In autumn 2014, for the first time in its history, the Mikhailovsky Theatre is going on tour in the United States. From 11–23 November, the ballet company will perform at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York, and from 28–30 November, at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in California.
The Mikhailovsky Ballet has put together a tour programme including world classics and ballets from the Soviet period, as well as contemporary productions which demonstrate the company’s continual search for new artistic forms.
Presented by Ardani Artists
The Mikhailovsky Ballet has put together a tour programme including world classics and ballets from the Soviet period, as well as contemporary productions which demonstrate the company’s continual search for new artistic forms.
Presented by Ardani Artists
Giselle, ou Les Wilis
Fantasy ballet in two actsMusic: Adolphe Adam
Production: Nikita Dolgushin
Set and Costume Design: Vyacheslav Okunev
Lighting Design: Mikhail Mekler
November 11, 7:30 pm starring Natalia Osipova and Leonid Sarafanov Buy
November 12, 2:00 pm starring Anastasiya Soboleva and Victor Lebedev Buy
November 12, 7:30 pm starring Angelina Vorontsova and Ivan Vasiliev Buy
November 13, 7:30 pm starring Natalia Osipova and Leonid Sarafanov Buy
“One of the most precious jewels in the classical ballet crown” (The Sunday Express, UK); “a classic slice of the 19th-century supernatural” (The Evening Standard, UK). British critics have showered the Nikita Dolgushin’s version of Giselle at the Mikhailovsky with praise, and declared it a must-see. The performance offers a striking contrast between the sunny world of the living in the first act and the gloomy netherworld in the second. The idyll of the love story is destroyed by treachery. In Act II, it is “as all realism is blown to the winds” that the ballet “becomes the great, shivering drama it’s meant to be” (The Guardian, UK). The Mikhailovsky Company performs the entire ballet, with its time-tested choreography, precise mise-en-scène, and abundant historical details, with “clear, devoted style” (The Financial Times) or the lead performers, Giselle is the high point of their artistic talents, blending technical mastery with personal charisma.
