Russian National Ballet Theatre

The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.

1. The Sleeping Beauty Act III Pas de Deux

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography by Marius Petipa

 

Ekaterina Egorova, Marat Abdrakhmanov, Samat Abdrakhmanov, Nurlan Kinerbayev, Zanat Chubanov

 

2. The Ocean and the Pearls from The Little Humpbacked Horse

Music by Cesare Pugni

Choreography by Saint-Leon

Maria Klyueva, Dmitry Shchemelinin

 

3.Le Corsaire Pas de Deux

Music by Adolphe Adam

Choreography by Marius Petipa

Maria Klyueva, Alexander Daev

 

4. Melody

Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Choreography by Asaf Messerer

Olga Gudkova, Nurlan Kinerbayev

 

5. Cinderella Act III Adagio

Music by Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov

Ekaterina Pankovskaya, Viktoria Krakhmalyova, Dmitry Shchemelinin

 

6. Don Quixote Act III Grand Pas

Music by Leon Minkus

Choreography by Alexander Gorsky

Maria Sokolnikova, Aydos Zakan

 

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7. Pas de Quatre

Music by Cesare Pugni

Choreography by Anton Dolin

Ekaterina Egorova, Olga Gudkova, Elena Khorosheva

 

8. Allegro

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography by Vitaly Zabelin

Ekaterina Pankovskaya, Samat Abdrakhmanov, Marat Abdrakhmanov, Anton Baglikov, Zanat Chubanov

 

9. Dying Swan

Music by Camille Saint-Saens

Choreography by Michel Fokine

Maria Sokolnikova, Ekaterina Egorova

 

10. Selections from Paquita

Music by Leon Minkus

Choreography by Joseph Mazilier/Marius Petipa

Ekaterina Egorova, Aydos Zakan, and Soloists of the Corps de Ballet