Tbilisi Ballet Festival: Festival Opening

Festival Opening

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
Act II

Libretto: Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser
Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Choreographic revision and staging: Alexei Fadeechev

Conductor and stage director — David Mukeria
Set designer — Viacheslav Okunev
Lighting designer — Stijn Bjerke

Assistant choreographers:
Tatiana Rastorgueva, Ekaterine Shavliashvili

World premiere: January 15, 1895, Moscow
Premiere of the new version in Tbilisi: March 11, 2016

Soloists:
Alessandro Frola
Madoka Sugai
Principal dancers of the Hamburg Ballet

Orchestra of the Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Theatre
Conductor — Papuna Gvaberidze

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Serenade
Choreography by George Balanchine
Stagers: Bart Cook, Maria Calegari, Ben Huys
Staging conductor — Zaza Kalmakhelidze

The ballet company expresses gratitude to Marilyn Burbank, president of Mirella Dancewear, for the donation of costumes for “Serenade.”

World premiere: March 1, 1935, New York
Tbilisi premiere: May 20, 2005

Orchestra of the Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theatre
Conductor — Levan Jagaev

Chant
One-act ballet
Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Set to Georgian folk melodies and music by Ioseb Kechakmadze, Archil Kereselidze, Revaz Lagidze, Giorgi Tsabadze, Merab Merabishvili
Set designer — Ana Kalatozishvili
Lighting designer — Amiran Ananeli
Performed by ensemble “Changi” (led by Ucha Pataridze)

World premiere: February 2, 2008

Artistic Director of the Festival — Nino Ananiashvili

• Latecomers will be admitted only at the beginning of the next act

• Dress code is enforced

• Children under 6 are admitted only to matinee performances