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I received a news from a Moscow friend that the concert of the Vaganova Academy’s graduates and students in the Kremlin Palace was a triumph. The available clip below is in Russian. Two graduates gave a brief interview - Eleonora Sevenard and an English boy Oscar Frame:

http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/179885/

My friend commented: "There was an impression that it was not a school but a company with its own very good style. The children were dancing with great musicality and artistry." Edited for typo.

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Prayers, flowers, candles and sad tears at the Vaganova Academy. The student Karina Soldatova, 19, lost her battle with leukaemia. 

https://www.gramilano.com/2017/09/vaganova-ballet-academy-student-karina-soldatova-loses-battle-leukaemia/

The family, friends and Director Nikolai Tsiskaridze were making appeals earlier:

http://www.pictame.com/user/tsiskaridze/1727791914/1260142907690446149_1727791914       and the girl received treatment in Germany.

In Instagram profile, he wrote: ''Karina has gone. There are no words.'

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If you haven’t seen it yet, please, enjoy it now in a very good quality.

       Vaganova Academy graduation concert in Moscow, June 2022.
Part 1 — Gioconda, by Petipa /?/ 
Flower Festival in Genzano, by Bournonville
The Classic Symphony, by L.Lavrovsky
Part 2 — Raymonda, Act 3, by Grigorovich
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On 07/02/2023 at 18:51, Amelia said:

If you haven’t seen it yet, please, enjoy it now in a very good quality.

       Vaganova Academy graduation concert in Moscow, June 2022.
Part 1 — Gioconda, by Petipa /?/ 
Flower Festival in Genzano, by Bournonville
The Classic Symphony, by L.Lavrovsky
Part 2 — Raymonda, Act 3, by Grigorovich

 

Thank you so much for linking to this Amelia. The Petipa and the Bournonville especially are rare treats. 
 

For those who want a bit more about the Petipa, La Gioconda, music by Ponchielli, had its first performance on 18 January 1883, at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg. There was a new production on 21 January 1888 (so only two years before The Sleeping Beauty), also at the Mariinsky.

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On 07/02/2023 at 13:51, Amelia said:

If you haven’t seen it yet, please, enjoy it now in a very good quality.

       Vaganova Academy graduation concert in Moscow, June 2022.
Part 1 — Gioconda, by Petipa /?/ 
Flower Festival in Genzano, by Bournonville
The Classic Symphony, by L.Lavrovsky
Part 2 — Raymonda, Act 3, by Grigorovich


This was a year ago (2022). Is there news about the June 2023 graduation program?

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The graduation concert was 8 months ago. During the autumn and winter months the Academy was preparing for the annual block of “Nutcrackers”. They claim that their version is based on the original, first production at Mariinsky Theatre in 1892. In December 2022, it was shown in Moscow, on the huge stage of the Kremlin Palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TtgXdwp08I
To answer your question, Jeannette, I am not aware of any announcements about the graduation concert in June ’23 but I saw on the Academy’s website that now they are preparing to commemorate several anniversaries associated with the name of the choreographer Fyodor Lopukhov, including 50 years since his death (1886-1973). Lydia Lopokova, by the way, was his younger sister.
In his honor, students of the Academy are preparing a concert to be held on 17 March at the Hermitage Theatre. It will show: Part 1 of his Dance Symphony, choreographic miniatures from the "Pictures at an Exhibition" cycle and other pieces. The choreography is revived by his grandson Fyodor Lopukhov Jr., also a graduate of our Academy.
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