Dance
A Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya: Program D
- 7PM
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 D, Lopatkina is joined by Vladimir Shklyarov, Andrey Ermakov, and other soloists of the Mariinsky ballet to perform a suite of masterworks by Petipa, Fokine, Messerer, Petit, and others. The timeless solos and duets that comprise this century-spanning evening are true gems of the Russian repertoire—dedicated to Plisetskaya, Anna Pavlova (1881—1831), and Galina Ulanova (1910—1998), the venerable primas who defined the roles.
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 and Andrey Ermakov
Choreography by Alberto Alonso
Music by Rodion Shchedrin after Georges Bizet
Performed by Ekaterina Osmolkina and Maxim Zyuzin
Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov
Music by Boris Asafyev
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina and Andrey Ermakov
Choreography by Asaf Messerer
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by Valeria Martinuk and Maxim Zyuzin
Choreography by Leonid Yakobson
Music by Farid Yarullin
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina and Andrey Ermakov
Choreography by Roland Petit
Music by Gustav Mahler
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina, Maria Shirinkina and Roman Belyakov
Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov
Music by Boris Asafyev
Performed by Ekaterina Osmolkina and Maxim Zyuzin
Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina and Andrey Ermakov
Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich
Music by Arif Melikov
Performed by Maria Shirinkina and Vladimir Shklyarov
Choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (1841)
Revised choreography by Marius Petipa (1884)
Music by Adolphe Charles Adam
Performed by Valeria Martinuk and Alexei Popov
Choreography by Marius Petipa (1869)
Revised choreography by Alexander Gorsky (1900)
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina and Vladimir Shklyarov
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Music by Rodion Schedrin
Performed by Uliana Lopatkina
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by Ekaterina Osmolkina, Maxim Zyuzin, Valeria Martinuk, and Alexei Popov
Choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani
Music by Alexander Crain
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.
Uliana Lopatkina is joined by other soloists of the Mariinsky Ballet to pay tribute to legends of Russian ballet Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Maya 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.
The beloved company returns to BAM with the iconic work Set and Reset, and others.
A new staging of Chekhov’s masterpiece from Lev Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre.
William Christie and his acclaimed early-music ensemble Les Arts Florissants return to BAM.