Perm Opera Ballet in Canada
PERM OPERA BALLET toured in Canada for the first time from February 22 to 26, 2017 with 6 representations of Tchaikovsky The Swan Lake in Natalia Makarova's version of the famous choreography on the stage of Place des Arts, the most prestigious performing arts center of Montreal.
Three tons of costumes and scenery were shipped from Oural of Russia across the Atlantic Ocean to Montreal for the rich and high quality performances. The 80 participants of the tour, including 68 dancers, presented six shows of the ballet Swan Lake in a version of the Great Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova. The famous music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky was performed by the 60 musicians of Les Grands Ballets Orchestra conducted by the Principal conductor of the Perm Opera Ballet Theatre, Honored artist of Russia, People's artist of Bashkortostan, winner of the National theatre award "Golden Mask", Valery Platonov.
The average occupancy rate during the tour of the Perm ballet was 97%, while hall capacity is almost 3,000 seats. 17,128 spectators saw Perm ballet’s Swan Lake! Outstanding gests saw the performances, among them several directors of the leading theatres and concert halls of America and Europe, the most reputable journalists, the famous Canadian choreographer Edouard Lock, The Consul of the Russian Federation in Montreal, artists of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and students of Quebec high school of dance.
The tour of The Perm Opera Ballet Theatre presented not only the true traditions of Russian classical ballet, but also allowed to reveal the secrets of the Russian ballet school – the principal ballet masters of the Perm Ballet Theatre gave master-classes.
The tour had a stunning success! The Perm Opera Ballet Theatre showed in Canada the famous school of Russian classical ballet, a new generation of the talented young dancers, fine technique of classical dance and musicality. The performances gave a unique opportunity to the spectators of Montreal to see the great masterpiece of the Russian classical repertoire and choreography of the great Russian choreographers – Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa.
The Swan Lake of Perm Ballet was an unforgettable event for the Canadian audience and will stay in the history of Montreal forever!
“Perm ballet theatre in Montreal / Magnificent Swan Lake
The Perm Ballet Theatre does not disregard the tradition of offering an extremely faithful and precise version: the dancers all come from the Perm Ballet School.
The precision of the movements is impressive. The Lake is also known for the difficulty for the corps de ballet to dance together (the swans are numerous and must be very coordinated) but again, this does not seem to be a problem for the Perm Ballet.
But one thing is certain, great attention is paid to the quality by dancers and ballet masters. Among the most striking aspects are the figures in positioning, the simultaneity of the dancers who learned to look at and listen to each other, and the great qualities of each one: we see unity in bodies and technique. There is something indefinable that belongs to Russia and can be transcribed with such an accuracy only by a Russian company.
The scenery and costumes are a tribute to the cultural richness of Russia, which preserves its artistic heritage: always magnificent, but never vulgar, brilliant and doing justice to the greatness of Russian knowledge.
The main soloist of the evening was extremely vivid in the roles of Odette and Odile [Inna BILASH], bringing a seductive touch to the role of the black swan and a lot of gentleness to the white swan.
What are fascinating above all in this ballet are the alternating contrasts from the beginning to the end and the extreme purity of the choreography.”
“The Montreal was presented with a unique opportunity to host the most iconic classical ballet swan lake, produced by Russia’s The Perm Ballet company
The Russian ballet school produces dancers that surprise with their excellence of technique, physical performance and stamina, and most of all, with the overall artistic effect they deliver.
The choreography of this ballet is superb, the stage design enchanting, the rhythms and the flow of the dance and of the story line are precisely timed, and the gamut of color combinations very expressive.”
Perm Opera Ballet in France
to participate in Robbins Centennial Tribute at the Les Etés de la Danse Festival, June 28th to 30th, 2018
Les Etés de la Danse is one of the world’s most prestigious festivals. In 2018 it is dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the outstanding American choreographer Jerome Robbins. In honor of this celebration five world famous ballet companies will perform together :
New York City Ballet
Joffrey Ballet
Miami City Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Perm Opera Ballet
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Alexey Miroshnichenko the Perm Opera Ballet will present in Paris its ballet stars such as: Polina Buldakova (Laureate of the “Arabesk” International Competition, newspaper Russia Beyong included her to “5 new faces of Russian Ballet 2017/2018 season”, Inna Bilash (Grand Prix of the TV Competition “Bolshoï Ballet”, Winner of the “Arabesk” International Competition), Nikita Chetverikov (Grand Prix of the TV Competition “Bolshoï Ballet”, Winner of the “Arabesk” International Competition, Prize-winner of Marius Petipa Award, Winner of Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix), as well as principals such as Albina Rangulova, Denis Tolmazov, Ksenia Barbashyova, Evguenia Chetverikova, Anna Poïstogova, Olga Zavgorodnyaya, Taras Tovstyuk, Alexander Taranov – over 55 dancers.
Perm Opera Ballet will perform the famous Robbins’ production “The Four Seasons”, music by Giuseppe Verdi, with Orchestra Prométhé (Paris) conducted by Perm Opera Ballet Maestro Artem Abashev.
Traditionally held at the historic Théâtre du Châtelet, this year Les Etés de la Danse will take place in the new, modern and amazing concert hall “La Seine Musicale”.
Performances by Perm Opera Ballet are scheduled on June 28th 8 p.m., June 29th 8 p.m., June 30th 14:30 p.m. an 8 p.m.
Perm Opera Ballet Executive representative in France and North America RUS ART productions organizes the tour of Perm Ballet in Paris, for Les Etés de la Danse Festival. The General Producer of the tour Anastasia Kovalenko.
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