Classical Ballet Romeo and Juliet (ice ballet) Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
Schedule for Romeo and Juliet (ice ballet) 2022
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
World premiere: 11 January 1940, Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Mariinsky), Leningrad
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare concerning
two young "star-cross’d lovers" and the role played by their tragic suicides in
ending a long-running family feud. It is one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s
plays, one of his earliest theatrical triumphs, and is thought to be the most
archetypal love story of the Renaissance and indeed the history of Western
culture.
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 Romeo and Juliet (ice ballet) 2022
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