International Festival Ballet
A fusion of classical elegance with modernist and 21st-century influences
This season, International Festival Ballet presents some very special gems of ballet literature:
SWAN LAKE
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography: L. Ivanov and M. Petipa
Editor Alex Bogutsky
Stage design and costumes: V. Okunev
THE NUTCRACKER
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography: L. Ivanov and M. Petipa
Editor A. Bogutsky
Stage design and costumes: V. Okunev.
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography: V. Vsevolozhski and M. Petipa
Artistic direction A. Bogutsky
Stage design and costumes: V. Okunev
GISELLE
Music: A. Adam
Choreography: J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa
Libretto: T. Gautier, J. Coralli, J. de Saint-Georges by Heinrich Heine
Set Design and Costumes by Vyacheslav Okunev (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg)
ABOUT THE TEAM
International Festival Ballet includes 42 dancers, all of whom are graduates of renowned Russian ballet schools: the Waganowa Academy in St. Petersburg, the Moscow Academy of Choreography, the Ufa Ballet School (which also has Rudolf Nurejev, probably the best contemporary dancer, as a graduate) and the Perm Ballet Academy.
ALREADY MORE
THAN A 1000 SHOWS
PRESS REVIEWS
Franken Nürnberg (Germany)
"Von perfektem Tanz und Choreografie bis zur fantastischen Lichtregie - das International Festival Ballet begeistert das Publikum."
Munchener Abendzeitung (Munich, Germany)
"Elegant und großzügig! Wie etwas aus einem Bilderbuch... Jeder neue Akt der Show war noch außergewöhnlicher als der vorherige..."
Danzateatro.es (Madrid, Spain)
"Es ist eine wahre Freude, die ästhetische Reinheit, die raffinierte Technik und die Harmonie des International Festival Ballet zu entdecken."
Wochenblatt Stuttgart (Germany)
"Congratulations for this next level dance performance from Ger!"
TZ (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
"The performance of the highest level! Indescribable applause for the St. Petersburg Festival-Ballet!"
DWZ Hannover (Germany)
"Nostalgic and brilliant!"
Die Abendzeitung München (Germany)
" This Swan Lake is a blockbuster!!!"