The Music Hall Presents
Moscow Festival Ballet: Cinderella
Sunday, March 28, 2010 3pm
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“The dancers of the Moscow Festival Ballet spoke to the soul through the body”
- The Post and Courier; Charleston, South Carolina
Poor Cinderella...
Celebrate the vernal equinox and experience the power of dance with The Music Hall’s annual Spring ballet – this year, the well known timeless classic folk tale Cinderella by the Moscow Festival Ballet on Sunday March 28 at 3pm at the landmark Victorian theater in downtown Portsmouth. With sumptuous sets, exquisite costumes and spectacular dancers, this captivating young company of leading dancers from across Russia brings together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies. As the Las Vegas Review Journal said, they “deserved ‘bravos’ within minutes of the opening steps.”
According to Therese LaGamma, Programming Manager, “Cinderella is one of the most popular ballets – and when we were planning our year and specifically, our annual spring ballet, we thought this would be the perfect choice. It’s like a rite of spring here at The Hall – and a perfect opportunity to slip out of the house on a Sunday afternoon, linger over brunch and then head to the 3pm matinee at the theatre. Don’t miss this performance!”
About The Moscow Festival Ballet
The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Radchenko, sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet. Leading dancers from across the Russias have forged under Radchenko’s direction an exciting new company staging new productions of timeless classics such as Giselle, Don Quixote, Paquita and Carmen. Since its inception . . . , the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, and the United Kingdom, including capacity audiences at London’s famed Coliseum.
The company has also performed with great success in Turkey, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the direction of Sergei Radchenko, the Moscow Festival Ballet continues to expand its repertoire. In addition to commissioning new works from within Russia and abroad, the company specializes in Twentieth Century full-length ballets such as Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Legend of Love, Stone Flower and The Golden Age. Mr. Radchenko has researched the original choreography and stage productions of several of Marius Petipa’s classic ballets, including new productions in the year 2000 of Don Quixote and Paquita, and a recreation of Jules Perrot’s and Jean Coralli’s Giselle. The Moscow Festival Ballet has toured extensively throughout the United States, and during the 2009-2010 season, the company returns to America for a 17-week tour.
About Sergei Radchenko, Artistic Director
Born in 1944, Sergei Radchenko graduated from the Moscow School of Dance in 1964 and then joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he worked for 25 years. He danced the entire repertoire at the Bolshoi, but enjoyed a special reputation for Spanish dance, particularly the role of the bullfighter in the Bizet-Shchedrin Carmen Suite. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Moscow Festival Ballet and has achieved a remarkable feat in the establishment and development of this young but great Russian ballet company. Mr. Radchenko presents a large number of master-classes, inviting leading teachers from the Bolshoi and Maryinsky theatres to ensure the continuation of the rich traditions of the Russian classical school.
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