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Encyclopedia > Kirov Ballet

The Mariinsky Ballet is one of the most famous ballet schools in history (formerly the Kirov Ballet, and also the Academic State Theatre), located in St. Petersburg, Russia.


circa 1790 - 1917 Mariinsky Ballet (part of the Mariinsky Theatre), 1917 - 1935 Academic State Theatre,


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Kennedy Center's Sub: The Kirov (washingtonpost.com) (373 words)
However, the Kirov was able to reschedule its performances during the annual summertime White Nights Festival in its home town of St. Petersburg, which made the return visit to the Kennedy Center possible.
The Kirov is already scheduled to lead off the center's ballet subscription series with performances of "Cinderella" Jan. 11-16.
The Kirov's version, last seen in the Opera House 15 years ago, was restaged in 1987 by Pyotr Gusev, after the original by Marius Petipa.
Kirov brings ‘Swan Lake’ with a happy ending - The Boston Globe (1037 words)
Igor Kolb and Victoria Tereshkina of The Kirov Ballet in "Swan Lake." (Kirov Ballet)
A former director of the Kirov Ballet and one of its stars until the 1960s, Sergeyev had to bow to the Soviet dictum that all stagings end on a positive note.
In a "Swan Lake" choreographed in 2002 by David McAllister, artistic director of the Australian Ballet, the roles of Rothbart and Odile are combined in a baroness.
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