Moscow Ballet and DanceArts Studio announce all new ballet Repertory Program
- When: Monday, August 29, 2011, time TBA
- Where: DanceArts Studio, 978 Airport Road Suite E, Hot Springs, AR 71913
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
- Categories: Classes, Dance Activities, Children
Moscow Ballet and DanceArts Studio announce all new ballet Repertory Program Aug 26 to 31 with soloist Svetlana Todinova
Little Rock student dancers have the opportunity of learning Swan Lake steps, and more, first hand
Moscow Ballet Svetlana Todinova in Sleeping Beauty
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Contact: Sally Michael Keyessally@nutcracker.com (413) 499-1733 x21
(Berkshires, MA) Aug 19, 2011 – Moscow Ballet and DanceArts Studio announce Moscow Ballet Classic Children’s Repertory program where the choreography of the classic story ballets are configured for ballet students. The all new program is in Little Rock for the first time ever and starts Friday, August 26 at DanceArts Studio, 978 Airport Road Suite E, Hot Springs, AR 71913. Moscow Ballet soloist Svetlana Todinova is in town specifically to conduct the Classic Children’s Repertory program for six days. Ballet Master Andre Litvinov, and soloist and Audition Director Svetlana Todinova, have developed age-appropriate excerpts of original choreography for the classic story ballets making them available to dance studios and their students. The repertory includes Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Don Quixote and Giselle. Toledo studio owner Jenny Karl says, "This [opportunity] would be comparable to working one-on-one with an Olympic athlete…you are working with the best of the best." Students from all area dance studios are invited. Applicants must have dance training, and some Pointe experience is recommended. Repertory Classes will be held from Friday August 26 to Wednesday August 31. For more information and to register, contact Lee Ann Danner 501-413-0722.
Svetlana Todinova, born in Yadrun, Russia just outside of Moscow, completed formal training at the Ufimsky Choreography School, now named the Rudolph Nureyev Russian State Ballet Academy in honor of the legendary dancer who was also a graduate, in 1997. Upon graduation, Todinova was invited to join the Krasnodarsky Musical Theater troupe of the Bashkiria Theater and there danced for Yuri Grigorovich, famous for his virtuosic productions at the Bolshoi Theater. In 1999, she joined Russia's renowned National Academy of Theatrical Arts, or “GITIS,” founded in 1878 by theater pioneer and founder of the Stanislavsky acting method K. Stanislavsky, in Moscow with which she toured internationally. In 2006 Todinova was invited to join the Crown of Russia Ballet Company as a soloist again touring internationally. Her repertory includes Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Carmen, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and more. She has danced with Moscow Ballet since 2001. Svetlana visits nearly 20 American cities between the months of September and November annually, where she auditions and trains hundreds of young, aspiring dancers to perform in Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. Following this, Svetlana joins her colleagues for the 60 city North American tour of Romeo and Juliet and the Great Russian Nutcracker.
Moscow Ballet - History
Moscow Ballet is known for its annual, touring Great Russian Nutcracker and full-length productions of the classic story-ballets; Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and others.Created by award-winning Juilliard alumnus, composer/conductor and theatrical producer, Akiva Talmi, the organization evolved out of Talmi’s all-star Russian "Glasnost Festival Tour" (1986-92). Moscow Ballet made its debut in 1993 with the Great Russian Nutcracker which was directed and choreographed by soloist Stanislav Vlasov of the famous Russian Bolshoi Theatre. In 1994, Moscow Ballet invited the Moscow State Theatre of Natalia Sats, and the theatre's full orchestra, to expand the company to an 88-artist tour which was billed as the "19th Century Classical Nutcracker." In 2003, Moscow Ballet announced the appointment of Anatoly Emelianov, winner of the Diagelev award, and Vladimir Troshchenko, director of Odessa State Ballet and a pivotal figure in the ballet world, as co-artistic directors. Moscow Ballet continues to feature top graduates of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow State Academic Choreographic and Kiev schools in its productions.
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