Bolshoi Ballet
- Address
post code 125009
Number One,Teatralnaya Square, Moscow, Russian Federation
Artistic Director - Sergei Filin
Tel.: +7 (495) 250-73-17
Fax: +7 (495) 692-66-90
www.bolshoi.ru
- Phone
- +7 (495) 692-08-18
Founded in 1776 by Prince Peter Urusov and Englishman Michael Maddox, the company started by giving performances in a private residence until 1780 when the Petrovka Theatre was acquired and the company began to present plays and operas.
In 1805, the Petrovka Theatre was destroyed by fire and in 1806 the administraion was taken over by the Imperial Government. But it was not until twenty years later that a new theatre on the site, designed by the architect Andrei Mikhailov, opened on 18 January 1825 with a performance of Fernando Sor's ballet Cendrillon.
This theatre was extensively damaged by fire in 1853 and was reconstructed by the architect Albert Cavos who also built the Mariinsky Theatre and renovated the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Albert Cavos was the son of opera composer Caterino Cavos, a naturalised Russian of Venetiam origin.
The Bolshoi Theatre reopened in 1856 and remained the home of the Bolshoi Ballet and the Bolshoi Opera until 2005 when the theatre closed for reconstruction, which is currently in progress. In the meantime, the ballet and opera companies are housed in the adjacent New Bolshoi Theatre, which was built in a record time of only six months.
The Bolshoi Ballet has given many historic performances in the Bolshoi Theatre, including the premiere of Marius Petipa's Don Quixote on 14 December 1869, the premiere of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, which took place on Saturday, 4 March 1877, and more recently, the premiere of Yuri Grigorovitch's legendary production of Spartacus in 1968.
The ballet company has had a succession of distinguished Artistic Directors. Since the 1950s these have included Asaf Messerer, Yuri Grigorovitch, Vladimir Vasiliev, Alexei Fadeyechev and, most recently, Alexei Ratmansky who was succeeded in 2008 by Yuri Burlaka. Sergei Filin became next Artistic Director on 2011.
The General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre is Anatoly Iksanov.
Performances
- A Legend of Love
By Y. Grigorovich 1961 - Anyuta
by V. Vasiliev 1986 - Carmen Suite
by A. Alonso 1967 - Chopiniana (Les Sylphides)
by M. Fokine 1893 - Chroma
by Wayne McGregor 2006 - Cinderella
by Y. Possokhov 2006 - Cipollino
by G. Mayorov 1974 - Class Concert (School of Ballet)
by A. Messerer 1963 - Coppelia
by M. Petipa 1884 - Don Quixote
by A. Gorskiy, M. Petipa - Esmeralda
by M. Petipa, J. Perrot 1886 - Giselle
by M. Petipa, J. Perrot, J. Coralli - Herman Schmerman
by W. Forsythe 1992 - In the Upper Room
by T. Tharp 1986 - Jeu de cartes
by A. Ratmansky 2005 - La Bayadere
by M. Petipa 1877 - La Fille mal Gardee
by F. Ashton 1960 - La Sylphide
by A. Bournonville 1836 - Le Corsaire
by M. Petipa 1863 - Leah
by A. Ratmansky 2001 - Lost Illusions
by Alexei Ratmansky 2011 - Paquita
by M. Petipa 1848 - Pique Dame
by R. Petit 2001 - Raymonda
by Y. Grigorovich 1984 - Romeo and Juliet
by Y. Grigorovich 1978 - Russian Seasons
by A. Ratmansky 2006 - Serenade
by G. Balanchine 1935 - Spartacus
by Y. Grigorovich 1968 - Swan Lake
by Y. Grigorovich 1969 - Symphony in C
by G. Balanchine 1947 - The Bright Stream
by A. Ratmansky 2003 - The Flames of Paris
by A. Ratmansky 2008 - The Golden Age
by Y. Grigorovich 1982 - The Lesson
by F. Flindt 1963 - The Nutcracker
by Y. Grigorovich 1966 - The Pharaoh's Daughter
by M. Petipa 1862 - The Sleeping Beauty
by M. Petipa 1890
Archive Performances
- Agon
by G. Balanchine 1957 - Bolt
by A. Ratmansky 2005 - Concerto Barocco
by G. Balanchine 1941 - Gaite Parisienne
by L. Massine 1938 - Le Tricorne
by L. Massine 1919 - Les Presages
by L. Massine 1933 - Middle Duet
by A. Ratmansky 1998 - Misericordes
by C. Wheeldon 2007 - Nijinsky
by M. Lavrovsky 2000
Persons
- Abdulin, Karim
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Alexandrova, Maria
Classical Ballet / Principal - Alexeev, Ivan
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Alizade, Chinara
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Allash, Maria
Classical Ballet / Principal - Andrienko, Yelena
Classical Ballet / Principal - Annadurdyev, Batyr
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Antonicheva, Anna
Classical Ballet / Principal - Antropova, Anna
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Averina, Ksenia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Balukova, Anna
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Baranov, Yuri
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Belogolovtsev, Dmitri
Classical Ballet / Principal - Belyakov, Artem
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Biktimirov, Vitaly
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Bolotin, Andrei
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Chudin, Semyon
Classical Ballet / Principal - Dmitrichenko, Pavel
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Efremov, Dmitri
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Filin, Sergei
Classical Ballet / Artistic Director - Godovsky, Yan
Classical Ballet / Principal - Golovin, Evgeny
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Gomes, Mariana
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Goryacheva, Anastasia
Classical Ballet / Principal - Grebenschikova, Yulia
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Grigorovich, Yuri
Classical Ballet / Choreographer - Gubanova, Anastasia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Gudanov, Dmitri
Classical Ballet / Principal - Hallberg, David
Classical Ballet / Principal - Kaptsova, Nina
Classical Ballet / Principal - Karaseva, Kristina
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Kern, Ksenia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Khokhlova, Daria
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Khromushin, Egor
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Kishneva, Olga
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Kobakhidze, Nelli
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Kretova, Kristina
Classical Ballet / Principal - Kruchkov, Mikhail
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Krysanova, Ekaterina
Classical Ballet / Principal - Kurochkin, Vadim
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Lantratov, Vladislav
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Leonova, Anna
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Liepa, Ilze
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Litvinova, Viktoria
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Lobukhin, Mikhail
Classical Ballet / Principal - Loparevich, Alexey
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Lopatin, Vyacheslav
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Lunkina, Svetlana
Classical Ballet / Principal - Lunkina, Yulia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Marchenkova, Olga
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Medvedev, Denis
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Melanin, Andrei
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Merkuriev, Andrei
Classical Ballet / Principal - Meskova, Anastasia
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Mikhalev, Ivan
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Nakhapetova, Anna
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Nikulina, Anna
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Obraztsova, Yevgenia
Classical Ballet / Principal - Okuneva, Anna
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Ovcharenko, Artem
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Pchelkina, Ksenia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Petukhov, Alexander
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Pronin, Ruslan
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Prorvich, Maria
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Rebetskaya, Anna
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Rodkin, Denis
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Ryzhkina, Marianna
Classical Ballet / Principal - Savin, Denis
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Semirechenskaya, Irina
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Sharkov, Egor
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Shipulina, Yekaterina
Classical Ballet / Principal - Sitnikov, Andrei
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Skvortsov, Ruslan
Classical Ballet / Principal - Smirnova, Olga
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Smolyaninov, Alexander
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Soboleva, Anastasia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Stashkevich, Anastasia
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Stepanenko, Galina
Classical Ballet / Principal - Surov, Maxim
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Tikhomirova, Anna
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Torgunakov, Alexei
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Tsiskaridze, Nikolai
Classical Ballet / Principal - Tsvirko, Igor
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Turazashvili, Anna
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Vikharev, Sergei
Classical Ballet / Choreographer - Vinogradova, Maria
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Vinokur, Anastasia
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Vlashinets, Angelina
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Vodopetov, Alexander
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Voituk, Alexander
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Volchkov, Alexander
Classical Ballet / Principal - Vorobiev, Alexander
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Vorontsova, Angelina
Classical Ballet / Corps de ballet - Yakusheva, Viktoria
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Zagrebin, Dmitry
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Zakharova, Svetlana
Classical Ballet / Principal - 岩田守弘,
Classical Ballet / Soloist
Archive Persons
- Burlaka, Yuri
Classical Ballet / Choreographer - Gracheva, Nadezhda
Classical Ballet / Principal - Neporozhny, Vladimir
Classical Ballet / Principal - Osipova, Natalia
Classical Ballet / Principal - Ratmansky, Alexei
Classical Ballet / Choreographer - Shpilevsky, Artem
Classical Ballet / Principal - Uvarov, Andrei
Classical Ballet / Principal - Vasiliev, Ivan
Classical Ballet / Principal