Ballet is the national honor of Russian and the “visiting card” of the Russian culture. Originated in Italy and France, here it found its “second home country”. It is in Russia where classical ballet traditions have been kept and developed to present them to the whole world again afterwards.
In the XIXth century, many classical ballet masterpieces were born, such as “The Sleeping Beauty”, “The Nutcracker”, “The Swan Lake”, “Raymonda”, “La Bayadère”, and “Don Quixote”. The music to the former three was written by P.I. Tchaikovsky, which also was a break, as nowhere in the world the “great” composers had worked for ballet before. Due to their wonderful music and filigree choreography, these performances are still successful on the Russian and the world stages.
The best theatres
The Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg has been traditionally called the best ballet theatre of the country. Tickets to performances often sold out several months in advance. The Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow tries to astonish with experimental performances, but classical ones are generally more appreciated. The repertoire and company of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre are really great too. Performances at the Mikhaylovsky Theatre of St. Petersburg are also very popular.
Opera and ballet theatres in Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, and Perm should be mentioned as the outstanding theatres in the regions that actively compete with the established ballet capitals for theatre awards. Yekaterinburg and Perm are recommended for visiting by those who like modern dances. Theatre “Provintsialnye Tantsy” (“Provincial Dances”) in Yekaterinburg has drawn special attention in recent years.
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