Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2015 - 10th Anniversary

The Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2015 will celebrate its 10th anniversary in a special retrospective performance dedicated to the history of Russian Ballet.

The Russian Ballet Icons Galas have been organised by Ensemble Productions annually for the last nine years and on the 8 March 2015 will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Every Gala is a multimedia experience which combines performances by living masters who celebrate the life and art of the greatest performers of the Russian ballet and the importance of the Russian ballet school generally. 'Flight performed by the soul' is how Alexander Pushkin described Russian ballet, whilst speaking of contemporary ballerina Evdokia Istomina in Eugene Onegin. It was the Russian ballet that was destined to revive the art worldwide by giving the world mesmerising dancers such as Anna Pavlova, Mikhail Fokin, Leonid Myasin, Bronislawa Nijinskaya, Vazlav Nijinsky, and George Balanchine. The sensational Ballets Russes of Sergey Diaghilev remains until today one of the most significant achievements in the ballet history.
 
The Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2015 will again feature significant excerpts from the Russian classical repertoire and masterpieces by contemporary choreographers influenced by the Russian ballet. The programme will be performed by the world renowned dancers of the Bolshoi, Mariinsky, Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, ballets of the Grand Opera Paris, Berlin Staatsoper, New York City Ballet and the Ballet of Monte Carlo.