Schedule for Evening of one-act Ballets: The Young Lady and the Hooligan. La Valse. Polovtsian Dances. 2022

Composer: Alexander Borodin
Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Choreography: Michel Fokine
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Choreography: George Balanchine

Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

The Young Lady and the Hooligan
Music: Dmitry Shostakovich
Choreography: Konstantin Boyarsky (1962)
Libretto: Alexander Belinsky based on the play: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Set design: Vyacheslav Okunev after Valery Dorrer
Costume design: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich

World premiere: 28 December, 1962, Maly Opera Theatre, Leningrad
Premiere: 30 May, 2001, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Sponsored by JT International

Running time: 45 minutes


La Valse
Music: Maurice Ravel
Choreography: George Balanchine (1974)
Staged: John Clifford
Costumes: Karinska
Lighting: Mark Stanley, realized: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: February 20, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 13 April, 2004

The Ballet of George Balanchine La Valse is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust

The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life

Running time: 30 minutes