Dance
A Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya: Program B
- 7:30PM
BAM and the Mariinsky present
A Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Musical direction by Valery Gergiev
Conducted by Alexei Repnikov
Featuring Uliana Lopatkina
For decades, the legendary Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015)—muse to choreographers Yuri Grigorovich, Alberto Alonso, and Maurice Béjart—was synonymous with Russian ballet. A star in the truest sense of the word, she is remembered for the ravenous intensity of her hyperphysical dancing and the spitfire personality that captivated audiences around the world, onstage and off. Following her passing in May 2015, the Mariinsky presents an extended tribute to this iconic performer, comprising four distinct mixed programs featuring the incomparable Diana Vishneva and longstanding principal Uliana Lopatkina, performing with live accompaniment by the Mariinsky Orchestra.
In Program B, Lopatkina is joined by Vladimir Shklyarov, Andrey Ermakov, and other soloists of the Mariinsky Ballet to pay tribute to legends of Russian ballet Anna Pavlova (1881—1831) and Vaslav Nijinsky (1889—1950), who started the path to international acclaim for Plisetskaya.
All programming subject to change.
Major support for the Mariinsky Tour of the Americas provided by Veronica Atkins and Susan Carmel Lehrman
Yoko Nagae Ceschina
Additional support provided by Olivier and Desiree Berggruen
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina
Choreography by Aleksandr Gorsky, revised version by Uliana Lopatkina
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Performed by Valeriya Martinuk & Alexei Popov
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Robert Schumann
Performed by Maria Shirinkina and Vladimir Shklyarov
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina & Roman Belyakov
Choreography by John Neumeier
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina and Andrey Ermakov
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Valeriya Martinuk and Alexei Popov
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Performed by Ekaterina Osmolkina and Maxim Zyuzin
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina and Andrey Ermakov
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Maria Shirinkina and Vladimir Shklyarov
Choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (1841), revised by Marius Petipa (1884)
Music by Adolphe Charles Adam
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by Ekaterina Osmolkina, Vladimir Shklyarov, and Roman Belyakov
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Diana Vishneva in Alonso’s Carmen Suite, Lopatkina performing Fokine’s The Dying Swan, and Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra in Ravel’s Bolero with a video homage to Plisetskaya.
Diana Vishneva performs Alberto Alonso’s Carmen Suite with members of the Mariinsky Ballet and then dances Carolyn Carlson’s intimate solo Woman in a Room.
Uliana Lopatkina is joined by other soloists of the Mariinsky Ballet to pay tribute to legends of Russian ballet Maya Plisetskaya, Anna Pavlova, and Galina Ulanova.
A new staging of Chekhov’s masterpiece from Lev Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre.
Valery Gergiev and three renowned soloists perform all five piano concertos by Prokofiev.
William Christie and his acclaimed early-music ensemble Les Arts Florissants return to BAM.