PARIS: It is again a great pleasure to welcome Ballet St
. Petersburg to Paris. 

Ballet St. Petersburg in Paris primo February.

This year with four different productions, Nutcracker from February 2. at Theatre des Champs Elysées

At Palais des Congres from 4th February, first Swan Lake, starring Irina Koleshnikova as Odette Odile together with Vadim Montagirov as her Prince Siegfried 4
. and 5.

Don Quixote at Palais des Congres from  6. Daniel Simkin, now soloists at ABT, will dance Basilio in Don Quixote together with Yana Salenko as Kitri.

7.8.9

. La Bayadere
. with Irina Koleshnikova as Nikiya and Vadim Montagirov as Solor.

By Henning Høholt

The ballet Don Quixote, with choreography by Alexander Gorsky (1902) based on the choreographic idea by Marius Petipa with Ludwig Minkus famous music was premiered by Saint Petersburg Ballet in Paris, Saturday 31. October 2009. The scenography and costumes by Viatchslav Okunev  presented when it guested Paris  in 2009 was beautifully.

Please enjoy our reviews from Ballet St. Petersburg in Paris in 2009 and 2011:

Don Quixote:

http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2009/11/don-quixote-with-saint-petersburg-ballet/

Giselle:

http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2009/10/giselle-with-saint-petersburg-ballet/