The "Russian State Ballet" theatre over 20 years remains
one of the leading Russian ballet companies. The repertoire includes
masterpieces of the world ballet classical repertoire and the best
samples of modern choreography. The primary task of the "Russian
State Ballet” is to preserve the heritage of the Russian and
West-European choreography alongside with the seek for the newer
forms of dancing.
The "Russian State Ballet” has received international
acknowledgement. It has been awarded by numerous prizes among which
are “The Golden Ticket” – for the audiences of 100.000 people who
visited the performances of the company during the just 2-months
German tour, the “Most Grandioso Performance of the Year”, the
Association of West-European Impresario called the "Russian State
Ballet” - “The Best Ballet Company of the Year”.
History
Keeping a tradition alive.
Creating the "Russian State Ballet" was the dream of Irina
Tichomirova, the prima ballerina of the "Bolshoi Ballet" and
Director of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. She was already 62 when
her dream became reality in 1979.Talented stars from the famous
Bolshoi, Kirov and Stanislavski ensembles joined her to take up the
challenge of the project: to form a touring ensemble of the highest
quality which would dance the message of Russian ballet into
everybody’s heart all around the world .
Under the "Bolshoi" star-soloist and choreographer Viatcheslav
Gordeev’s leadership the "Russian State Ballet" was shaped into the
high degree of artistic expression, gracefulness and body control we
can enjoy today.
Since a tour to the United States in 1987 attended by the former
President Ronald Reagan the company has embarked on a series of
international tours across the world. Also a lively response was
encountered on various tours which led the ensemble through Mexico,
Taiwan, The People’s Republic of China, Great Britain, Australia,
Ireland and the Middle East. The "Russian State Ballet" now tours
Europe every year and has become a wonderful part of the Christmas
season not only in Germany. The company was honoured by the
Association of West-European Impresarios as "the best touring ballet
company of Europe". Several cities in the USA, France and Mexico
have elected the dancers of the "Russian State Ballet" honorary
citizens, and the people of New Orleans have a new public holiday:
"The Russian State Ballet Day"!
The "Russian State Ballet" presents an exciting and demanding
programme of classical and modern ballet, created by traditional and
new choreographers like Ivanov, Petipa, Gorsky or Gordeev himself.
Especially Gordeev’s renderings of folk and pop songs, for example
Lionel Richie’s "Hello", are always extremely well received by the
audience. With its 50 soloists, of whom many are laureates of
national and international ballet competitions, the "Russian State
Ballet" is along with the "Bolshoi" and the "Kirov Ballets" the most
famous Ballet world-wide. Even Mikhail Gorbachev as a great admirer
of the "Russian State Ballet" has functioned as patron for some of
the tours.
