companies - step by step, all day long - October 1 2014 Aleksei Maslennikov, the People's Artist of RSFSR, celebrated his 85th birthday The Bolshoi Theatre General Director might become an honorary citizen of Kirov Oblast September 12 - the Bolshoi company's meeting marking the start of the new, 239th theatre season will take place on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage New Stage - Semyon Kotko. Opera Concert Performance. State Academic Symphonic Chapel of Russia presents Historic Stage - rehearsal day Mass media about the Theatre Aleksei Maslennikov, the People's Artist of the RSFSR, celebrated his 85th birthday on September 9th. He devoted more than 60 years of his life to the Bolshoi Theatre The live on-line broadcast will be organized on Wednesday, October 1st; this will allow the audience to see what happens backstage and, most importantly, in the rehearsal halls of the world's five best theatres Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet Newsletter

September, 1 1 2014 , 7 The time difference will allow each company to organize the broadcast starting from the very beginning of the ballet artists' working day. The baton will be passed from one theatre to another. The Australian Ballet in Melbourne will be the first. Moscow will take up the baton and pass it to London; the company from Toronto will follow, and the San Francisco Ballet will close this internet-marathon. The audience will be of fered an interesting excursion behind the scenes; they will see the other side of the ballet artists' lives that the general public is unfamiliar with. Having taken a look behind the scenes of all five theatres the spectators will see how similar everyday life and work is for the ballet artists on different continents, yet how dif ferent the companies are from one another in terms of stylistics and the manner of performing. This is what makes each collective unique on the world ballet stage. W arm-ups during morning classes and rehearsals for the coming productions; this day on-line will show how much those people, who help the companies maintain their reputation in the world, are devoted to their job. It will be a revelation even for the most sophisticated viewer. Audiences from different countries of the world will be able to establish interactive contact with the dancers, the choreographers and the pedagogues - those people that live and breathe ballet for their whole lives - and ask those questions throughout the whole day. The spectators will also be able to make their contribution - to upload videos of themselves making a pirouette. The material will then be edited and a film will be made; this film will symbolize the drawing power of the dance, which knows no borders. The broadcast on the channel Y ouTube will be repeated, so audiences around the world will be able to see everything they might miss the first time. The most interesting shots will then be edited and available for further viewings. The idea of the project belongs to the Royal Ballet; in March 2012 the company already organized a similar nine-hour live broadcast on the YouT ube channel and the website of "The Guardian" newspaper. The broadcast was viewed 200,000 times. To date, a total of 2.5 mln people have taken a look at life behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet. This time four more theatres will open the virtual access behind the scenes and will allow audiences to see their wonderful artists' hard, painstaking work. Finally, it will be the FIRST TIME that YouT ube has organized a live broadcast that will continue for more than nine hours (!). More detailed information about this event will be available a little later. The Bolshoi Theatre plans to show rehearsals of the ballet "The Taming of the Shrew", choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot, which premiered in the end of the previous season, and the ballet "The Legend of Love", choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich, which will be revived on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage on October 23rd. On October 26th the live broadcast of the ballet "The Legend of Love" will take place in more than 800 cinemas around the world. .facebook.com/bolshoitheatr

For articles published 9 September 2014 Dance Tabs publishes an article about World Ballet Day when Five World-Class Ballet companies including the Bolshoi Ballet will have live Streaming on YouT ube of behind the scenes action from their rehearsal studios on 1 October. The SF Gate also publishes an article about World Ballet Day. The Times (London) also publishes an article about World Ballet Day saying more boys are training to be ballet dancers than in the past because they have been inspired by shows starring male ballet dancers. The Delaware County New Network publishes an interview with former Bolshoi Ballet soloist Anastasia Babayeva who is now teaching ballet in the USA who says "T o dance with the Bolshoi Ballet Company is to experience 'ballet heaven' because it demands colorful, energetic and dramatic performances. It uses bold choreography, impressive ensembles, lavish scenery and beautiful costumes; the Bolshoi has a distinctive character. Strength, athleticism, intensity and flawless synchronization are unique to the Bolshoi. It is these traditions, skills and techniques my husband and I bring from Moscow to this region," she said. ANSA the Italian newswire publishes an article about the first Pompeii festival in Italy saying the idea is a programme that will range from the Bolshoi to Puccini's Tosca, with an opening program of "The Last Day of Pompeii" by Giovanni Pacini (June 1) and closing with "Requiem "Verdi on August 28, in memory of the eruption that covered Pompeii forever. Days of Moscow are taking place in Vienna Days of Moscow, which have started in the Austrian capital, are taking place in a warm, friendly atmosphere. /…/ Sergey Cheremin, the head of the Department for External Economic and International Relations said: "The more honest the cooperation between the cities, the better relations between the countries". /…/ Sergey Cheremin thanked Michael Häupl for the help and assistance that he provided the Moscow government with during the preparation for Days of Moscow. He said that many events had been planned, and all of those events will be equally interesting for citizens of both Moscow and Vienna. For example, the gala-concert starring the Bolshoi Theatre's soloists will take place at the Vienna City Hall, and the project "mobile park" will be organized on Michaelerplatz by Gorky Park. /…/
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