Mariinsky II (New Theatre)

Ekaterina Kondaurova is a dancer of strong character. Not delicate, lacelike or porcelain-like, but etched in stone.

Nezavisimaya gazeta

• Honoured Artist of Russia (2020)
• Recipient of the Benois de la Danse prize (2006)
• Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburg’s most prestigious theatre prize, in the category “Best Female Role in Ballet” in 2008 for the role of Alma in the ballet Glass Heart, in 2010 for the role of Anna Karenina in the ballet of the same name and in 2018 for the role in the ballet The Four Seasons
• Recipient of the Golden Mask, Russia’s most prestigious theatre prize, for “Best female role in ballet” (Anna Karenina in Anna Karenina, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, 2011).
• Recipient of Ballet magazine’s Spirit of Dance award in the category “Star” (2011)

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet to Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, China and the USA.

PROGRAMME:

CARMEN SUITE
Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alberto Alonso
Production Choreographer: Viktor Barykin
Production Designer: Boris Messerer
Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich

VIOLIN CONCERTO No 2
Music by Sergei Prokofiev (Violin Concerto No 2 in G Minor)
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Choreography by Anton Pimonov
Conductor: Ivan Stolbov
Scenography by Anastasia Travkina and Sergei Zhdanov
Costume Designer: Arina Boganova
Lighting Designer: Konstantin Binkin

ACT III OF THE BALLET ROMEO AND JULIET
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Libretto by Andrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov and Leonid Lavrovsky, based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare
Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky
Set and costume design by Pyotr Williams
Lighting Adaptation for the Mariinsky II by Andrei Ponizovsky and Yegor Kartashov

Age category 6+