jamie14 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Does anyone know if they will be coming to UK this year? Also is it possible to join Friends of M? jamie14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hi Jamie. Sadly they are not coming to the UK this year, but you can follow them on www.mariinsky.ru They are currently in Washington DC. I haven't seen anything about a Friends of Mariinsky, but I haven't looked too hard. On the Bolshoi website you can sign up to be informed whenever they announce the next period's programming, so I would hope that can be done on the Mariinsky's site as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 is it possible to join Friends of M? jamie14 There is certainly a Friends' organization. There doesn't seem to be any information on line but I do have the address of the person who runs it. It's probably not appropriate to post his address on line so I'll send it to you in a PM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 This Friends' site hasn't been updated for 15 years which doesn't look promising. This page gives details which may or may not be in date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) This Friends' site hasn't been updated for 15 years which doesn't look promising. This page gives details which may or may not be in date. They've moved since then. Here's the current address of the Mariinsky Theatre Trust. At least it was their address last summer. I don't think they've moved since: Mariinsky Theatre Trust Mare Street Studios - Unit 305 203-213 Mare Street London E8 3QE Tel: +44 (0)20 8510 9262 Edited January 28, 2015 by Bluebird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The main advantage of joining the above organisation is that you can buy tickets to rehearsals if and when the Mariinsky comes to the UK. Otherwise, most of the information they send you seems to be about opera or orchestral performances. They do sponsor Xander Parish's membership of the Company, however - I think by processing his salary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrise Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 They do sponsor Xander Parish's membership of the Company, however - I think by processing his salary. Feel free to ignore this if I'm being too nosy, but what does this mean? He's not a member of the company the way other Mariinsky dancers are, or are all dancers sponsored in different ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The Mariinsky Theatre Trust explained a few years ago in a leaflet sent to Friends that they paid Xander's salary in order (as I recall it) that employment restrictions did not get in the way of his being at the Mariinsky. That situation may now have changed as more dancers from other countries become employed in Russia - Kimin Kim also at the Mariinsky, for example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 As the Russian credit rating has just been defined as 'junk' by S&P and the rouble sinks through the floor, I hope those foreign artists are being paid in dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Whilst in Washington just now, it appears that the Mariinsky is discussing another visit there next year: http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20150128/1017453908.html (Sputnik is the Agency that used to be Voice of Russia, so it's probably an informed article.) They may well be seeking to maximise payments in non-rouble currencies these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie14 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks to all who responded to my enquiry. Sad they are not coming to UK this year. Failed to get tickets for Russian Gala at Coliseum which I went to last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 There are some tickets left for this gala, but they are rather to the side. It seems to have sold particularly well this year, perhaps because there are no visiting Russian companies. You could also ring the Box Office because some seats are not sold online. Sometimes there are returns as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Dates and performances for the Mariinsky's annual visit to Baden-Baden, Germany: 20./21.12. The Little Humpbacked Horse 22./23.12 Swan Lake 25./26. (mat + eve).12 Le Corsaire 27.12. Gala www.festspielhaus.de Edited March 18, 2015 by Angela 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barton22 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Mariinsky Theatre Trust explained a few years ago in a leaflet sent to Friends that they paid Xander's salary in order (as I recall it) that employment restrictions did not get in the way of his being at the Mariinsky. That situation may now have changed as more dancers from other countries become employed in Russia - Kimin Kim also at the Mariinsky, for example. There was an interview with him in one of this last weekend's papers I have now thrown out (maybe the last page of the Money section of the Sunday Times?) and what he said there suggested that he gets paid a salary (based on the number of shows he performs in) in roubles by the Mariinsky itself and an additional grant paid in sterling by the Mariinsky Trust in the UK. It was in the context of a question about how he coped with the falling value of the rouble; he explained that it wasn't too bad as almost all his expenses were rouble-denominated, but that he did have this sterling component to his income which helped. It didn't get more granular than that, so I don't have more details. I do recall someone suggesting a couple of years ago that his entire compensation came through the trust for the employment restrictions you mention, so maybe things have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie14 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thank you all for info. Just wish I could go to Germany to see some performances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) In the meantime some interesting videos and live broadcasts on Mariinsky TV: http://mariinsky.tv/n/e. If I understand correctly, tonight 19:30 Russian Time (16:30 UK time) there'll be an Artistic Evening with Viktoria Tershkina: The programme includes: I. The Legend of Love (Act II)Music by Arif MelikovLibretto by Nazim KhikmetChoreography by Yuri Grigorovich (1961)Set, costume and lighting design: Simon Virsaladze Shyrin: Alina SomovaFerkhad: Kimin KimMekhmeneh Bahnu: Viktoria TereshkinaThe Vizier: Yuri Smekalov II. Schéhérazade (choreographic drama in one act)Music by Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovScenario by Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine after Arabian Nights fairytalesChoreography by Michel Fokine (1910)Reconstruction by Isabelle Fokine, Andris LiepaSet and costume design by Anna Nezhnaya, Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Léon Bakst Shahriar: Vladimir PonomarevZobeide: Viktoria TereshkinaZobeide’s Slave: Danila KorsuntsevThe Odalisques: Olga Belik, Viktoria Brilyova, Anastasia Zaklinskaya III. “Paquita” Grand pasMusic by Ludwig MinkusChoreography by Marius Petipa (1881)Revival consultants: Pyotr Gusev, Lidia Tiuntina, Georgy KonishchevSet design by Gennady SotnikovCostume design by Irina Press Soloists: Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov [edited for typos] Edited March 19, 2015 by Yaffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Interesting to see that one of the Odalisques in Scheherazade is being played by Anastasia Zaklinskaya who is, I believe, the daughter of Altynai Asylmuratova and Konstantin Zaklinsky. I knew that she was graduating from the Vaganova school and had wondered whether she had obtained a contract with the Mariinsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 They also have an interesting live broadcast on Saturday (21st March) at 19:00 local time (4 p.m. in UK): A Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers The Mariinsky OrchestraConductor: Gavriel Heine The programme includes: Ballet No 2Music by Alexander TsfasmanChoreography by Maxim PetrovSet Designer: Sergei GrachevCostume Designer: Tatiana NoginovaLighting Designer: Igor VintsPerformed by Viktoria Brilyova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova, Yekaterina Ivannikova, Anna Lavrinenko, Oxana Marchuk, Yevgeny Konovalov, Alexander Saveliev, Andrei Solovyov, Vasily Tkachenko, Andrei Yermakov, Boris Zhurilov Interview with Maxim Petrov ConnectionsMusic by Johann Sebastian BachChoreography by Ilya ZhivoiCostume Designer: Sofia VartanianLighting Designer: Igor VintsIn the lead roles Yekaterina Osmolkina and Maxim Zyuzin Orpheus in the UnderworldMusic by Sergei RachmaninoffChoreography by Yuri SmekalovSet and Costume Designer: Andrei SevboLighting Designer: Igor VintsIn the lead roles Oxana Bondareva, Maria Sheviakova, Yevgeny Deryabin, Alexander Fyodorov, Konstantin Ivkin, Yulia Kobzar, Soslan Kulaev, Vladimir Shklyarov, Vasily Shcherbakov, Konstantin Zverev ClayMusic by Darius MilhaudChoreography by Vladimir VarnavaCostume Designer: Irina VarnavaLighting Designer: Igor VintsPerformed by Viktoria Brilyova, Tatiana Tkachenko, Zlata Yalinich, Alexei Nedviga, Vasily Tkachenko, Maxim Zyuzin Interview with Vladimir Varnava ElementariumMusic by Sergei ProkofievChoreography, set designs, costumes and lighting by Maxim SevaginPerformed by students of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Remember the FutureMusic by Johann Sebastian BachChoreography and set designs by Ksenia ZverevaLighting Designer: Igor VintsCostume Designer: Tatiana NoginovaPerformed by Alexandra Dementieva, Xenia Fateeva, Nelli Smirnova, Andrei Arseniev, Yaroslav Baibordin, Ramanbek Beishenaliev, Nikita Lyashchenko, Ivan Oskorbin Who is my Shadow?Music by Alexander MaevChoreography by Yuri SmekalovCostume Designer: Tatiana Noginova Second IMusic by Philip GlassChoreography and set designs by Ksenia ZverevaVideo Graphics Designer: Arseny NikolaevLighting Designer: Igor VintsCostume Designers: Tatiana Noginova and Xenia ZverevaPerformed by Alexei Tyutyunnik and Andrei Yermakov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) According to the Dansomanie forum, in the Mariinsky Festival program, Fateyev mentioned that they will be performing at the Paris Opera in January 2017. Edited March 19, 2015 by Naomi M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie14 Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Thank you to Yaffa. I have just watched the programme with Tereshkina, absolutely great. How old is she? Obviously a great artiste and had a wonderful curtain call at the end. How does one find out about these broadcasts? I am looking forward to the one on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENBlover Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Viktoria is 32. She is a magnificent ballerina. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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