Director: Vladimir Troschenko
Principal Dancers: Cristina Terentieva and Alexei Terentiev
Ballet Mistress: Svetlana Todinova
Moscow Ballet Announces 2009 GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER Tour Returning to Baltimore, MD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Mary Talmi
mary@nutcracker.com
(BALTIMORE) – Tickets for Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker at the Lyric Opera House, on Saturday, December 19th 2009 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 20th 2009 at 1:00 pm & 5:00 pm are on sale now. To purchase tickets, visit www.nutcracker.com. Or call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Groups call (800) 320-1733. For advance ticket purchase discounts, use promo code “DANCE.”
Gold Medalist Cristina Terentieva stars as Masha partnered by Alexei Terentiev as the Nutcracker Prince. Ms. Terentieva won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Varna International Ballet Competition in 2008. In Varna, the couple performed Radu Poklitaru’s award winning contemporary pas de deux “Lullaby,” for which Alexei was honored as Best Partner.
Praised for exquisite dancing and gorgeous costumes, the Great Russian Nutcracker is directed by Ballet Master Vladimir Troschenko. Mr. Troschenko partnered such legendary Russian ballerinas as Nadia Pavolva, Ludmilla Seminyaka, and Galina Mezentseva. He is an honors graduate of the Bolshoi and Kirov academies.
Set against Valentin Fedorov's spectacular hand-painted backdrops and life-sized dancing puppets, the Great Russian Nutcracker delights audiences with a visual tapestry rich in detail and whimsy. It is especially distinctive for its unique setting of Act II in the “Land of Peace and Harmony” and for the introduction of a new character, a Christmas Dove. New this year is a fantasy clock with wings of an owl that cast a shadow over the battle between the Soldiers and the Mice. Mr. Fedorov, an Honored Artist of Chuvashia, was a protégée of the legendary designer Valery Leventhal of the Bolshoi Theatre. He is art director at the Chuvashia State Theater and has designed over 40 productions for opera and ballet.
Moscow Ballet features top graduates of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow State Academic Choreographic and Kiev schools. Acclaimed for exquisite dancing and gorgeous costumes, critics rave that Anatoli Emelianov’s Great Russian Nutcracker is “flawless,” “breathtaking,” and “dazzling.” Whimsical and imaginative storytelling blend with the richness of Russian classical ballet to make the Great Russian Nutcracker a memorable holiday treat for everyone.
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