The Crown of the Russian Ballet, Edouard Miasnikov and the acclaimed international theatre company, the Royal Moscow Ballet will be coming to Emperors Palace this July and you could be there.
The show will be led by chief choreographer and principal dancer, Anatoly Emelianov, and artistic director, Anna Aleksidze.
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The dazzling double bill programme embraces Marius Petipa’s One Act Ballet, the Paquita with music by Ludwig Minkus and Anatoly Emilianov’s choreographic interpretation of the Firebird to the musical composition of Igor Stravinsky.
History of Paquita and The Firebird:
Paquita is the creation of French composer Édouard Deldevez and Paris Opera Ballet Master, Joseph Mazilier.
In 1847, Paquita was staged for the first time in Russia for the Imperial Ballet of St Petersburg by Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frédéric Malavergne.
In 1881, Petipa produced a revival of the ballet for which he added new pieces specially composed by Ludwig Minkus.
This included the Paquita pas de trois for the first act and the Paquita grand pas classique and the Mazurka des enfants for the last act.
Petipa’s version of Paquita was retained in the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1926.
Petipa’s 1881 additions for Paquita survived long after the full-length ballet left the stage.
Today these pieces, particularly the Grand pas classique, are major cornerstones of the traditional classical ballet repertoire and have been staged by ballet companies throughout the world.
The Firebird is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes Company. The original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of The Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner.
When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on June 25, 1910, the work was an instant success with both audience and critics. The ballet has historic significance not only as Stravinsky’s breakthrough piece but also as the beginning of the collaboration between Diaghilev and Stravinsky that would also produce the acclaimed ballets Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).
A set of double tickets will be given to a lucky winner who can correctly answer the following question:
Who is the artistic director leading this extravaganza?
The tickets are only valid for the Saturday, (July 21) show at 3pm.
The correct answer must be emailed to sheinar@caxton.co.za with the name – Crown of the Russian Ballet on the subject line and name, surname and contact details in the email.
Entries close on Monday (July 9) at 10am.
No children under the age of six years are allowed.
Tickets are also available from R200 – R350 from Computicket.
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