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	Ballet-Dance Magazine - Fifth International Mariinsky Ballet Festival - Opening Night - March 24, 2005
		Both the Mariinsky premiere of William Forsythe's "Approximate Sonata" and the world premiere of David Dawson's "Reverence", created specifically for six Kirov dancers, offered food for thought in their billing as 'two ballets in the manner of the 21st century'.
		The Kirov Ballet premiere of William Forsythe's "Approximate Sonata", first set on Frankfurt Ballet in 1996, was delivered in polished, expert fashion and with confidence by all involved.
		Viktoria Tereshkina returned (her second ballet of the evening) with the young Maxim Ziuzin and was challenged only perhaps by Petina for the 'most accomplished Forsythean' award among the Kirov ladies.
	www.ballet-dance.com /200504/articles/VFest20050324.htm (1758 words)

	Mariinsky Theatre
		Invited to Russia by the Empress Anna to teach dancing to palace servants, Lande’s school eventually evolved in the 1920s into the Vaganova Ballet school in St. Petersburg, which is responsible for training the majority of the most famous dancers in history.
		It was the Empress Catherine II who founded the Mariinsky Theatre in 1783 as a home for the developing arts of opera and ballet.
		Nijinsky especially was fated to have a great impact on the Russian ballet of the Mariinsky, and he became famous (or notorious, depending on one's view) at a young age for his daring costumes and choreography.
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/pete14/pete14.htm (2947 words)

	Ballet on DVD - The Kirov Ballet (The Mariinsky Ballet)
		The Sleeping Beauty is the grandest of all the surviving 19th-century ballets and the supreme achievement of the imperial Russian ballet.
		The Stone Flower is the last ballet for which Prokofiev wrote music, a love-story based on a fairy tale from the Urals, a mixture of real-life scenes and fantastic dreams, of classical dance and folk choreography.
		The ballet was not well received in its premiere production (Bolshoi, 1877); its success dates from the 1895 revival in St. Petersburg, in which the Tchaikovsky score was rearranged and a happy ending substituted for the original conclusion in which the hero and heroine die.
	www.convergentus.se /balletbooks/dvd-kirov.htm (1182 words)

	Ardani Artists Management
		The Mariinsky Ballet Company is closely linked with the entire history of the development of Russian choreographic art which has begun some 250 years ago.
		The history of the St Petersburg ballet in the 19th century was associated with the activities of Charles Didelot, Jules Perrot, and Arthur Saint-Léon.
		In 1869 the position of the principal ballet master was entrusted to Marius Petipa who markedly raised the professional standards of the company.
	www.ardani.com /mariinskybabout.htm (1785 words)

	What is the official name of the Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet?
		The name of the theater is "Mariinsky." Resident at the theater are an orchestra, an opera company, and a ballet company.
		However, the "Mariinsky" Ballet was unknown -- it was the Kirov Ballet with the world-class reputation and the revered tradition.
		For the 2003 world tour the ballet company is variously promoted as the Kirov, the Kirov-Mariinsky and the Mariinsky Ballet, depending on where the company is performing, who the audience is, and who wrote the promotional material.
	www.kirov.com /faq/FAQ00003.htm (513 words)

	Ballet-Dance Magazine - Fifth International Mariinsky Ballet Festival - Stars of World Ballet Gala Performance - April ...
		Andrey Ivanov opened the ballet as the growling walking "lion", and as he shifted into the complex choreography, it became clear the movements were already innate to him.
		Despite her long lines and hyper ballet body, her dancing felt cold and edgy; she was accurate, but it was difficult to detect any emergence of feeling from her beautiful lines.
		The solo from William Forsythe's ballet, "Limb's Theorem", created to Tom Williams' musical score by the same name, was danced energetically by Noah D. Gelber, formerly of the Frankfurt Ballet and here the unchallenged master of the Forsythe style.
	www.ballet-dance.com /200504/articles/MariinskyFestival20050403.htm (1367 words)

	Yulia Makhalina, Mariinsky Ballet
		Yulia Makhalina was born in Leningrad in 1968, studied at the Vaganova Academy (then the Leningrad Choreographic School) and graduated in 1985 from the class of Marina Vasilieva.
		She joined the Kirov Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet, but singled out by Vinogradov and under the guidance of Olga Moiseyeva and later Gennady Selyutsky she was quickly preparing and performing principal roles like Myrtha in Giselle, and already during her second season, Medora in Le Corsaire, and Odette/Odile.
		She is a recipient of the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in 1990, in Paris (with Igor Zelensky).
	www.for-ballet-lovers-only.com /Makhalina10.html (753 words)

	Svetlana Zakharova. The Official Site - Biography
		Instead of the expected second course, she was admitted directly to the third, the graduating course (in the class of Yelena Yevteyeva, the distinguished Kirov ballerina of the previous generation).
		In the Mariinsky company Svetlana was taken under the experienced wings of Olga Moiseyeva, with whom she would build a lasting rapport.
		She is a recipient of the Golden Mask Award (best female role in ballet) in 1999 for her performance in Balanchine's Serenade and in 2000 for her interpretation of Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty.
	www.svetlana-zakharova.com /Biography.html (454 words)

	Kirov's Bayadere -- background material - Ballet Talk
		In 1877, the ballet was a colourful encyclopædia of knowledge about India: cool temples under a canopy of palms, majestic palace walls, fanatical fakirs flagellating themselves during sacred dances, lithe bayadères, brightly coloured veils, elephants, tigers, cobras and opium hookahs.
		This was a typical practice in 19th century ballet and in classical art in general (for example, the cadenza ad libitum in the first part of piano concertos).
		The Mariinsky Theatre therefore considers it appropriate to use the Male Variation from the ballet The Talisman to music by Drigo, which was choreographed by Marius Petipa.
	ballettalk.invisionzone.com /index.php?showtopic=5965 (3010 words)

	Mariinsky Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mariinsky Theatre (Russian: Мариинский театр), also spelled Maryinsky Theatre {previously known as the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre (1860-circa 1920), the National Academy of Opera and Ballet (1920-1935), and the Kirov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named for Sergei Kirov (1935-1992)} is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia.
		The Imperial opera and ballet theatre in St Petersburg was established in 1783 at the behest of Catherine the Great, although an Italian ballet troupe had performed at the Russian court since the early 18th century.
		Originally, the ballet and opera performances were given in the wooden Karl Knipper Theatre on Tsaritsa Meadow, near the present-day Tripartite Bridge (also known as the Little Theatre or the Maly Theatre).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre (1175 words)

	Mariinsky Ballet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mariinsky Ballet, affiliated with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, is one of the most famous ballet companies in history.
		Following the October Revolution of 1917, the ballet master Agrippina Vaganova determined to continue the traditions and methods of the Russian Imperial Ballet.
		Her method laid the groundwork for the formation and development of classical ballet in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mariinsky_Ballet (261 words)

	Welcome to Vaganova Ballet Academy!
		During the second half of the 19th Century, the great ballet master Marius Petipa created 46 original ballets, many of which are still performed today on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, and throughout the world.
		The French influence on the Imperial Ballet School was enhanced by the teaching of Christian Johannson, Swedish by birth and a pupil of August Bournonville.
		Cecchetti was engaged as ballet master to the Imperial Theatre and this blending of Johannson's Franco-Russian style with the exhilaration of the Italian school produced some of the greatest dancers of all time.
	www.vaganova.ru /eng/hist_eng.html (1365 words)

	Great names of Russian Ballet
		Pavlova studied at the Imperial School of Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1891, joined the Imperial Ballet in 1899, and became a prima ballerina in 1906.
		The daughter of dancers Sergey Ulanov and Marie Romanova of the Mariinsky Theatre (called the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet during the Soviet period), Ulanova was trained in the Leningrad State School of Choreography, where she studied under Agrippina Vaganova.
		She staged many ballets for the Mariinsky company (called the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet during the Soviet period), notably Swan Lake (1933), with Galina Ulanova as Odette-Odile.
	www.aha.ru /~vladmo/great.html (2386 words)

	VI Int'l Ballet Festival-Mariinsky - Ballet Talk
		Last year tickets were not for sale from the Mariinsky itself on the internet until the end of January, but plenty of good seats were still available.
		Perrot's Russian version of 'Ondine/Naiad and the Fisherman,' 1851 or thereabouts, was said to have been the favorite ballet of the Tsar at that time, Nicholas I. A few months after the Petersburg premiere of the full ballet, he 'commanded' a performance of the Kingdom of the Naiads scene on a lake in Peterhof palace.
		Hmmm...those Romantic ballets seem to have followed the prescribed formula: nice young lad forgets his village sweetheart in favor of the ethereal femme fatale.
	ballettalk.invisionzone.com /index.php?showtopic=21008 (1348 words)

	Celebration 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The combined artistic forces of the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, one of the world’s oldest and most illustrious artistic institutions, will take up residence at The Center for a spectacular series of orchestral concerts and opera and ballet performances, all led by the baton of Valery Gergiev, the musical Titan of our era.
		The Mariinsky’s ballet company—no stranger to Orange County after three previous visits—will perform Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake, two opulently produced and beloved classics from a rich repertoire that has made the company among the most admired in the world.
		Gergiev has restored the Mariinsky to its former glory, a glory that in the fall of 2006 will embrace The Center and make its 20th Anniversary an event that audiences will remember for the rest of their lives.
	www.ocpac.org /countdown/mariinsky.html (849 words)

	Northern Ballet Theatre - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Northern Ballet Theatre, Leeds-based dance company founded by Canadian-born Laverne Meyer as the Northern Dance Theatre in Manchester in 1969, the...
		The Royal Ballet, the Birmingham Royal Ballet (formerly Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet), the English National Ballet, and the Northern Ballet Theatre...
		In 1997 Valery Gergiev, director of the Mariinsky Theatre, took over the directorship of the ballet company as well, and appointed Makharbeq Vaziev,...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Northern_Ballet_Theatre.html (148 words)

	Mariinsky.ru
		The Mariinsky Theatre´s Der Ring des Nibelungen will be performed at Las Palmas (Canary Islands, April 2007, reopening the Teatro Pérez Galdos after reconstruction) and at the Metropolitan Opera (New York, USA, July 2007).
		Valery Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire at the close of the Moscow Philharmonic Festival, which marks one hundred years since the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich.
		Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev has been named Musician of the Year 2006 in the category "The Blue Pages.
	www.mariinsky.ru /en (256 words)

	Premiera hotel, St.-Petersburg - A stone's thow away from the Mariinsky (Kirov) theatre
		The history of the Mariinsky Ballet Company dates from 1783, when the Bolshoi Theatre was opened on the site now occupied by the Conservatoire.
		The unique curtain, an emblem of the Mariinsky Theatre, was created in 1914 by the famous designer Alexander Golovin.
		Previously dark red, its colour scheme was altered to blue in 1952 by the artists Simon Virsaladze and Mikhail Zandin, in keeping with the general tone of the auditorium´s decor.
	www.spbhotel.com /eng/mariinsky (649 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Ballet ready for Russian invasion
		For the Mariinsky, competing for a fat profit does not appear to be the aim of this July visit.
		But the Mariinsky's repertoire at the Coliseum consists solely of the work of St Petersburg's native son, much of it barely known outside Russia.
		Paul Cardwell, a director of the UK-based Mariinsky Theatre Trust, says the focus of this tour is not to achieve the kind of commercial success seen in well-known ballets like the Nutcracker.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/5173728.stm (721 words)

	Ardani Artists Management
		Flemming Flindt was born and educated in Copenhagen, Denmark, and became a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet.
		In 1989 he was engaged as a dancer with The Australian Ballet, where he rose to the rank of leading soloist, performing such principal roles as Des Grieux in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, Lensky in John Cranko's Eugene Onegin, Camille in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow, and Alan Strang in Equus.
		He began his pedagogic career in the Mariinsky Theater and in 2003 was appopinted ballet master and repetitor of the Mariinsky Theater Ballet.
	www.ardani.com /kingsabout.htm (2490 words)

	Ballet Academy Revisited
		In the world of ballet she was long known as "the divine" Asylmuratova, widely recognized as perhaps the greatest Russian ballerina of the late 20th century.
		One of the leading ladies for this performance was Anna Lavrinyenko, 18, a Muscovite who began her ballet studies at the rival Bolshoi Ballet academy in the capital before transferring to the Vaganova three years ago.
		On the Mariinsky rehearsal stage, buried somewhere in the bowels of the old building, the girlish adolescent with whom I had been talking a moment before was banished, and in an instant Anna was transformed into a serious artist.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2005/08/16/201.html (1951 words)

	Leigh Witchel: San Francisco Ballet and the Ballet Pantheon
		The company has rarely had great repertory and today is no exception; it consists of a lot of barely ballet foisted upon it by a directorship uninterested in the classics.
		Mariinsky Ballet – I have not gotten to watch either of the Russian companies in the same detail as I have the previous companies.
		San Francisco Ballet is not at the level of these companies, but it’s breathing hard down their necks.
	www.leighwitchel.com /blog/archives/2006/07/san_francisco_b_1.html (1038 words)

	TicketsOfRUSSIA.ru - Mariinsky theatre
		Ever since the nineteenth century, the Mariinsky Theatre - a jewel in the crown of Russian Imperial theatres, which in the past enjoyed the direct patronage of the Romanov family - has been an important cultural symbol of Russian statehood.
		The history of the Mariinsky Theatre and its integration into the world opera community thus developed under the dual influence of the aesthetics of Russian national opera and the West European musical theatre, all under the watchful eye of demanding St.Petersburg public.
		The Mariinsky Opera also plays an important role in the world of opera in general, through its foreign tours, participation in international festivals and co-production with the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, Oper der Stadt Bonn, New York's Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera.
	www.ticketsofrussia.ru /kirov/eng/opera/history.html (637 words)

	witchel-bayaderes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Royal Ballet imported Daria Pavlenko as Nikiya for few performances in October, and at the Michigan Opera House she was scheduled to perform on the same night as scheduled in London in what was a remarkable act of bilocation, wishful thinking, or the usual cavalier attitude of the Mariinsky management towards reporting casting.
		It’s not fair to ask the Royal Ballet to be the Mariinsky; its lyric gifts were not formed the same way as the Mariinsky’s expansive ones and both are reflected by the society that made them and the very theaters in which they perform.
		The Royal corps de ballet shows its greatness in places you don’t expect it; a beautiful performance of the dance immediately after the pas de deux where the leading shadows returned or in the corps’ ghostly salute in unison to the couple before the scarf dance.
	www.danceviewtimes.com /intl/2bayaderes.htm (2696 words)

	M&M Art Travel - Russian Ballet Tour to St. Petersburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Working in a close cooperation with the Russian Imperial Hermitage Ballet Company - one of the best ballet companies not only in Russia, but in the whole world, M&M Art Ltd. is contracted to arrange a tour of this company to the United States in the years 2005.
		Ballet training classes which will be held with the current stars of the world famous Mariinsky theatre and will only cost $65 per lesson (1 hour 15 min).
		A visit to the Academy of Russian Ballet named after A. Vaganova and its unique museum with rare photographs and original costumes of the world famous graduates of the school.
	www.mmarttravel.com /tours/educational/ballet/ballet.php (376 words)

	The Mariinsky Theatre's Costume Departments for the Kirov Opera and Ballet
		The Mariinsky design folks were planning to make a web site in future, but presently don't have the resources to do all that they wish in this area, so they were open to somebody putting something about them on the web, to fill in the gap while they build their own site.
		Now the shops mainly service The Mariinsky's needs, as well as the needs of The Mariinsky's two resident companies, The Kirov Ballet, and The Kirov Opera when they tour, and/or do a co-production with a foreign company.
		Since their costumes will be used for years, if not decades of repertory production, they are built with the sturdiness and quality usual to serious opera and ballet companies the world over.
	www.costumes.org /TRAVEL/00pages/maryinski.htm (1745 words)

	Kirov Ballet - Marc Haegeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		She is one of the up-and-coming youngsters in the company: long-limbed, hard-edged and rather limited in emotional expressivity.
		As would be obvious during the whole of the season in London, the Mariinsky currently suffers from a severe dearth of real personalities, and the second-soloist level, especially, was surprisingly weak.
		There is very little doubt that the Mariinsky corps de ballet remains the true star in "Swan Lake" while the national dances in the ballroom Act still look totally right and were once more the true highlights of the performances.
	www.danceviewtimes.com /2005/Summer/05/kirov2.htm (1055 words)

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