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Wednesday through Friday, October 30 – November 1, 2019, 8pmSaturday, November 2, 2019, 1pm and 8pm

Sunday, November 3, 2019, 3pmZellerbach Hall

Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestraof the Mariinsky Theatre

St. Petersburg, Russia

Valery Gergiev, artistic and general directorYury Fateev, acting ballet director

Alexei Repnikov, conductor

Global Partners of the Mariinsky eatre are Sberbank, Yoko Ceschina, and VTB.

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COMPANY

PrincipalsEkaterina Kondaurova

Kimin Kim, Vladimir Shklyarov, Andrei Yermakov

First SoloistsNadezhda Batoeva, Maria Khoreva, Olesya Novikova, Renata Shakirova

Philipp Stepin, Konstantin Zverev

Second SoloistsYekaterina Chebykina, Anastasia Lukina, May Nagahisa,

Anastasia Nuikina, Yana Selina, Maria ShirinkinaRoman Belyakov, David Zaleyev

Principal Character ArtistsSoslan Kulaev, Andrei Yakovlev

CoryphéesYuliana Chereshkevich, Shamala Guseinova, Svetlana Ivanova, Anastasia Petushkova

Vasily Shcherbakov

Corps de BalletAnastasia Asaben, Vlada Borodulina, Maria Bulanova, Anastasia Demidova,

Nadezhda Dvurechenskaya, Xenia Fateyeva, Laura Fernandez, Salomé Figueiredo de Santana, Margarita Frolova, Tamara Gimadieva, Olga Gromova, Maria Iliushkina, Daria Ionova, Alexandra Khiteeva,

Lira Khuslamova, Alina Krasovskaya, Elizaveta Kulikova, Alexandra Lampika, Maria Lebedeva, Biborka Lendvai, Anastasia Mikheikina, Olga Minina,

Alexandra Popova, Anastasia Remkevich, Svetlana Savelieva, Marina Teterina,Lea omasson, Anastasia Tkachenko, Svetlana Tychina, Anastasia Yaromenko

Andrei Arseniev, Alexei Atamanov, Rustam Azizov, Yaroslav Baibordin,Alexander Beloborodov, Oleg Demchenko, Yevgeny Deryabin, Alexander Fyodorov,

Vyacheslav Gnedchik, Artemy Ibrianov, Oleg Ignatiev, Maxim Izmestiev, Artyom Kellerman, Nail Khairnasov, Nikita Kopunov, Nikita Korneyev, Trofim Malanov, Roman Malyshev, Pavel Mikheyev, Pavel Ostapenko,

Yaroslav Pushkov, Yaroslav Ryzhov, Vladislav Shumakov, Nail Yenikeyev

e Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra’s North American tour management:Ardani Artists Management, Inc.

Sergei Danilian, president and CEO

Opposite: photo of Ekaterina Kondaurova © V. Khomyakov

La BayadèreBallet in three acts

Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa (1877)

Revised choreography by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani (1941) with dances by Konstantin Sergeyev and Nikolai Zubkovsky

Libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Set design by Mikhail Shishliannikov aer

Adolf Kvapp, Konstantin Ivanov, Pyotr Lambin, and Orest Allegri Costumes by Yevgeny Ponomarev

Lighting design by Mikhail Shishliannikov

For full casting, please see pp. 27–30b.

Premiere: January 23, 1877, Bolshoi eatre, St. Petersburg Premiere of Ponomarev and Chabukiani’s version: February 10, 1941,

Kirov eatre of Opera and Ballet (Mariinsky), Leningrad Running time: two hours, 55 minutes

ere will be two 20-minute intermissions.

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Act I; Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor persuades the fakir Magdaveya to arrange a ren-dezvous for him with the bayadère Nikia, one of the dancers who serves the temple’s sacredflame within. e High Brahmin comes out ofthe temple leading a solemn procession, whichis a sign for the ritual of fire to begin. Fakirs andbayadères perform ritual dances and then Nikia,the fairest of all the bayadères, appears.

Although he has taken vows of celibacy and is leader of the temple’s priesthood, the HighBrahmin confesses to Nikia that he loves her,and he promises her wealth and power if she will be his. Nikia rejects his love. Night falls andSolor and Nikia meet secretly while Magdaveyakeeps watch, though this does not prevent theHigh Brahmin from eavesdropping on theirassignation. Solor asks Nikia to flee with him.She consents, but first demands his vow of eter-nal fidelity.

Act I; Scene 2e Rajah tells his daughter, Gamzatti, that shewill meet and marry the man to whom she wasbetrothed when still a child. e Rajah intro-duces Solor to his daughter. Solor is enrapturedby Gamzatti’s beauty but is thrown into confu-sion as he remembers Nikia and the vows hehas just made to her.

e time for the marriage to be consecratedis close and Nikia is requested to dance in theholy rites.

e High Brahmin enters and tells the Rajahof the love vows he has overheard between Nikiaand Solor. e Rajah is incensed, but his deci-sion remains unchanged: Solor will marry hisdaughter and the bayadère will die. e HighBrahmin did not expect such an outcome and

reminds the Rajah of the vengeance of the godsif their servant should be killed at the temple.

Gamzatti has overheard the conversation.She summons a slave girl to bring Nikia to her.When she appears, Gamzatti tells her of the ap-proaching wedding, showing a portrait of Soloras the man she is to marry. Nikia is horror-struck and protests that Solor has in fact sworneternal fidelity to her alone. e Rajah’s daugh-ter haughtily demands that she should relin-quish him, but the bayadère would prefer death.She pulls out a dagger to strike Gamzatti, but aslave girl intervenes.

Act IIIn the Garden of the Rajah’s Palace, magnificentcelebrations for the wedding of Solor and Gam -zatti are underway and a succession of dancesprovides entertainment for all the guests. Nikiain her turn is ordered to dance. A slave girlbrings in a basket of flowers which Dugmantadeclares to be a gi to Nikia. Nikia receives itbut a poisonous snake hidden in the basket slipsout and bites her. e High Brahmin comes for-ward to offer her an antidote if only she will lovehim; she refuses him yet again. Nikia dies withSolor kneeling at her side.

Act III; Scene 1Solor is distraught and tormented by remorse.Magdaveya attempts without success to diverthim from his grief, and so he calls for a snakecharmer. While the man plays, Solor falls asleepto the sound of the flute.

Act III; Scene 2Solor dreams he is in the Kingdom of Shades and,as he watches, ghosts of those long-dead appearbefore him. Among them he sees his belovedNikia and she beckons to him to follow her…

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La Bayadère is one of the most popular balletsin the classical legacy. It is a story of love toldthrough demure dance duets and pantomimedialogues, large-scale corps de ballet ensembles,and the striking dances of the soloists. A color -ful and vast canvas, woven together usinghighly complex choreographic language, LaBayadère is a test of professionalism, the sparkleof the ballerina and the male principal, and theacting abilities of the performers. Marius Petipacreated this production in 1877 for a gala per -formance of the virtuoso ballerina YekaterinaVazem in an attempt to showcase the talent ofhis favorite ballerina as fully as possible and ina worthy setting. Petipa laid out his dance poembased on a plot about the love between a nobleIndian warrior and a temple dancer. e exoticflavor was to be a keystone of the spectacle,while the melodramatic story of a lovedeceived—typical for the theater in the middleof the 19th century—was simple in terms of its literary expo sition; through its choreo -graphic revelations, Peti pa filled it with depth,nuances, and generalizations. e structure of

the production was molded by the brilliant flairof the choreographer, who knew how to blendtogether the necessary proportions of the granddivertissement of a palace celebration and thepiercing emotion of the abandoned heroine’stragic monologue, the tense emotionality of thepantomime depiction of worldly events, and thealoofness of classical dance in the Kingdom ofShades. With the passing of time this structurewas altered. In the 20th century, La Bayadère“lost weight” by dropping an entire act—therationalism of the Soviet view of the worldrejected the use of simple-hearted props todepict retribution for breaking an oath, andalong with the final destruction of the palace,the ballet also lost its dramatic and dancedénouement. e realities of 19th-centurytheater that remained in the ballet—plush tigersand elephants on wheels—look touchinglyamusing today, but their modest specific detailsset off the timeless harmony of the act of theShades, Petipa’s bewitching masterpiece inwhich his genius was, as never before, close toperfection.

—Olga Makarova

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e Mariinsky Ballet is closely linked with theentire history of the development of Russianchoreographic art, which began more than twoand a half centuries ago. An important role inthe establishment and evolution of Russianballet was played by foreign dance masters. ehistory of St. Petersburg ballet in the 19th cen -tury was associated with the activities of CharlesDidelot, Jules Perrot, and Arthur Saint-Léon. In 1869, the position of principal ballet masterwas entrusted to Marius Petipa, who markedlyraised the professional standards of the com -pany. e peak accomplishments of this famouschoreographer were ballets staged in the periodof his collaboration with the composers PyotrIlyich Tchaikovsky and Alexander Glazunov—e Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Ray monda.At the turn of the 19th century, the MariinskyBallet produced such great dancers as MathildeKschessinska, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, AnnaPavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Spesivtseva,and Vaslav Nijinsky. Many of them broughtglory to Russian ballet during the legendarySaisons russes in Paris, which saw the pioneeringworks of Michel Fokine presented in Europe.

In the 1920s, when Fyodor Lopukhov, adaring innovator and a brilliant connoisseur ofthe past, became head of the company, itsrepertoire was enriched with new productions,in particular ballets dealing with contemporarylife. Galina Ulanova, Alexei Yermolayev, MarinaSemenova, and Vakhtang Chabukiani alldanced at the Mariinsky eatre during thatperiod. Ballet in the 1930s was largely influ -enced by dramatic theater, and this was reflectedin such productions as Rostislav Zakharov’s eFountain of Bakhchisarai and Leonid Lavrov -sky’s Romeo and Juliet. From the 1950s throughthe 1970s, ballets by Leonid Yakobson, YuriGrigorovich, and Igor Belsky revived the tradi -tions of symphonic dances. e success of theseproductions obviously would have been impos -sible without superb performers. During thatperiod, the company’s dancers included IrinaKolpakova, Natalia Makarova, Alla Osipenko,Irina Gensler, Alla Sizova, Rudolf Nureyev,Mikhail Baryshnikov, Valery Panov, and Yuri

Soloviev. e present-day repertoire of theMariinsky Ballet includes, along with Petipa’slegacy—Swan Lake, Raymonda, Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, and e Sleeping Beauty—balletsstaged by Michel Fokine, George Balanchine,Frederic Ashton, William Forsythe, AlexeiRatmansky, Angelin Preljocaj, and Wayne Mc -Gregor.

e Mariinsky Orchestra is one of the oldestmusical ensembles in Russia. It can trace its history back to the early 18th century and thedevelopment of the Court Instrumental Chapel.In the 19th century, an extremely importantrole in the emergence of the Mariinsky Orches -tra was played by Eduard Nápravník, who di-rected it for over half a century. e excellenceof the orchestra was recognized on numerousoccasions by the world-class musicians whoconducted it, among them Berlioz, Wagner, von Bülow, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Nikisch, andRachmaninoff. During Soviet times, the en-semble’s illustrious traditions were continuedby conductors including Vladimir Dranish ni -kov, Ariy Pazovsky, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Kon -stantin Simeonov, and Yuri Temirkanov.

e orchestra has had the honor of being the first to perform many operas and ballets byTchaikovsky; operas by Glinka, Mussorgsky,and Rimsky-Korsakov; and ballets by Shosta -kovich, Khachaturian, and Asafiev.

Since 1988, the orchestra has been directedby Valery Gergiev, a musician of the highestorder and an outstanding figure in the musicworld. Maestro Gergiev’s arrival at the helmushered in a new era of rapid expansion of theorchestra’s repertoire, which today includes thesymphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Prokofiev,and Shostakovich; requiems by Mozart, Ber -lioz, Verdi, Brahms, and Tishchenko; and var-ious works by composers including Stravinsky,Messiaen, Dutilleux, Henze, Shchedrin, Gubai -dulina, Kancheli, and Karetnikov. e orches-tra performs programs of symphonic music at prestigious concert venues throughout theworld.

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Alexei Repnikov (conduc-tor). Aer graduating fromthe Specialized SecondarySchool of Music of theSt. Petersburg Conserva -tory in 1991 (the tromboneclass of Georgy Straut man),Repnikov continued his

studies at the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conser va tory (trombone class of sen-ior lecturer Boris Vinogradov and Prof. ViktorSumerkin). In 2009, he participated in a train-ing course specializing in symphonic conduct-ing (class of Alexander Polishchuk).

In autumn 1991, Repnikov joined the Mari -insky eatre as a stage band musician, enteringthe symphony orchestra in 1996 (trombonesection). He made his debut with the Mariinskyeatre Symphony Orchestra with the balletsLe Sacre du printemps and e Magic Nut(2007). Since then he has regularly conductedballet productions. Repnikov’s repertoire in-cludes the ballets Anna Karenina, Apollo,Ballet No. 2, La Bayadère, Prodigal Son, Le Sacredu printemps, Le Spectre de la rose, e MagicNut, Don Quixote, Jewels, e Firebird, Giselle,Cinderella, Infra, Carmen-Suite, Carna val,Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, Leningrad Symphony,Pétrouchka, Polovtsian Dances, Raymonda,Romeo and Juliet, Sylvia, La Sylphide, Symphonyin C, e Sleeping Beauty, Tarantella, eme andVariations, e Dying Swan, Piano Concerto No. 2, Schéhérazade, Chopiniana, Scotch Sym -phony, e Nutcracker, Études, Concerto DSCH,“Paquita” Grand Pas, Inside the Lines, andTchaikovsky Pas de Deux.

As a conductor, Repnikov has toured withthe Mariinsky Ballet to Covent Garden (GreatBritain), the Festspielhaus (Germany), andthe Metropolitan Opera and Kennedy Center,as well as to Tokyo, Bang kok, Singa pore, Bar -celona, and Hong Kong.

Alexei Repnikov conceived the idea of estab-lishing the Grand Brass Ensemble and foundedthe Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky interna-tional festival, first held at the Mariinsky ea -tre Concert Hall in March 2008. As leader ofthe Grand Brass Ensemble, he has taken partin the Summer Festival in Mikkeli (Fin land,2009) and toured to Great Britain, Japan, andSwitzerland.

Yuri Fateev (acting directorof the Mariinsky Ballet,Honored Artist of Russia)was born in St. Petersburg,graduated from the Vaga -nova Choreography Schoolin 1982, and joined theMariinsky (Kirov) Ballet

Company the same year. His repertoire in -cluded the ballets Giselle, La Bayadère, Paquita,Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, e Creation ofthe World, Le Carnaval, La fille mal gardée, eKnight in the Tiger’s Skin, and Coppélia. In 1996,he became a coach with the Mariinsky Ballet,and in this post he worked on Mariinsky eatrepremiere performances of ballets by GeorgeBalanchine, Roland Petit, John Neumeier, AlexeiRatman sky, William Forsythe, ChristopherWheeldon, and José Antonio. He has been aguest coach with the Royal Ballet in Londonand Russia’s Bolshoi eatre and given masterclasses for the ballet company of the ParisOpera, as well as teaching with the Swe dishRoyal Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, andDanish Royal Ballet, where he staged aproduction of highlights from the ballet LeCorsaire. Fateev was involved in the Kings ofDance project in Russia and the United States,as well as Stiefel and Stars in the US, where hestaged highlights from classical ballets. Since2008, he has been the acting director of theMariinsky Ballet.

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Maria Khoreva Ekaterina Kondaurova Olesya Novikova

Nadezhda Batoeva Yekaterina Chebykina Anastasia Nuikina

Andrei Yermakov Kimin Kim Vladimir Shklyarov

Maria Khoreva (Nikia)Born in St. Petersburg. Gra duated from theVaganova Ballet Academy (class of Prof. Lyud -mila Kovaleva) and joined the Mariinsky Balletin 2018.

Repertoire includes: La Bayadère (Nikia);Swan Lake (Pas de trois); Le Corsaire (Medora,Trio of Odalisques); Don Quixote (e Queenof the Dryads); Jewels (Diamonds), Apollo(Terp sichore), Serenade, A Midsummer Night’sDream (Pas de deux from Act II); e Nut -cracker (Masha); Paquita (Paquita).

Ekaterina Kondaurova (Nikia) • Recipient of the 2006 Benois de la Danse

prize• Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St. Peters -

burg’s most prestigious theater prize, in the category Best Female Role inBallet, in 2008 for the role of Alma in the ballet Glass Heart; in 2010, for therole of Anna Karenina in the ballet of the same name; and in 2018, for her rolein the ballet e Four Seasons.

• Recipient of the Golden Mask, Russia’smost prestigious theater prize, for BestFemale Role in Ballet (title role in AnnaKarenina, choreography by AlexeiRatmansky, 2011).

• Recipient of Ballet magazine’s Spirit ofDance award in the “Star” category (2011)

Born in Moscow. Graduated from the Vaga -nova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2001. Joinedthe Mariinsky Ballet in 2001.

Repertoire includes: Giselle (Myrtha, Zulma);Le Corsaire (Medora); La Bayadère (Nikia,Gamzatti); e Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy);Swan Lake (Odette-Odile); Raymonda (Ray -monda, Henrietta, Grand pas); “Paquita” GrandPas (Variation); Don Quixote (Queen of theDryads, Street Dancer); Michel Fokine’s balletse Fire bird (Firebird), Schéhérazade (Zobeide),and e Dying Swan; George Balanchine’sballets Prodi gal Son (the Siren), Serenade,Symphony in C (Second Movement), e FourTemperaments (Choleric), Jewels (Emeralds,

Rubies, Dia monds), La Valse, and A Midsum -mer Night’s Dream (Titania, Hippolyta); Mar -guerite and Armand (Marguerite); Le Jeunehomme et la mort (Girl); Benjamin Mille pied’sballets Without and La nuit s’achève; WilliamForsythe’s ballets Steptext, In the Middle, Some -what Ele vated, and Approximate Sonata; eNutcracker (Queen of the Snow flakes, OrientalDance); Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella(Step mother), e Little Hump backed Horse(Mare, Sea Princess), Anna Karenina (title role),and Concerto DSCH.

Kondaurova has toured with the MariinskyBallet to Great Britain, Germany, the Nether -lands, Norway, China, and the United States.

Olesya Novikova (Nikia)• Prize winner at the 2002 International

Vaganova-Prix Ballet DancersCompetition (St. Petersburg)

Born in Leningrad. Gradu ated from the Vaga -nova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2002 (classof Marina Vasilieva, Honored Artist of Russia).Joined the Mariinsky Ballet upon graduation.

Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (the Sylph);Giselle (Nikia, Giselle); Le Corsaire (Gulnare);La Bayadère (Gamzatti); e Sleeping Beauty(Aurora, Generosity Fairy, Gold Fairy, SilverFairy); Swan Lake (Odette-Odile, Pas de trois,Cygnets); Raymonda (Raymonda, Grand pas,Variation); Le Réveil de Flore (Flore); DonQuixote (Kitri, Flower Girl, Variation in Act IV);Chopiniana (Nocturne, Eleventh Waltz); eFountain of Bakhchisa rai (Maria); e Nut -cracker (Masha); Romeo and Juliet (Juliet);Études; Marguerite and Armand (Mar guerite);Manon (Cour tesan); George Balan chine’s bal-lets Apollo (Polyhymnia), Symphony in C (irdMove ment), e Four Tempera ments, Jewels(Rubies, Emeralds, Diamonds), Piano ConcertoNo. 2 (Ballet Imperial), eme and Varia tions,and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; e Legend ofLove (Shyrin); Carmen-Suite (Carmen); Hansvan Manen’s ballets Adagio Hammerklavier, 5 Tan gos, e Nutcracker (Masha); Alexei Rat -man sky’s ballets Middle Duet and Anna Karen -

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ina (title role); William Forsythe’s ballets eVertiginous rill of Exactitude and In theMiddle, Somewhat Elevated; and Ondine (On -dine, Naiads).

Novikova created the female role in AlexeiMiroshnichenko’s Du Côté de chez “Swann,”premiered at the sixth International MariinskyBallet Festi val (St. Petersburg, 2006).

In 2011, at the Teatro alla Scala, she appearedin the lead role in the premiere performance ofthe ballet Raymonda (production by SergeiVikharev). Novikova has toured with the Mari -insky Ballet to Great Britain, Germany andChina.

Nadezhda Batoeva (Gamzatti) • Recipient of the 2008 Hope of Russia

prize

Born in Neryungri. Graduated from the Vaga -nova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2009. Joinedthe Mariinsky Ballet the same year.

Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Effie,Sylphs); Giselle (Giselle, Classical Duet); SwanLake (Odette-Odilе, Friends of the Prince, TwoSwans); La Bayadère (Gamzatti, Manu, Vari -a tion in Grand Pas, Indian Dance, Trio ofShades, Bayadères); e Sleeping Beauty (Prin -cess Aurora, the White Cat); e Sleeping Beauty(Princess Aurora, Diamond Fairy, Gold Fairy,Courage Fairy, Princess Florine); Raymonda(Henrietta, Variation); “Paquita” Grand Pas(Variation); Don Quixote (Kitri, Amour, Flower-Sellers, Variation); Le Corsaire (Gulnare);Michel Fokine’s ballets Schéhérazade (Zobeide),Le Carnaval (Columbine), Chopiniana (Ele -venth Waltz), and Pétrouchka (Dancers); eFountain of Bakhchisarai (Polish Noblewomen,Bell Dance); e Nutcracker (Masha, Doll,Spanish Dance); Romeo and Juliet (Juliet, Juliet’sCompanion, Servant at the Inn); Spartacus(Etruscans), and Shurale (Fiery Witch); GeorgeBalanchine’s ballets Jewels (Emeralds, Rubies),Apollo (Polyhymnia), Symphony in C (I. Allegrovivo, III. Allegro vivace), and A MidsummerNight’s Dream (Pas de deux from Act II), Sylvia(Sylvia).

Ekaterina Chebykina (Gamzatti) • Diploma recipient at the International

Ballet Dancers and ChoreographersCompetition (Moscow, 2013 and 2017)

• Prize winner at the Seventh InternationalSerge Lifar Competition (Gold Medal;Donetsk, 2011)

• Prize winner at the ird InternationalYuri Grigorovich Competition WorldYouth Ballet (Bronze Medal; Sochi, 2010)

• Diploma recipient and recipient of theSpecial Prize for Artistic Growth at theird International Ballet Competition(Seoul, 2010)

Born in Kiev. Graduated from the Kiev Schoolof Dance in 2011. As a student, she receivedgrants from the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament)of Ukraine and the President of Ukraine (2009–11). From 2011–13, she was a soloist with theNational Shevchenko Opera of Ukraine.

Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Sylphs);Giselle (Myrtha); Swan Lake (Odette-Odile,Swans); La Bayadère (Nikia, Gamzatti, Trio ofShades); e Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy);Raymonda (Clémence); Le Corsaire (Medora);Don Quixote (Queen of the Dryads, StreetDancer); Michel Fokine’s ballets Chopiniana(Prelude), e Swan, e Firebird (e Fire -bird), e Nutcracker (Elegant Ladies, Waltz of the Snowflakes, Waltz of the Roses, Queen ofthe Snowflakes); e Fountain of Bakhchisarai(Zarema); Le Jeune homme et la mort; YuriGrigorovich’s ballets e Stone Flower (eMis tress of the Copper Mountain), e Legendof Love (Mekhmeneh-Bahnu, Dance of theCourt Dancers); Leningrad Symphony (Girl);Carmen Suite (Fate); George Balanchine’s bal lets Jewels (Rubies, Diamonds), Serenade, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolita),Symphony in C (III. Allegro vivace), Sylvia(Diana, Ceres); Alexei Ratmansky’s balletsCinderella (Khudyshka, Dance Teacher, FemaleDance), Anna Karenina (Princess Betsy, Dolly).

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Anastasia Nuikina (Gamzatti) Born in Samara. Graduated from the VaganovaBallet Academy. Joined the Mari insky Ballet in 2018.

Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Sylphs);Giselle (Monna); e Sleeping Beauty (DiamondFairy, Sapphire Fairy); Le Réveil de Flore(Nymphs); Swan Lake (e Prince’s Friends,Brides, Two Swans); Le Corsaire (Trio of Oda -lisques); Don Quixote (Queen of the Dryads);Jewels (Diamantes), Apollo (Polyhymnia), Sym phony in C (I. Allegro vivo), Serenade, AMid summer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta); eFoun tain of Bakhchisarai (Maria); e Nut -cracker (Masha, Waltz of the Flowers, e Nut -cracker’s Sisters); Sylvia (Terpsichore); e LittleHumpbacked Horse (Nurses); Paquita (Paquita’sFriends); At the Wrong Time.

Andrei Yermakov (Solor)• Recipient of the 2013 Spirit of Dance

prize in the “Rising Star” category (Ballet magazine)

Born in Leningrad. Gradu ated from the Vaga -nova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2005. Joinedthe Mariinsky Ballet in 2005. Principal dancersince 2019.

Repertoire includes: Giselle (Count Albrecht),Le Corsaire (Conrad, Ali); La Bayadère (Solor);Swan Lake (von Rothbart); Raymonda (Jean deBrienne); Don Quixote (Basilio); Michel Fokine’sballets e Firebird (Ivan Tsarevich), Schéhéra -zade (Zobeide’s Slave), e Fountain of Bakhchi -sarai (Vaslav); Leonid Yakobson’s Shurale (Ali-Batyr) and Spartacus (Spartacus); Romeo andJuliet (Romeo); Yuri Grigorovich’s ballets eLegend of Love (Ferkhad) and e Stone Flower(Danila); Carmen Suite (José, Torero); Lenin -grad Symphony (Youth); George Balanchine’sSerenade, Jewels (Emeralds, Diamonds), LaValse, Symphony in C (II. Adagio) and A Mid -sum mer Night’s Dream (Lysander, Titania’sCava lier), Sylvia (Orion), Marguerite andArmand (Armand); In the Night (third move-ment); Paquita (Andrés); Yaroslavna. e Eclipse(Prince Igor).

He has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet toGreat Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, theIsrael, Japan, China, ailand, Taiwan, and theUnited States.

Kimin Kim (Solor)• Prize winner at international ballet

competitions in Rome (1st prize, 2008),Moscow (2nd prize, 2009), Seoul (1st prize, 2009), Jackson (2nd prize,2010), and Varna (1st prize, 2010)

• Grand Prix at the Arabesque interna-tional ballet competition (Perm, 2012)

• Grand Prix at the Youth America Grand Prix international competition(New York, 2012)

• Winner (together with Renata Shakirova)of Rossiya-Kultura television’s GrandBallet project (2016)

• Recipient of the Benois de la Danse prize (2016)

Born in Seoul. Graduated from the KoreaNational University of Arts. From 2012, he wasa soloist with the Mariinsky Ballet and since2015, he has been a principal dancer.

Repertoire includes: Giselle (Count Albrecht,Classical Duet); La Bayadère (Solor, GoldenIdol); e Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré); SwanLake (Prince Siegfried, e Prince’s Friends);Don Quixote (Basilio); “Diane and Actéon Pasde Deux” from the ballet La Esmeralda (Actéon);Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, Mercutio); GeorgeBalanchine’s ballets Jewels (Rubies), Symphonyin C (III. Allegro vivace), A Midsummer Night’sDream (Pas de deux from Act II), and Tchaikov -sky Pas de Deux; e Nutcracker (NutcrackerPrince); Le Corsaire (Ali); Michel Fokine’s bal-lets Le Spectre de la rose (Ghost of the Rose) andSchéhérazade (Slave), Études; Le Jeune hommeet la mort; Sylvia (Aminta); e Legend of Love(Ferkhad); Push Comes to Shove; e Vertigi -nous rill of Exactitude; Concerto DSCH; Cin -derella (Prince).

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Vladimir Shklyarov (Solor)• Prize winner at the 11th International

Ballet and Choreography Competition in the solo category (Moscow, 2009, 1st prize)

• Prize winner at the Vaganova-PrixInternational Competition (St. Peters -burg, 2002)

• Recipient of the Soul of Dance – 2008prize, instituted by Ballet magazine, inthe “Rising Star” category

• Recipient of the annual Léonide MassineInternational Prize for the Art of Dance(Positano, Italy, 2008)

• Recipient of the Zegna—Mariinsky NewTalent Awards grant (London, 2008)

• Recipient of the DANCE OPEN interna-tional ballet prize in the “Mr. Vituoso”category (2014)

Born in Leningrad. Graduated from the Vaga -nova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2003. Joinedthe Mariinsky Ballet the same year. Principaldancer since 2011.

Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (James,Youths); Giselle (Count Albrecht, ClassicalDuet); Le Corsaire (Ali, Lankedem); La Baya -dère (Solor, Golden Idol); e Sleeping Beauty(Prince Désiré, Prince Charmant, Grooms);Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Pas de trois, Jester,Neapolitan Dance); Raymonda (Jean de Brienne,Grand pas); “Paquita” Grand pas; Don Quixote(Basilio); Le Réveil de Flore (Zéphyr); e Foun -tain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav, Polish Youths); eYoung Lady and the Hooligan (Hooligan); eNutcracker (Nutcracker Prince); Romeo andJuliet (Romeo); Leningrad Symphony (Youth);e Legend of Love (Ferkhad, Friends of Ferk had); Michel Fokine’s ballets Lе Carnaval(Har le quin), Le Spectre de la rose (Ghost of theRose), Schéhérazade (Zobeide’s Slave), and Cho -pin iana (the Youth); George Balanchine’s bal-lets Jewels (Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds), PianoConcerto No. 2 (Ballet Imperial), Symphony in C (III. Allegro vivace), eme and Variations,Scotch Symphony, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,Prodigal Son (the Prodigal), Apollo (Apollo); Le Jeune Homme et la mort (Young Man); In theNight; Études (Soloist); e Nutcracker (the

Nutcracker Prince); Alexei Ratmansky’s balletsCinderella (the Prince), e Little HumpbackedHorse (Ivan the Fool), and Anna Karenina(Count Vronsky).

Administration and StaffYury Fateev, acting director of the

Mariinsky BalletSergei Proskuriakov, assistant to ballet directorMargarita Kullik, Lyubov Kunakova, Vanda

Lubkovskaya, Elvira Tarasova, Igor Petrov,coaches and repetiteurs

Elena Chmil-Bobovnikova, ballet teacherSergei Salikov and Tatyana Bazhitova, stage

managers and pianists Veronica Maximenkova and Igor Maximov,

masseurs

Technical StaffVasily Chuprakov, tour technical director Vitaly Obukhov, head of carpentry departmentYefim Ganzha, master carpenterMaxim Vybornov, Pavel Miroshnichenko, and

Dmitry Anashkin, carpentersIgor Karmanov, lighting designerDmitry Kabanov, electricianDenis Shaydulov, technologistSemion Asaturian, head of props departmentAnna Podvolotskaya, propsNadezhda Shepovalova and Olga Kostenets -

kaya, heads of make-up departmentTatiana Tsarik and Yana Borisevich, make-upNadezhda Vasilieva and Yulia Beliaeva, heads

of wardrobe departmentNatalia Chubachina, Favzia Alieva, and

Ekaterina Zimina, wardrobeMaksim Terekhin, sound engineerAleksey Blinov, video engineer

Staff for Ardani ArtistsSergei Danilian, presidentGaia Danilian, vice presidentMichael Vool, production and stage managerSlava Kondratiev, production associateAndrey Goniaev, tour managerTigran Danilian, merchandising managerEvgenia Brileva, production interpreterLori Harrison, MOSCO, travel agents

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

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First ViolinLyudmila TchaikovskayaElena BerdnikovaAlexander ShirokovSergei ToporenkoIrina Sukhorukova Boris VasilievSergei ToporenkoNina MoskvinaLiana ZingarenkoVera KuzminaVitaly Malkov Viktor Zaitsev

Second ViolinAndrei TyanYerdan YergalievZhanna AbdulaevaMarcel BejenaruSergei GavrikovLyubov GavrikovaMikhail ZagorodnyukMaria RusinovaViktoria Afonkina

ViolaIrina IvanovaSvetlana KozlovaDmitry VeselovAngelina VainerYelizaveta VasileshnikovaSvetlana SadovayaYekaterina StupnikovaVartan Gnoro

CelloYekaterina LarinaAlexander PonomarenkoKirill YevtushenkoSarkis GinosianYulia SaakianAnton Rutkovsky

Double BassAlexander ShiloDemian GorodnichinYevgeny MamontovYuri Gladkov

FluteDiana CherezovaVasily VilandAglaya Shuplyakova

OboeSergei BliznetsovPavel TerentievRoman Zvorykin

ClarinetIvan TerskyYevgeny KultyginVasily Zhuchenko

BassoonArseny MakarovAlexander Kizilyaev

HornIgor ProkofievDmitry LezhninNikita IoannisianDmitry Chepkov

TrumpetSergei KryuchkovGennady NikonovYuri FokinAlexei Popov

TromboneIlya BelyaevMikhail VinnitskyAlexander Kovalchuk

TubaBoris Dzhioev

PercussionAlexander PetrovValery KnigaVladislav IvanovVladimir MaslovDaniil Ivanov

HarpArtemy Izmailov

StagehandDmitry Popov

Musical instruments provided by LA Percussion

Mariinsky OrchestraAlexei Repnikov, conductor

Supernumeraries: Cassidy Crawford, Andrea Masuret, Kelsey Solomon, Rosie Ueng, SkylaerPalacios, Elizabeth Bobrovnikov, Blake Hennessy-York, Yona Brodeur, Mischa Byruck, JamesBowes, James McGarry, Richard urston, David Cha

CAST

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Nikia, a bayadèreSolor, a rich warrior

e Rajah DugmantaGamzatti, his daughter

e High BrahminToloragve, a warrior

e SlaveMagedaveya, a fakir

Aya, a slave girl

Dances

D’Jampe

Dance of the bayadères (Act II)

Dance of the Golden IdolManu

Indian dance

Drum PlayerGrand pas Classique (Act II)

e Kingdom of Shades (Act III)

Orchestra Solos

Local Children

Ekaterina KondaurovaAndrei YermakovAndrei YakovlevYekaterina ChebykinaSoslan KulaevVasily ShcherbakovKonstantin ZverevMaxim IzmestievLira Khuslamova

Yana SelinaAlexandra KhiteevaSvetlana TychinaSvetlana IvanovaAnastasia MikheikinaLaura FernandezDavid ZaleyevTamara GimadievaAnastasia PetushkovaRoman MalyshevOleg DemchenkoMaria BulanovaShamala GuseinovaYuliana ChereshkevichMaria IliushkinaAlexander BeloborodovRoman Belyakov

Ekaterina KondaurovaAndrei YermakovRenata ShakirovaMaria ShirinkinaMay Nagahisa

Lyudmila Tchaikovskaya, violin Alexander Ponomarenko, celloAglaya Shuplyakova, fluteArtemy Izmailov, harp

Cameron HeanueGeorgia DavidsonLucy McNeill Cole

Wednesday, October 30, 8pm

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CAST

Maria KhorevaVladimir ShklyarovAndrei YakovlevAnastasia NuikinaSoslan KulaevVasily ShcherbakovRoman BelyakovMaxim IzmestievLira Khuslamova

Maria IliushkinaXenia FateyevaSvetlana TychinaSvetlana IvanovaAnastasia MikheikinaLaura FernandezPhilipp StepinAnastasia AsabenAlina KrasovskayaNail YenikeyevAndrei ArsenievMaria BulanovaShamala GuseinovaYuliana ChereshkevichMaria IliushkinaAlexander BeloborodovRoman Belyakov

Maria KhorevaVladimir ShklyarovVlada BorodulinaYana SelinaAnastasia Lukina







Aya, a slave girl

Dances

D’Jampe



Indian dance



Orchestra Solos

Local Children

ursday, October 31, 8pm

Opposite: photo of Andrei Yermakov in © Mark Olich

CAST





Aya, a slave girl

Dances

D’Jampe



Indian dance



Orchestra Solos

Local Children

Olesya NovikovaKimin KimAndrei YakovlevNadezhda BatoevaSoslan KulaevVasily ShcherbakovKonstantin ZverevMaxim IzmestievLira Khuslamova

Yana SelinaAlexandra KhiteevaSvetlana TychinaSvetlana IvanovaAnastasia MikheikinaLaura FernandezDavid ZaleyevTamara GimadievaAnastasia PetushkovaRoman MalyshevOleg DemchenkoMaria BulanovaShamala GuseinovaYuliana ChereshkevichMaria IliushkinaAlexander BeloborodovRoman Belyakov

Olesya NovikovaKimin KimRenata ShakirovaMaria ShirinkinaMay Nagahisa



Friday, November 1, 8pm

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CAST





Aya, a slave girl

Dances

D’Jampe



Indian dance



Orchestra Solos

Local Children

Ekaterina KondaurovaAndrei YermakovAndrei YakovlevYekaterina ChebykinaSoslan KulaevVasily ShcherbakovRoman BelyakovMaxim IzmestievLira Khuslamova


Ekaterina KondaurovaAndrei YermakovVlada BorodulinaYana SelinaAnastasia Lukina



Saturday, November 2, 1pm

CAST





Aya, a slave girl

Dances

D’Jampe



Indian dance



Orchestra Solos

Local Children

Maria KhorevaVladimir ShklyarovAndrei YakovlevAnastasia NuikinaSoslan KulaevVasily ShcherbakovKonstantin ZverevMaxim IzmestievLira Khuslamova

Yana SelinaAlexandra Khiteeva Svetlana TychinaSvetlana IvanovaAnastasia MikheikinaLaura FernandezDavid ZaleyevTamara Gimadieva Anastasia PetushkovaRoman MalyshevOleg DemchenkoMaria BulanovaShamala GuseinovaYuliana ChereshkevichMaria IliushkinaAlexander BeloborodovRoman Belyakov

Maria KhorevaVladimir ShklyarovRenata ShakirovaMaria ShirinkinaMay Nagahisa



Saturday, November 1, 8pm

Opposite: photo of Vladimir Shklyarov by Natasha Razina© State Academic Mariinsky Theatre

CAST

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Aya, a slave girl

Dances

D’Jampe



Indian dance



Orchestra Solos

Local Children

Olesya NovikovaKimin KimAndrei YakovlevNadezhda BatoevaSoslan KulaevVasily ShcherbakovRoman BelyakovMaxim IzmestievLira Khuslamova


Olesya NovikovaKimin KimVlada BorodulinaYana SelinaAnastasia Lukina



Sunday, November 2, 3pm

Documents

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