DIAGHILEV. P.S. 2015
With the support of the Ministry of Culture,
the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg.
From the 15th to the 24th of November 2015, DIAGHILEV. P.S. will take place in SaintPetersburg for the sixth time.
The dance “Torobaka”, premiėred last year in London, will open the programme of
DIAGHILEV. P.S. 2015. This performance is a grasping and powerful male duet embodied by the
authors of the play: one of the leading choreographers of flamenco, the Spanish – Israel Galván,
and a well-known British choreographer, an unequalled master of Indian classical Kathak style –
Akram Khan.
Both masters are known for their innovative choreography and exquisite dancing technique.
Multi-award-winning both Israel Galván and Akram Khan are some of the most established and
respectable artists in the world of ballet. Their collaboration feels as much like a duel as a duet.
Flamenco and Kathak are extraordinary bright dance traditions which stem from the depths of the
centuries. Each movement is imbued with associations, full of meaning and imagery. First of all,
this is a dialogue and an exchange of ideas. The name of the performance is the connection of
two words, emblematic of animals sacred to the two nations: bull (toro) and cow
(baka). “Torobaka” presents the art of dance as a universal language spoken by different ethnic
cultures.
15 November, 19.00, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre
On the 15th of November, after the performance in the auditorium of the BDT a press
conference will be held to present the programme of DIAGHILEV. P.S. 2015. Major speakers are
the Artdirector of the festival Natalya Metelitsa, choreographers Akram Khan and Israel Galván.
15 November, after performance, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre
Professionals, as well as all interested in unlocking the secrets of the great impresario are
going to meet within the frames of the International Scientific Conference "In Diaghilev’s Circle.
Patrons". This Conference will start the annual cycle of scholarly dispute "In Diaghilev’s Circle ",
which would review a personality or a phenomenon that somehow came within the scope of
activities of the Impresario. The essential parts of the Conference will be a round table
discussion and master-class of the choreographer Akram Khan.
16 November, 11.00, Museum of Theatre and Music
16 November, Boris Eifman Dance Academy – master-class
17 November, 11.00, Hotel Indigo St Petersburg-Tchaikovskogo – round table
discussion
Moderator – Chief Editor of The Snob Magazine Sergey Nikolaevich
On the 17th of November at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in honor of the distinguished
choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, and the 30th anniversary of the troop Le Ballet Preljocaj
DIAGHILEV. P.S. will be excited to present a Gala ballet performed by artists of the Preljocaj
Ballet and soloists of the Paris Opera Ballet.
At the end of the performance the annual honorary prize award ceremony "Surprise me!" will
take place.
17 November, 19.00, Alexandrinsky Theatre
On the 18th of November the Festival will open a major exhibition "Silver and Gold of the
Queen of Spades" with the cooperation of the State Hermitage Museum and the long-standing
partner of the Festival – the Museum of Theater and Music. The exhibition will bring to light the
captivating life history of the Princess Natalia Petrovna Galitzine (1744-1837) – the prototype of
the fateful Countess of Alexander Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades", and show the opera and
ballet treatment of this masterpiece.
The Festival dedicates the exhibition to the memory of Pyotr Tchaikovsky to celebrate the
175th anniversary of his birth.
18 November – media preview, opening (by invitation only)
Open to public: 19 November 2015 - 14 February 2016
Sheremetev Palace
After the grand success of the guest appearance of the Perm Academic Opera and Ballet
Theater in the last season of the Festival, this year’s playbill again presents an orchestra
musicAeterna. At this time a concert performance of Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" will take
place in the Grand Hall of St Petersburg Academic Philharmonia. Conductor – Teodor
Currentzis, a multiple winner of the "Golden Mask", gained a reputation of one of the most
fascinating interpreters of the Mozart’s music.
19 November, 19.30, Grand Hall of St Petersburg Academic Philharmonia
On the 20th of November DIAGHILEV. P.S. will introduce a duo-pianists from Spain –
Moreno Gistain Piano Duo. In their repertoire two brothers often refer to the works of
composers of Ballets Russes delicately applying new performance techniques. The concert
program «Ballets Russes».Spanish motives for two pianos and four hands will include
compositions by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Manuel de Falla and Gabriel Fauré.
20 November, 19.00, St Petersburg Academic Capella
On the 21st of November, within the frames of the Festival a photo exhibition by French
photographer Eugenia Grandchamp des Raux “Images of La Bayadère” will be opened in the
halls of the Sheremetev Palace. The exhibition zeroes in on impressions of the production "La
Bayadère" (1992) – the last choreographic work of Rudolf Nureyev on the stage of the Paris
Opera. This production is still successful today. The Grandshamp’s works border on abstraction,
conveying the sensation of dance motions, which cannot be perceptible to the human eye only
to camera lens.
21 November – media preview, opening (by invitation only)
Open to public: 22 November 2015 – 24 January 2016
Sheremetev Palace
On the 22nd of November in honor of the 230th anniversary of the Hermitage Theatre a
concert “Hits of the Imperial Stage” will be performed on its stage. It will be a "musical ramble"
among the repertoire of this renowned theater over the course of its more than two centuries of
history.
22 November, 19.00, Hermitage Theatre (by invitation only)
On the 23rd of November an opening of the exhibition of paintings and graphics by Sergey
Sudeykin will take place in the St Petersburg KGallery. Since the October Revolution in Russia
there hasn’t been a single personal exhibition of this master of fantasy, burlesque and pastoral.
His artworks are purchased for Western museums, but art collectors mostly hunt for his posters
and sketches for ballets, operas and acts, demonstrating his inimitable style. Among his
votaries were the prominent London collectors – the spouses Nina and Nikita LobanovRostovsky, and an outstanding dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. Sudeikin’s works of these
collections will be presented by their current owner – the Museum of Theater and Music. The
exhibition in KGallery will put on display more than fifty of museum-quality artworks from private
and public collections.
23 November, 19.00 – media preview, opening (by invitation only)
Open to public: 24 November 2015 - 14 December 2015
KGallery
For the festival grand finale, the troop of Martha Graham will present its dance works at first
time in Russia. The program will consist of ballets by the founder of the American modern dance
– Martha Graham ("Chronicle" and "Diversion of Angels", "Lamentation. Variations"), as well as
by her follower – a contemporary dance choreographer greek Andonis Foniadakis ("Echo").
Martha Graham Dance Company holds the doctrines of its creator, revealing the essence of
man in dance - in the "language of the soul."
24 November, 19.00, Alexandrinsky Theatre
Information on the DIAGHILEV. P.S.: www.diaghilev-ps.ru
The Programme on the DIAGHILEV. P.S. 2015: http://www.diaghilev-ps.ru/en/dps_prg.html
Images of the ballet Torobaka, the opera Don Giovanni, the concert Moreno Gistain Piano
Duo, the exhibitions Silver and Gold of the Queen of Spades, Images of La Bayadère, the
Sergey Sudeykin’s exhibition and Martha Graham Dance Company’s ballets you can find on
this link. Please do not forget to use the copyright.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qu4f4o9yw7cie6f/AADZHUbpvtJLN49KZC9lSmxoa?dl=0
For more background information on the accreditation of the festival events and requests for
interviews please contact us:
PR director of the festival Natalia Plekhanova:
+7 921 9189420 n.plekhanova@principe-media.ru
Festival artistic director Natalia Metelitza:
+7 812 3101029 info@theatremuseum.ru
Festival programme director Alexandra Starkman:
+7 812 3145345 art@theatremuseum.ru
Partners and sponsors:
Delzell Foundation
U.S. Consulate General
in St. Petersburg
Consulate General
of Spain
in
St.
Petersburg
With support: Mrs. Bettina von Siemens
Official water supplier:
Informative partners: