MK Triple Bill (7pm-St. Petersburg)

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Prodigal Son. Reverence. Etudes.

ballets in one act

Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Gavin Bryars, Karl Czerny

Yulia Makhalina

Alina Somova

Andrian Fadeyev

Andrei Merkuriev

Conducted by Mikhail Agrest

The II festival Maslenitsa

Prodigal Son

ballet in three scenes

Music: Sergei Prokofiev (Op. 46, 1928-29)

Choreography: George Balanchine (1929)

Book: Boris Kochno (after the biblical parable)

Scenery and costumes: Georges Rouault (1929)

Scenery executed: Prince A. Schervashidze

Costumes executed: Vera Soudeikina

Staging: Karin von Aroldingen and Paul Boos

Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: May 21, 1929, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris

Premiere in the Mariinsky Theatre: December, 14, 2001

Running time: 40 minutes

Reverence

ballet in one act

Music: Gavin Bryars (String Quartet No. 3, 1998)

Choreography: David Dawson (2005)

Costumes: Yumiko Takeshima (2005)

Assistant Choreographer: Aaron Watkin

Lighting design and Production Manager: Bert Dahlhuisen (2005)

World premiere: March 24, 2005, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

The production of David Dawson ballet Reverence is supported by the Stiftung der Freunde des Mariinsky Theaters (Germany).

Running time: 23 minutes

Etudes

ballet in one act

Music: Karl Czerny

Choreography: Harald Lander (1948)

Arranged: Knudеge Riisager

Staging: Josette Amiel

Lighting concept: Josette Amiel

Lighting design realized: Vladimir Lukin

Premiere: 15 January 1948, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen,

Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 18 April 2003

Sponsored by the Mariinsky Theatre Trust (UK)

Running time: 45 minutes