Ballet and dance

About the Section

Under IV Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum section “Ballet and dance” hosted 8 different events.

The round table dedicated to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO "Classical Heritage - Museum or Theatre?" became the key development of Cultural Forum. Head of the section Boris Eifman answered the main question of discussionThe ballet classics isn’t a museum, but isn’t a theater in its purest form. This is theatrical museuminspired by the spirit of the great author of the past”.

The panel discussion dedicated to the integration potential of the art of ballet hosted in the General Staff Building of the Hermitage.The key figures of this event - Swedish dancer and teacher Anna Laguna and prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Diana Vishneva – underscored the importance of ballet art for unity of people of different nationalities, religions and political beliefs.

Participants of IV St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum, representatives of the ballet’s community, Russian ballet Academy’s instructors took part in the round table "The House of Petipa" An important outcome of the round table was the signing of the Cooperation Agreement to student and academic exchange between the Academy of Russian Ballet named after Agripina Vaganova and the University of Paris-VIII of, Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France.
Under the cultural program St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman presented the ballet "On the other side of sin" dedicated to the end of the Year of the literature.

 

Head of the Section

BORIS EIFMAN

Art director of Eifman Ballet of St.Petersburg, People's Artist of Russia

Biography

Mr. Eifman is a graduate of the Department of Ballet Direction of Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg. He staged his first performances in the early 1970s at Maly Opera and Ballet Theater in Leningrad. In 1971-1977 he served as choreographer at Vaganova School of Choreography in  Leningrad.

 

In 1977 he founded New Ballet, a theater under the auspices of Leningrad Concert Organization, which was later renamed Boris Eifman St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater.

 

Mr. Eifman has won Russian State Prize for his ballet shows: 'Tchaikovsky', 'Don Quixote, or Crazy Man’s Fantasy', 'Karamazovs', 'Red Giselle', 'My Jerusalem'.

 

He has won several Golden Soffits, top award in theater life of St. Petersburg, and Golden Masks of the National Theater Prize. Mr. Eifman is cavalier of the Orders of Merit 4th, 3rd and 2nd class.

Events of the Section

14 december 2015

Monday

15 december 2015

Tuesday

16 december 2015

Wednesday

No program

10:30-12:30

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Dvortsovaya sq., 6/8. The General Staff Building, Blue Hall

11:00-14:00

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Program dedicated to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO: Round-table discussion “Classical Heritage –Museum or Theatre?”

Discussion dedicated to the topic of preservation, restoration and adaptation of classical masterpieces by Petipa, Bournonville, Perrot, and other eminent choreographers

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Theatre Square. 1. The Mariinsky Theatre. Historical scene

12:00-14:00

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Round table discussion “House of Petipa”

Nikolay Tsiskaridze became a moderator of round table discussion.

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Zodchego Rossi st., 2. Vaganova Ballet Academy

12:00-15:00

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Guided Tour “Ballet in St. Petersburg”

On the bus through the city, leaving from the Academic Capella.

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Moika River emb., 20, St. Petersburg State Academic Capella

15:00–18:00

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Guided Tour “Ballet in St. Petersburg”

By bus around the city, departure from the Academic Capella

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Moika River emb., 20. St. Petersburg State Academic Capella

16:00-18:00

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Master class
The event within the educational event flow of the section

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Bolshaya Pushkarskaya st.,14, Eifman Ballet of St.Petersburg

19:30-21:00

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Hommage à Louis XIV. Baroque Dances Reconstruction Performance

Reconstruction Performance

Supported by Committee for Culture of Saint-Petersburg

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Dvortsovaya emb., 32. The Hermitage Theatre

20:00-22:00

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Ostrovsky sq., 6. Aleksandrinsky theater (the main stage)

20:00-22:00

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Tchaikovskogo, 17, Hotel «Hotel Indigo St. Petersburg-Tchaikovsky"

22:15-22:45

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Ostrovsky sq., 6. Alexandrinsky Theatre. Main stage