"which means ""charming"" or ""pleasing"". In addition to the above suites, Tchaikovsky made a short sketch for a Suite in 1889 or 1890, which was not subsequently developed. Tchaikovsky himself arranged the suite from the ballet ""The Nutcracker."" He also considered making suites from his two other ballets, ""Swan Lake"" and ""The Sleeping Beauty"". He ended up not doing so, but after his death, others compiled and published suites from these ballets. Like ""Capriccio Italien"", the Serenade for Strings was inspired by Tchaikovsky's time in Italy and shares that work's relaxed buoyancy and melodic richness. The first movement, ""Pezzo in"
"the French and Russian revolutions and is considered a prime example of ""Soviet heroic dramballet."" It premiered at the Bolshoi a year later in slightly revised form with Vakhtang Chabukiani and later Aleksey Yermolayev starring as Jerome. Perhaps his other most celebrated production was his 1934 version of Tchaikovsky's ""The Nutcracker"", a production which was successfully revived in 1954, is available on DVD in a 1994 revival, and remains in the repertory of the company to this day. Other choreographers of the beloved Christmas ballet, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Yuri Grigorovich, have freely borrowed several ideas supposedly from the"
"Le baiser de la fée Le baiser de la fée (""The Fairy's Kiss"") is a ballet in one act and four scenes composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story ""Isjomfruen"" (English: The Ice-Maiden), the work is an homage to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for the 35th anniversary of the composer's death. Stravinsky elaborated several melodies from early piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky in his score. A commission by Ida Rubinstein from 1927, the ballet was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered"
"staging of ""The Nutcracker"" in 1954. Beginning in the 1960s, the tradition of performing the complete ballet at Christmas eventually spread to the rest of the United States. Since Gorsky, Vainonen and Balanchine's productions, many other choreographers have made their own versions. Some institute the changes made by Gorsky and Vainonen while others, like Balanchine, utilize the original libretto. Some notable productions include those by Rudolf Nureyev for the Royal Ballet, Yuri Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov for the American Ballet Theatre, Kent Stowell for Pacific Northwest Ballet starting in 1983, and Peter Wright for the Royal Ballet"
"score were used in the 2005 ballet ""Anna Karenina"", choreographed by Boris Eifman. The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad) The Voyevoda, Op. 78, is a ""symphonic ballad"" for orchestra, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1891. It is based on Alexander Pushkin's translation of Adam Mickiewicz's poem of that name. Tchaikovsky started work on the piece in September 1890, but did not finish it until close to the premiere over a year later. He was then actively engaged in finishing his last opera ""Iolanta"". The premiere of the ballad, which he conducted, took place on 18 November 1891, in Moscow. He was"
"Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet) Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, originally called Ballet Imperial, is a ballet in three movements made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for his earlier company, American Ballet Caravan, to the version of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2, originally composed in 1879–80, but later revised by Alexander Siloti. The ballet was given a preview performance on 29 May 1941 at the Little Theater of Hunter College in New York City. The premiere took place on 25 June 1941 at Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro. The ""Ballet Imperial"""
"Christmas party scene. Tchaikovsky was proud of the celesta's effect, and wanted its music performed quickly for the public, before he could be ""scooped."" Although the original ballet is only about 85 minutes long if performed without applause or an intermission, and therefore much shorter than either ""Swan Lake"" or ""The Sleeping Beauty"", some modern staged performances have omitted or re-ordered some of the music, or inserted selections from elsewhere, thus adding to the confusion over the suites. In fact, most of the very famous versions of the ballet have had the order of the dances slightly re-arranged, if they"
"success of the Christensen version marked the first step in making productions of ""The Nutcracker"" annual Christmas season traditions all over the world – a phenomenon that did not really come to flower until the late 1960s. The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen) Tchaikovsky's now-classic ballet ""The Nutcracker"" received its first complete production in the U.S. on 24 December 1944, performed by the San Francisco Ballet. This production used the ballet's original plot and was choreographed by Willam Christensen, who danced the role of the Cavalier. Gisella Caccialanza, the wife of Lew Christensen, danced the rôle of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The"
"P. I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (choreography after Marius Petipa, music by P. I. Tchaikovsky) ""Ballet MasterWorks"" (includes ""The Firebird"" choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, music by Igor Stravinsky; Serenade choreographed by George Balanchine, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky; and Petite Mort choreographed by Jiří Kylián, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) ""The Little Mermaid"" (choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, music by Michael Moricz), opening with Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 choreographed by Clark Tippet, music by Max Bruch) Colorado Ballet's 2015-2016 season opened on October 2, 2015. ""La Sylphide"" (choreography by August Bournonville, music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold) ""The Nutcracker"" (choreography after Marius Petipa, music"
"Carnaval (ballet) Carnaval (Russian: ""Карнавал"") is a ballet based on the music of Robert Schumann's piano suite ""Carnaval"", Op. 9, as orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov and Alexander Tcherepnin. It was choreographed by Michel Fokine to his own libretto, with costumes designed by Léon Bakst, and premiered in Pavlovsk on 5 March (old style, 20 February) 1910. The leading dancers of the Imperial Ballet were engaged in the production: Tamara Karsavina (Columbine), Leonid Leontiev (Harlequin), Vera Fokina (Chiarina), (Estrella), Bronislava Nijinska (Papillon), Vsevolod Meyerhold (Pierrot), Vasily Kiselev (Florestan), and (Eusebius). The ballet became world-famous due to its"
"- James Bournounville Laurencia - Vakhtang Chabukiani, version by Mikhail Messerer Notre-Dame - Roland Petit Cippollino - Genrikh Mayorov A Christmas Carol - Ivan Vasiliev Class Concert Halt de la Cavallerie L'Arlesiénne Le Jeune Homme et La Mort Labyrinth of Solitude Le Spectre de La Rose For 4 Jazzy Five Ko'D Mercy Passo Facada Mozart and Salieri Petroushka Sheherazade Shostakovitch Piano Concert Blind Affair Morphine Love is Everywhere Natasha's First Ball Rossini PDD Serenata PDD The Talisman PDD Underwood Kamarinskaya The Skydivers Ivan Vasiliev Ivan Vladimirovitch Vasiliev is a Russian ballet dancer. Born in Vladivostok, in 9 January 1989, he"
"Winter Dreams (ballet) Winter Dreams is a one-act ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan to piano pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky selected and arranged by Philip Gammon and traditional Russian music selected and arranged for guitar and mandolin ensemble by Thomas Hartman. With scenery and costumes designed by Peer Farmer and lighting designed by Clive Thomas, it was first presented by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, London, on 7 February 1991. Macmillan's ballet was inspired by Anton Chekhov's play ""Three Sisters"" (1900), sometimes named as one of his four best plays, along with ""The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull,"""
"music by Johann Sebastian Bach; Fancy Free (ballet) choreographed by Jerome Robbins, music by Leonard Bernstein; and a new work) ""Peter and the Wolf"" (choreography by Michael Smuin, music by Sergei Prokofiev, opening with Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 choreographed by Clark Tippet, music by Max Bruch) ""Giselle"" (music by Adolphe Adam) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""Cinderella"" (music by Prokofiev) ""Director's Choice"" (Traveling Alone choreographed by Amy Seiwert; Edwaard Liang’s Feast of the Gods; and a new work) ""The Sleeping Beauty"" (choreographed by Marius Petipa, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) Ballet MasterWorks (includes Igor"
"Snow Maiden). The Daughter of the Snows The Daughter of the Snows (also known as ""Snegurochka"" or ""La Fille des neiges"") is a fantastic ballet in three acts and five scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus. The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on the play ""The Snow Maiden"" by Alexander Ostrovsky, inspired by a Russian folk fairy tale about Snegurochka from the folklore collection by Alexander Afanasyev. The ballet premiered on 7 January 1879 at the St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Imperial Ballet. Principal dancers: Ekaterina Vazem"
"Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella (, ""Zolushka""; French: ""Cendrillon"") Op. 87, is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it Prokofiev broke off to write his opera ""War and Peace"". The premiere of ""Cinderella"" was conducted by Yuri Fayer on November 21, 1945, at the Bolshoi Theatre, with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and Galina Ulanova in the title role. ""Cinderella"" is notable for its jubilant"
"The Magic Mirror (ballet) The Magic Mirror () is a ""ballet-féerie"" in four acts and seven scenes, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa with music by Arseny Koreshchenko. The libretto is based on the fairy tale ""Snow White"" by the Brothers Grimm and the poem ""The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights"" by Alexander Pushkin. The ballet was premièred on the at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. ""The Magic Mirror"" was the final ballet to be staged by Petipa and was probably his most controversial. Prince Serge Volkonsky commissioned Petipa to create the ballet in"
"had to be excised for the ballet. Petipa gave Tchaikovsky extremely detailed instructions for the composition of each number, down to the tempo and number of bars. The completion of the work was interrupted for a short time when Tchaikovsky visited the United States for twenty-five days to conduct concerts for the opening of Carnegie Hall. Tchaikovsky composed parts of ""The Nutcracker"" in Rouen, France. The first performance of the ballet was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky's last opera, ""Iolanta"", on , at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Although the libretto was by Marius"
"Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre The Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre is an opera and ballet theatre in the city of Perm in Russia. It is one of the oldest theatres in the country, and it has remained a major musical centre during its history, in which many significant art events have taken place. Its ballet troupe is one of the most popular in Russia. The theatre is often named ""Tchaikovsky's House"", and all stage works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who was born in the region, are presented in its repertoire: 10 operas and 3 ballets. Festivals of Tchaikovsky's"
"of the ballet.) However, Baryshnikov, in his production of ""The Nutcracker"" did borrow Vainonen's choreography for the ""Snowflake Waltz"", and gave him credit for it in the billing. He also included, like Vainonen, a puppet show staged by Drosselmeyer during the Christmas Party scene. The puppet show foreshadows the later fantasy scenes by having a Prince, a Princess, and a Mouse King as characters. He later did new versions of the classical ballets: Raymonda (1938, Kirov Theatre), Harlequinade (1945, Minsk Theatre), The Sleeping Beauty (1952, Novosibirsk Theatre). His other ballets: Vasilenko's Mirandolina (1949, Bolshoi Theatre; 1965, Navoy Theatre, Tashkent), Gayane"
"The Daughter of the Snows The Daughter of the Snows (also known as ""Snegurochka"" or ""La Fille des neiges"") is a fantastic ballet in three acts and five scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus. The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on the play ""The Snow Maiden"" by Alexander Ostrovsky, inspired by a Russian folk fairy tale about Snegurochka from the folklore collection by Alexander Afanasyev. The ballet premiered on 7 January 1879 at the St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Imperial Ballet. Principal dancers: Ekaterina Vazem (as the"
"Gogol's ""Christmas Eve"", was to have been set to music by Alexander Serov. With Serov's death, the libretto was opened to a competition with a guarantee that the winning entry would be premiered by the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. Tchaikovsky was declared the winner, but at the 1876 premiere, the opera enjoyed only a lukewarm reception. After Tchaikovsky's death, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the opera ""Christmas Eve"", based on the same story. Other works of this period include the ""Variations on a Rococo Theme"" for cello and orchestra, the Third and Fourth Symphonies, the ballet ""Swan Lake"", and the opera ""Eugene Onegin"". Discussion"
"commentator Deems Taylor observes that he ""really detested"" the score.) Tchaikovsky accepted the commission from Vsevolozhsky but did not particularly want to write the ballet (though he did write to a friend while composing it: ""I am daily becoming more and more attuned to my task""). Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 première, forming ""The Nutcracker Suite"", Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Musical Society. The"
"Video in 2004, is a bestseller during the Christmas season. The DVD has now been released in the UK by Digital Classics. Although Tchaikovsky's ballet has been presented on TV many times in many different versions, the Baryshnikov version is one of only two to be nominated for an Emmy Award. The other one was Mark Morris' ""The Hard Nut"", Morris's intentionally exaggerated and satirical version of the ballet. Baryshnikov also performed in two Emmy-winning television specials, one on ABC and one on CBS, in which he danced to music from Broadway and Hollywood, respectively. During the 1970s and 1980s,"
"challenges Pharaoh and leads the people to freedom - a vivid prophetic picture pointing to the Easter story of what Jesus Christ did on Calvary. Most Incredible Christmas (Choreography Jiri Sebastian Voborsky) is a Broadway-style contemporary ballet that tells the story of a town’s contest to find the most extraordinary and incredible thing about the Christmas season. Contestants entertain the audience with loveable traditions, songs that capture the spectacle of the season, and reflections on the first Christmas. Set to heartwarming, familiar Christmas tunes from around the world, the evening’s contest comes to a close as the winner – Jesus,"
"– “La bohème” by Puccini<BR> 2002 – “The Bat“ by J. Strauss<BR> 2004 – “Carmen” by Bizet<BR> 2004 – “The Human Voice” by Poulenc<BR> 2004 – “Un ballo in maschera” by Verdi in Gwangju (Republic of Korea) <BR> 2004 – “Turandot” by Puccini in Incheon(Republic of Korea)<BR> 2006 – “Ivan Susanin” (“A Life for the Tsar”) by Glinka<BR> 2007 – “The Queen of Spades” by Tchaikovsky<BR> 2008 – “Cio-Cio San” by Puccini<BR> 2010 – “Otello“ by Verdi<BR> 2011 – “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky Repertoire includes more than 50 operas and ballets. Evgeny Sheyko Evgeny Sheyko (Russian: Евгений Борисович Шейко; born"
"published before its première Extracts from ""Cinderella"" authorized by the composer Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella (, ""Zolushka""; French: ""Cendrillon"") Op. 87, is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it Prokofiev broke off to write his opera ""War and Peace"". The premiere of ""Cinderella"" was conducted by Yuri Fayer on November 21, 1945, at the Bolshoi Theatre, with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and Galina"
"Russia's first Conservatories in St Petersburg and in Moscow: the former trained the great Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93), best known for ballets like ""Swan Lake"", ""Sleeping Beauty"", and ""The Nutcracker"". He remains Russia's best-known composer outside Russia. Easily the most famous successor in his style is Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), who studied at the Moscow Conservatory (where Tchaikovsky himself taught). Alexander Glazunov also took this romantic style. The late 19th and early 20th century saw the third wave of Russian classics: Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975). They were experimental in style"
"have not actually altered the music. For instance, the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version adds to Tchaikovsky's score an entr'acte that the composer wrote for act 2 of ""The Sleeping Beauty"", but which is now seldom played in productions of that ballet. It is used as a transition between the departure of the guests and the battle with the mice. Nearly all of the CD and LP recordings of the complete ballet present Tchaikovsky's score exactly as he originally conceived it. Tchaikovsky was less satisfied with ""The Nutcracker"" than with ""The Sleeping Beauty"". (In the film ""Fantasia"","
"G major. Trepak The Trepak () () is one of the several consecutive ethnic dances in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's famous ballet ""The Nutcracker"". It is based on the traditional Ukrainian folk dance known in Ukrainian as the tropak (or tripak). The piece is often also referred to as the ""Russian Dance"" (the other ethnic dances in the ballet have dual names as well, e.g. ""Tea"" is also known as the ""Chinese Dance""). The dance makes much use of ethnic Ukrainian folk melodies. Tchaikovsky's ""Trepak"" is written in AABA form. Its tempo is ""presto"", its time signature is , and its"
"The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen) Tchaikovsky's now-classic ballet ""The Nutcracker"" received its first complete production in the U.S. on 24 December 1944, performed by the San Francisco Ballet. This production used the ballet's original plot and was choreographed by Willam Christensen, who danced the role of the Cavalier. Gisella Caccialanza, the wife of Lew Christensen, danced the rôle of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The staging was a huge success and one critic wrote: ""We can't understand why a vehicle of such fantastic beauty and originality could be produced in Europe in 1892 with signal success [a factually erroneous claim] and never"
"Christmas Eve (opera) Christmas Eve (, ""Noch' pered Rozhdestvom""), is an opera in four acts with music and libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Composed between 1894 and 1895, Rimsky-Korsakov based his opera on a short story, ""Christmas Eve"", from Nikolai Gogol's ""Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"". The story had been used as the basis for an opera at least three times previously, including for Tchaikovsky's ""Vakula the Smith"" (1874). Oliver Knussen writes that ""Rimsky is only interested in recreating the atmosphere of the folk-tale, fleshing it out for his stage pageant in a comparable way to Humperdinck in ""Hansel"". Gerald"
"that composer's later operas, namely ""The Enchantress"" (1886), ""The Queen of Spades"" (1889 – with libretto after Pushkin by the composer's brother, Modeste Tchaikovsky), and ""Iolanta"" (1892 – also with libretto by Modeste Tchaikovsky). ""Iolanta"" (sometimes written as ""Iolanthe"") was commissioned expressly by Vsevolozhsky as the first part of a two-act gala evening which would conclude with a ballet called ""The Nutcracker"". This two-act ballet was intended to showcase the choreography of Imperial Ballet Master Marius Petipa but eventually was created by assistant balletmaster Lev Ivanov, due to Petipa's failing health. The premiere of ""Iolanta"" and ""The Nutcracker"" on December"
"La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan. In Saint Petersburg, at the Mikhailovsky Ballet, Leonid Sarafanov usually eclipsed his ballerina with his extraordinary classical technique and athleticism. Performances by most of these dancers were recorded and can be viewed on YouTube on the Internet. Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally intended for act 3 of ""Swan Lake"" (Op. 20, 1875–76). With costumes by Barbara Karinska and lighting by Jack Owen Brown, it was first presented by New York City Ballet at the City Center"