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The full Mikhailovsky Swan Lake with Ekaterina Borchenko and Victor Lebedev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OFua6ONOsg

Perren as Nikiya and Vasiliev as Solor. The second video (Shades) a bit disappointing imho. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R293_YYupg8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuzbQDR4ZL4

The Flames of Paris at Segerstrom Center for the Arts November 28 at 7:30 p.m. Jeanne - Oksana Bondareva Philippe - Ivan Vasiliev Diana Mireille - Irina Perren Antoine Mistral - Leonid Sarafanov Conductor - Pavel Bubelnikov November 29 at 2 p.m. Jeanne - Angelina Vorontsova Philippe - Ivan Zaitsev Diana Mireille - Irina Perren Antoine Mistral - Mario Labrador Conductor - Valentin Bogdanov November 29 at 7:30 p.m. Jeanne - Oksana Bondareva Philippe - Ivan Vasiliev Diana Mireille - Ekaterina Borchenko Antoine Mistral - Victor Lebedev Conductor - Pavel Bubelnikov November 30 at 2 p.m. Jeanne - Angelina Vorontsova Philippe - Ivan Vasiliev Diana Mireille - Irina Perren Antoine Mistral - Leonid Sarafanov Conductor - Pavel Bubelnikov

The full ballet! I believe from the premiere at the Mik. With Bondareva, Vasiliev, Borchenko and Korypaev. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJpBH8SPQPc

A short movie about Lebedev with DQ fragments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuZTbwdrnNk Auber Grand Pas Classique with Novikova: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYj4fGjVxFM Black Swan with Borchenko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifB9SBRcqR8

Dec. 10 The Sleeping Beauty Dec. 12 The Sleeping Beauty Dec. 13 Cipollino Dec. 14 Cipollino (two performances) Dec. 17 Cipollino Dec. 18 The Nutcracker Dec. 20 The Nutcracker (two performances) Dec. 24 The Nutcracker Dec. 27 The Nutcracker (two performances) Dec. 30 The Nutcracker Jan. 18 The Nutcracker (two performances) Jan. 21 The Nutcracker Jan. 23 The Nutcracker Jan. 24 The Nutcracker Jan. 25 The Nutcracker (two performances) Jan. 28 Giselle Jan. 29 Giselle Jan. 31 Giselle Feb. 04 The Flames of Paris Feb. 05 The Flames of Paris Feb. 06 The Flames of Paris Feb. 08 Cipollino (two performances) Feb. 12 La Bayadere Feb. 13 La Bayadere Feb. 15 La Bayadere Feb. 19 Don Quixote Feb. 20 Don Quixote Feb. 22 Don Quixote Feb. 23 Le Halte de Cavalerie. Class concert. White Darkness Feb. 27 Na Floresta. Nunc Dimittis. Prelude Feb. 28 Na Floresta. Nunc Dimittis. Prelude (two performances) Mar. 01 Na Floresta. Nunc Dimittis. Prelude Mar. 04 La Fille mal gardee Mar. 05 La Fille mal gardee Mar. 06 La Fille mal gardee Mar. 08 Swan Lake Mar. 09 Swan Lake Mar. 14 Cipollino Mar. 15 Cipollino (two performances) Mar. 18 Romeo & Juliet Mar. 19 Romeo & Juliet Mar. 20 Romeo & Juliet Mar. 21 Romeo & Juliet Mar. 25 The Sleeping Beauty Mar. 26 The Sleeping Beauty Mar. 27 The Sleeping Beauty Mar. 29 The Sleeping Beauty Apr. 01 Don Quixote Apr. 03 Don Quixote Apr. 04 Don Quixote Apr. 08 Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness Apr. 09 Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness Apr. 10 Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness Apr. 12 Giselle (two performances) Apr. 15 Swan Lake Apr. 16 Swan Lake Apr. 18 Swan Lake (two performances)

http://www.jackdevant.com/three-centuries-of-russian-ballet/

I also attended a dress rehearsal of the Prologue and Act I of Don Quixote, music by Ludwig Minkus The two leading stars of the company, Natalia Osipova as Kitri and Ivan Vasiliev as Basilio performed, and they were a joy to watch. I returned to see the revised full production staged by Mikhail Messerer, with Angelina Vorontsova (Kitri) and Victor Lebedev (Basilio). Both danced well, especially their Pas de Deux in Act III. However, Ekaterina Borchenko (The Queen of the Dryads) and Veronika Ignateva (Cupid) stole the show in the dream sequence in the third scene of the second act. They were superb. http://blacktiemagazine.com/New_York_Society/Aubrey_Reuben_November22_2014.htm

Jan. 03 Ballet Gala Tokyo International Forum Hall Fragments from the ballets The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Raymonda Starring Anna Kuligina and Andrey Yakhnyuk, Anastasia Soboleva and Farukh Ruzimatov, Miyako Yoshida and Denis Matvienko Jan. 04 Ballet GalaTokyo International Forum Hall Fragments from the ballets The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Raymonda Starring Anna Kuligina and Andrey Yakhnyuk, Anastasia Soboleva and Farukh Ruzimatov, Miyako Yoshida and Denis Matvienko Jan. 06 Giselle, ou Les WilisTokyo Bunka Kaikan Starring Angelina Vorontsova and Leonid Sarafanov Jan. 07 Giselle, ou Les WilisTokyo Bunka Kaikan Starring Anastasia Soboleva and Victor Lebedev Jan. 08 Le CorsaireTokyo Bunka Kaikan Starring Ekaterina Borchenko, Farukh Ruzimatov and Leonid Sarafanov Jan. 09 Le CorsaireTokyo Bunka Kaikan Starring Irina Perren, Farukh Ruzimatov and Victor Lebedev Jan. 10 Swan LakeTokyo International Forum Hall Starring Ekaterina Borchenko and Denis Matvienko Jan. 11 Swan LakeTokyo International Forum Hall Starring Angelina Vorontsova and Leonid Sarafanov Jan. 12 Swan LakeKanagawa Kenmin Hall Starring Irina Perren and Victor Lebedev Jan. 13 Swan LakeSeitoku University Starring Ekaterina Borchenko and Victor Lebedev

Soboleva and Venshchikov

Vorontsova

From Leena Hassan: Vorontsova a charming Kitri, but she doesn't strike me as a v. musical dancer. Where was her fan during Act III's variation? With his long lines & beautifully ached back, Lebedev's Basilio is a total departure from Vasiliev's. Both proved extremely satisfying.

Make a difference between the two ballerinas with similar names, who dance the Queen of Dryads - Borchenko and Bednenko! Nov. 20, 7:30 pm Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, Ekaterina Borchenko Nov. 21, 7:30 pm Angelina Vorontsova, Victor Lebedev, Ekaterina Borchenko Nov. 22, 2:00 pm Oksana Bondareva, Leonid Sarafanov, Svetlana Bednenko Nov. 22, 8:00 pm Angelina Vorontsova, Ivan Vasiliev, Ekaterina Borchenko Nov. 23, 2:00 pm Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev , Svetlana Bednenko

From Leena Hassan: I'll never be a Don Quixote fan, but Osipova/Vasiliev perform the ballet as if it matters. They give everything of themselves. I adore Osiliev's sense of joy in their own abilities. They endow their characters with warmth & with, but I missed Vasiliev's usual attentiveness in partnering Osipova and surprised at the lack of tenderness in the grand pas de deux. Messerer's traditional Don Quixote, with it's colourful designs & vivid character dances is one of the more engaging versions I've seen. E. Borchenko was gorgeously dignified as Queen of The Dryads. She has such a regal air and immaculate technique. https://twitter.com/leenahassan

From left to right: Anastasia Soboleva, Natalia Osipova, Angelina Vorontsova, Ekaterina Borchenko, Victor Lebedev, Ivan Vasiliev and Leonid Sarafanov

From Leena Hassan on Twitter https://twitter.com/leenahassan She wrote: A very exciting performance. I loved Vasiliev's aggression, Borchenko's musicality & Sarafanov's elegance. It appears that the stage at The Koch was too slippery tonight, with both Osipova & another dancer taking spills during Class concert. Borchenko found many shades in the speedy choreography, Osipova's lightness is stupefying, Sarafanov danced with crisp vivacity, Voronstova dazzled in a series of diagonal turns and Lebedev's sustained ronds de jambs en l’air took my breath away. V. Lebedev is a prime exemplar of Vaganova technique. His lyrical pd2 w/ Soboleva was a high point of a memorable performance. Wildly exciting 'Class Concert' had the audience on it's feet. It's a wonderful showcase for Mikhailovsky.

Final bows 11.11.2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooukcr1Y7Go

Final bows 18.11.2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_k01FQU_Yg

Class Concert (Vaganova, Lebedev, Borchenko, Soboleva, Vorontsova, Osipova, Vasiliev, Sarafanov, Zaytsev) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9-PVpMg-ao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkQYuX-GCx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2hzHx7SrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GaxENlKc2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBBLxIRNToc

Osipova danced two performances of Swan lake at the Mikhailovsky three years ago. She had a big public success, but many bad critics. She had it scheduled for this September with Hallberg. When he cancelled all his engagements, Osipova cancelled her performance of Swan lake. As for Borchenko, she has to be very upset not dancing Swan lake in NY. This is HER ballet. I don't believe the supporting roles can show all her talents. Here The Black Swan with Borchenko and Lebedev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifB9SBRcqR8 For me sounds like a bad joke. Ruzimatov has to dance Conrad. Both Borchenko and Perren are taller than him. This can never happen at the Mikhailovsky, but the Japan producers insist.

Perren performs many leading roles. In winter 2014–2015, the Mikhailovsky Theatre goes on tour to Japan. Le Corsaire Jan. 08 Ekaterina Borchenko, Farukh Ruzimatov and Leonid Sarafanov Jan. 09 Irina Perren, Farukh Ruzimatov and Victor Lebedev Swan Lake Jan. 10 Ekaterina Borchenko and Denis Matvienko Jan. 11 Angelina Vorontsova and Leonid Sarafanov Jan. 12 Irina Perren and Victor Lebedev Jan. 13 Ekaterina Borchenko and Victor Lebedev

I have to say that Mikhailovsky was under a great pressure by the organisers of this tour and by the managers. The theatre had to make some compromises. For instance, they don't bring their most successful production - Swan lake - because not an Osipova-Vasiliev repertoire. I recommend the "all Mikhailovsky" Saturday "Flames of Paris" (matinee) with Vorontsova, Zaytsev, Lebedev and Borchenko in a real primadonna role.

The Flames of Paris Bondareva, Vasiliev Vorontsova, Zaytsev Vorontsova Borchenko, Korypaev Borchenko, Shemiunov Vasiliev Vorontsova, Zaytsev, Borchenko