ROMEO & JULIET
Romeo and Juliet tell us a tragic love story between two young people. Written by Shakespeare in 1595, is considered by all a masterpiece, inspired great choreographers, who adapted it to ballet; managed to turn brilliantly written history, a charming masterpiece of classical ballet.
Two distinguished families of Verona, where the action unfolds, harass up by old quarrels, staining his hands with blood. Within these two families are born predestined two lovers - Romeo and Juliet - who succumb in the pain inflicted by the sense of loss, the tragic outcome of this story reveals a feeling of intense love that death could not separate.
Russian classical ballet. M. Petipa was founded in 2007.
“The talent and dedication to the classical traditions of Russian ballet” is the creative motto of the theatre. Its main goal is twofold: on the one hand, the preservation of the classical traditions of Russian ballet, the creative heritage of its great masters; on the other hand, the search for current forms of choreographic art, the study of new plastic directions and possibilities of choreography.
The repertoire is based on such masterpieces of the world ballet as “Giselle” by A. Adan, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Cinderella” by S.S. Prokofiev, “Don Quixote” by L. Minkus, “Carmen Suite” by Bizet - Shchedrin, etc. The special page of the theatre repertoire is three ballets by P.I. Tchaikovsky ("Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "Sleeping Beauty").
To date, the team has more than 40 ballet dancers. These are graduates of the strongest choreographic schools of Russia and the former USSR - Moscow, Leningrad-Petersburg, Perm, Novosibirsk, Kiev, etc.
The theatre toured in many countries of the world: Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Luxembourg, China, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, USA, United Arab Emirates, etc.
The artistic director of the theatre, Valentin Gryshchenko, is sure that ballet is not just a spectacle: it is an art form that requires special sensitivity from the performer and the audience. Preserving the traditions of Russian classical ballet, the theatre contributes to the development of this type of art throughout the world.
Age category 6+