The Great Russian Nutcracker offers dance styles from around the world – soloist Nataliya dances the Chinese Variation!
Moscow Ballet Dancer and Instructor Nataliya Miroshynk to Tour US in Talent Search
Dance auditions can be a nerve-wracking experience. But they can also be fun and rewarding, as is the case with dance auditions for Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. Educational, too! Dance auditions for the Nutcracker Ballet, a beloved holiday tradition, carry with them the opportunity to get one-on-one instruction from a classically trained, Russian Ballet dancer.
Moscow Ballet’s Nataliya Miroshnyk, who charms audiences each year with her dancing of the athletic Chinese variation in Act II of The Great Russian Nutcracker, will tour the US in search of young talent. It’s time to put all of those class hours spent in toe shoes and practicing lifts to work! Dance auditions for the Nutcracker Ballet are held at studios across the country. To find an audition near you,
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Ballerinas in toe shoes as well as young men who aspire to be ballet masters are encouraged to attend the dance auditions. Being cast means being backstage at the ballet—and then performing with Moscow Ballet’s greatest dancers in The Great Russian Nutcracker !
To read more , vist our blog post about
Nataliya Miroshnyk & Auditions.
Nationwide Audition Call For Moscow Ballet!
Talent Search Is On For Great Russian Nutcracker and Swan Lake
The Great Russian Nutcracker and Swan Lake is coming to a city near you! Moscow Ballet ballerina, Tatiana Casian, is among the Russian contingency that will tour the US in search of local youth to dance selected roles in Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker and Swan Lake.
Moscow Ballet, known as the longest and largest annual touring company of The Great Russian Nutcracker, offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance for youth across the country to learn from classically trained Russian dancers. Tatiana will tour the country along with fellow Moscow Ballet dancers and teachers to cast talent in the acclaimed Nutcracker Ballet and Swan Lake.
The Great Russian Nutcracker and Swan Lake, each holiday traditions, offer numerous opportunities for young dancers. Dance auditions are being held in dance studios across the country. For a list of dates and studios near you,
Click Here and sign up today!
To read more , vist our blog post about
Tatiana Casian.
Meet the Multi-Talented Anna Tyutyunnyk ~ Not Only a Russian Dancer!
Moscow Ballet’s Russian dance instructor Anna Tyutyunnyk, a native of Odessa in Ukraine, is a graduate of and soloist with Odessa National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. She has been dancing since the age of 4 and has also performed with the Crown of Russian Ballet and the New Imperial Ballet, both in Moscow. In addition to her skill in ballet, Anna is fluent in four languages. She loves to travel and has been to almost all of the major cities in the U.S. on her Moscow Ballet tours. She also loves fashion–of course!
In the Nutcracker, she has been cast as Masha, danced the Chinese and French variations, and has also played a Party Guest, Snowflake and the Snow Maiden. In 2010, Anna will dance the role of the Dove of Peace. Other repertoire includes
Swan Lake,
La Bayadere,
La Sylphide, and
Don Quixote.
To read more, vist our blog post about
Anna Tyutyunnyk.
Meet your Moscow Ballet dance instructor ~ Svetlana Todinova
Svetlana Todinova dances the Dove of Peace, among other roles, in Moscow Ballet’s
Great Russian Nutcracker in her beautifully graceful and light style. She is also a familiar Moscow Ballet dance instructor auditioning and rehearsing young dance students as they prepare for their roles in the charming holiday performances. Svetlana arrives in the United States in late August with the three other Russian dance instructors and with her young daughter Polina, too! She is very excited to be returning to some of her favorite cities in North America and to seeing new cities and making new friends at each dance studio.
Svetlana is trained in the world-renowned, classic Russian ballet style and shows her long lines, amazing strength and graceful jumps and turns every time she is on stage.
To read more, vist our blog post about
Svetlana Todinova.
The Great Russian Nutcracker and Swan Lake’s Costume Drama!
Moscow Ballet’s 2010 Tour Features Costumes from Award-Winning Costume Designer Olga Dumova
Award-winning, international Costume Designer Olga Dumova, acclaimed for her unique talents in combining theatrical design with Russian history, will create new costumes for the 2010 North American tour of Moscow Ballet’s
Great Russian Nutcracker and
Swan Lake.
Her sumptuous costumes are exclusive to Moscow Ballet’s
Great Russian Nutcracker and
Swan Lake and those who reserve their seats now are in for a rich visual feast. The 80 members of the Russian ballet's classically trained troupe who perform matinee and evening performances, bring Dumova’s beautiful creations to life as battling mice, snowflakes, Arabian princes and many more. The highly ornamental costumes each display opulence and grandeur, a costuming tradition that dates back hundreds of years in Russia.
To read more, vist our blog post about
Olga Dumova.
Valentin Federov:The artist who makes the Great Russian Nutcracker puppets, animals and sets come alive with childlike whimsy!
While Ballet Master Vladimir Troschenko tours the Riviera, Spain and Portugal with his acclaimed Swan Lake, Moscow Ballet Scenic Designer Valentin Fedorov works on the imaginative sets and puppetry that come to life in the
Great Russian Nutcracker. Exclusive to Moscow Ballet’s
Nutcracker is the very first scene, set to the music of the overture, in which Magician/Uncle Drosselmeyer enchants children with a puppet show that he magically brings to life.
Federov created the whimsical puppet theatre and puppets as well as the iconic Moscow skyline behind the dancers. He is also the artist behind Masha’s delightful bedroom with its larger-than-life toys and where the Mice Army battle and injure her beloved Prince Nutcracker. Federov also created the fanciful world of Peace and Harmony, an homage to Henri Matisse’s wonderfully childlike and colorful jungle scenes.
To read more, vist our blog post about
Valentin Federov.
For more pictures of the backdrops & puppets, visit
Moscow Ballet on Facebook.
Marius Petipa ~ The Father of Russian Ballet
July 14, 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of the passing of Marius Petipa, known as the "Father of Russian Ballet." He is nearly unanimously cited to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer that has ever lived. He is credited, along with Lev Ivanov, as the original choreographer for the traditional holiday ballet we all know and love,
The Nutcracker.
In recognition of Petipa’s vast contributions to Russian ballet and culture, Moscow Ballet is selecting Russian artists who represent the contemporary sensibilities in Russian visual art, to create limited edition paintings. These new works will be inspired by three of Petipa’s artistically acclaimed story ballets:
Swan Lake,
The Nutcracker, and
Sleeping Beauty, all of which Moscow Ballet performs on its annual tours of North America.
These limited edition prints are available when purchasing the
Platinum Ticket Package. For more information on Marius Petipa and the artists creating these paintings, visit our
Blog.
Tickets are now on sale for Moscow Ballet’s
Great Russian Nutcracker! To purchase tickets by phone, call your local box office or Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased online at
Moscow Ballet or
Ticketmaster. Tickets start at $27.50.
