THE MIKHAILOVSKY BALLET ST PETERSBURG announces London Coliseum dates

THE MIKHAILOVSKY BALLET ST PETERSBURG

ANNOUNCES LONDON DATES

TUESDAY 26 MARCH – SUNDAY 7 APRIL

LONDON COLISEUM

Natalia Osipova in Don Quixote
Photo by Stas Levshin

This spring the Mikhailovsky Theatre Ballet company makes a welcome return to the London Coliseum, 26 March – 7 April, to present a programme featuring ballets by the Artistic Director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Ballet company, Nacho Duato, in addition to classics Giselle, Don Quixote, and Laurencia. The performances will feature Mikhailovsky Theatre ballet stars Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, and Leonid Sarafanov, as well as guest principal dancers Polina Semionova and Marcelo Gomes.

The programme will include Nikita Dolgushin’s version of Giselle, first seen in London during the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s 2008 visit. The principal roles will be danced by partners, Polina Semionova and Marcelo Gomes; Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev; and by Olesya Novikova and Leonid Sarafanov.

The ever popular Don Quixote gives the dancers an opportunity to demonstrate their virtuosity, temperament, and acting skills. On 30 and 31 March, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev will dance the roles of Kitri and Basilio. In the matinee performance on 31 March these parts will be danced by Oxana Bondareva and Denis Matviyenko.

Laurencia is a production from the ‘golden age’ of Soviet ballet revived by the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s Principal Guest Ballet Master Mikhail Messerer, an acknowledged expert on ballet heritage. On 2 and 3 April London audiences will see Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, whose phenomenal performance of this ballet continues to captivate audiences all over the world.

The season will also include Nacho Duato’s full-length ballet Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness which is a choreographic tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach. On 5 and 6 April the company’s guest prima ballerina Polina Semionova will make her debut in this ballet. Critics have described it as “a real triumph” that stands among the master’s greatest works.

On 7 April, an evening of three Nacho Duato one-act ballets, Without Words, Nunc Dimittis, and Prelude, will give London audiences a vivid impression of the choreographer’s renowned original style.

LONDON REPERTOIRE

GISELLE, OU LES WILIS, 26 - 29 March

Tuesday 26 March, 7.30pm Principals – Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev

Wednesday 27 March, 7.30pm Principals – Polina Seminova, Marcelo Gomes

Thursday 28 March, 7.30pm Principals – Polina Seminova, Marcelo Gomes

Friday 29 March, 7.30pm Principals – Olesya Novikova, Leonid Sarafanov

Conductor – Valery Ovsyanikov

DON QUIXOTE, 30 - 31 March

Saturday 30 March, 7.30pm Principals – Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev

Sunday 31 March, 3pm Principals – Oksana Bondareva, Denis Matvienko

Sunday 31 March, 7.30pm Principals – Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev

Conductor – Pavel Bubelnikov

LAURENCIA, 2 & 3 April

Tuesday 2 April, 7.30pm Principals – Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev

Conductor – Valery Ovsyanikov

Wednesday 3 April, 7.30pm Principals – Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev

Conductor – Valentin Bogdanov

MULTIPLICITY. FORMS OF SILENCE AND EMPTINESS, 5 & 6 April

Friday 5 April, 7.30pm Principals – Polina Semionova, Leonid Sarafanov

Saturday 6 April, 7.30pm Principals – Polina Semionova, Leonid Sarafanov

Conductor – Mikhail Tatarnikov

WITHOUT WORDS. NUNC DIMITTIS. PRELUDE, 7 April

Sunday 7 April, 3pm Principal – Leonid Sarafanov

Conductor – Valentin Bogdanov

LISTINGS INFORMATION:

Dates: Tuesday 26 March – Sunday 7 April        

Press Performances:

26 March – Giselle

27 March – Giselle

30 March – Don Quixote

2 April – Laurencia

5 April – Multiplicity

7 April (3pm) – Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Prelude

Times: 7.30pm; Matinee Sunday 31 March and 7 April, 3pm

Tickets: £10 - £70

Box Office: 020 7845 9300 /www.eno.org