Alberto Alonso’s Carmen Suite Carmen Suite is a one-act ballet created in 1967 by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso, on music written by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin. The music, taken from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet and arranged for strings and percussion, is not a […]
The Nutcracker two-act ballet Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski Originally choreography : Marius Petipa, Vasiliy Vaynonen Stage version and editorial by Elena Radchenko, Alexander Daev (choreography assistant) Sets & costumes by Elena and Sergey Radchenko Lighting by Marina Borodina History The Nutcracker, Ballet-Fairytale, is […]
CHOPINIANA Grand pas. Music by Frederic Chopin (Suite of piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov) Choreography by Mikhail Fokine Sets and costumes by Elena and Sergei Radchenko Premiere: February 23, 1907 Marinski Theatre, St. Petersburg PROGRAM NOTES Chopiniana grew out of Chopin’s Seventh Waltz and had its premiere […]
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Full-length Ballet in Three Acts Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski Choreography by Marius Petipa Stage version and editorial by Elena Radchenko, Alexander Daev (choreography assistant) Libretto: Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevolojsky after stories by Charles Perrault Sets: Lev Solodovnikov Costumes: Elena and Sergey […]
ROMEO AND JULIET AFTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDY. I ACT Ballet Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowski Original choreography by Elena Radchenko Choreography assistant — Alexander Daev Sets and costumes by Elena and Sergey Radchenko Libretto by Elena and Sergei Radchenko History The idea of […]
SWAN LAKE Full-length Ballet in four Acts Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowski Libretto by Vladimir Begichev Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Stage version and editorial by Elena Radchenko & Sergey Radchenko, Alexander Daev (choreography assistant ) Lighting by Marina Borodina Sets & costumes by Elena […]
Coppelia 2 act ballet Music by Leo Delibes Libretto: Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Leon after the stories by Ernst Theodore Amadeus Hoffmann Choreography: Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti Stage version: Elena Radchenko, Yuri Vetrov Costume and sets Designers: Sergey Radchenko, Elena Radchenko Lighting Designer: Marina Borodina […]
CINDERELLA Full-length Ballet in Two Acts Music by Sergei Prokofiev Libretto: Yuri Vetrov Choreography by Elena Radchenko Stage version and editorial by Elena Radchenko, and Alexander Daev (choreography assistant ) Sets and Costumes: Sergei and Elena Radchenko Lighting: Marina Borodina History Cinderella composed by Sergei Prokofiev […]
GISELLE Full length Ballet in Two Acts Music: Adolphe Adam Libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Stage version and editorial by Elena Radchenko Sets: Lev Solodovnikov, Costumes: Elena Radchenko & Sergey Radchenko Lighting : Marina Borodina […]
DON QUIXOTE Full-length ballet in Three Acts Music: Leon Minkus Libretto: Marius Petipa Choreography: Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorskiy Stage version: Yuri Vetrov, Elena Radchenko, Alexander Daev (choreography assistant) Sets & Costumes: Lev Solodovnikov, Elena and Sergey Radchenko Lighting: Marina Borodina ____________________________________________________________History Don Quixote — based […]