Rodkin and other soloists. Svetlana Zakharova will perform in the one-act ballet "Carmen-Suite", which will be presented in the first part of the concert; in the second part of the gala she will perform the piece "Digital Love", which was staged especially for this concert. Patrick de Bana, who used to work with Bejart and Duato, will be her partner; he choreographed this piece, inspired by the tragic circumstances of Malaysia Airlines Boeing disappearance. The Festival "English Seasons in Tsaritsyno" The year of 2014 is the Russia-UK bilateral year of culture. Concerts of the festival "English seasons in Tsaritsyno" will take place at the atrium of the "Bread House" in the State museum-reserve "Tsaritsyno". The programs will include organ, vocal, instrumental and choir music. /.../ Conductor Felix Korobov is the music director of the premiere. The Moscow Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir, the Bolshoi Theatre soloist Alexandra Kadurina (soprano), participant of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Program Sergei Radchenko (tenor), the Stanislavski and Nemirovich- Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre's soloist Denis Makarov (bass) and Darya Davydova (soprano) will perform at the atrium of the "Bread House" as well. /.../ Ekaterina Shipulina, the Bolshoi Ballet's soloist and an Honored Artist of Russia, celebrated her birthday on November 14th. Our best wishes to the dancer! Ekaterina Shipulina
Press analysis 13 November 2014 The Gazzetta di Modena (Italy) publishes a report about a concert at the Bolshoi conducted by the Music Director of the Bolshoi, Tugan Sokhiev with singers from the the Cubec - Belcanto Academy of Modena, the Accademia Teatro alla Scala and singers from the Young Artists Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theatre The report says the three academies are considered among the most prestigious at the international level and that the Bolshoi is mythical scene of the great Russian tradition in music and ballet. Focus Energetica (Romania) reports that stars from the Bolshoi Theatre will sing at two concerts to be held in Romania in November. The Bradford Telegraph and Argus (UK) reports that the programme at the National Media Museum will include live screenings of the Bolshoi Ballet, the Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne. The Telegraph (UK) publishes an obituary of former Bolshoi ballerina Nina T imofeyeva. The New York Times and the Financial Times review the Mikhailovsky Ballet's Giselle starring former Bolshoi ballet dancer Natalia Osipova at Lincoln Centre in New York very positively with the Financial Times giving it four out of five stars. , 7 Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet |
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