Classical Ballet The Sleeping Beauty (Ice ballet) Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
Schedule for The Sleeping Beauty (Ice ballet) 2022
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
World premiere: 3 January 1890, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
Premiere in Russia: 25 March 1952 Kirov (Mariinsky) Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad, USSR
The Saint-Petersburg State Ballet on ice (former the Leningrad State Ballet on
ice) founded in 1967 by the outstanding choreographer Konstantin Boyarsky, is
the successor of the remarkable traditions of the St.Petersburg school of the
classical ballet.
The Ballet is headed by its Artistic Director, former
soloist of the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet, Merited Artist of Russia
Konstantin Rassadin, a school-mate of Rudolf Nuriev. He participated in the
performances jointly with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia
Makarova.
Musical Director and one of the co-founders of the Ballet is
Leo Korkhin, prominent Russian conductor who conducts quite a number of
orchestras including the renowned Academic Symphony Orchestra of the
Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Society named after D.Shostakovich.
The
multiple World and European champions, double Olympic champions Ludmila
Beloussova and Oleg Protopopov; multiple World and European champion, Olympic
champion Alexei Ulanov; multiple prize winner of the World and European
figure-skating competitions and Olympic games Ludmila Smirnova danced in the
Ballet at different times. There are about 20 dancers in the company who have
the honorable titles of the Masters of Sports of Russia for the victories at the
all-Russia and international figure-skating competitions.
Since 1995 the
Saint-Petersburg Ballet on ice has been performing on stage of opera theaters.
It shows the most famous ballets by P.Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", "Swan
Lake", "Nutcracker" and "Cinderella" ballet by S.Prokofiev.
All the
productions are staged by its principal choreographer Merited Artist of Russia
Konstantin Rassadin. This is for the first time in the world that the real
classical ballets in classical ballet costumes and sets are performed on an ice
rink installed on stage of the theater.
For the last five years these
productions have been successfully performed on the best stages of the USA,
Canada, Netherlands, Germany, China, Spain, Korea, Taiwan, Greece, Portugal,
Ireland.
Schedule for The Sleeping Beauty (Ice ballet) 2022
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