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Tickets for a concert dedicated to the anniversary of Mikhail Lavrovsky. Mikhail Lavrovsky celebrates his anniversary Anniversary evening of Mikhail Lavrovsky at the Bolshoi Theater

It is worth taking a closer look and understanding and recognizing that in theater history there aren't many big ones in the world famous artists, whose names are strongly associated with major famous theaters.

Until now, megastars, as a rule, are famous in their own right, they do not serve in repertory theaters. There must have been a reason for this. Yes and repertory theater as such, if you look for it, then it was found more often in Russia, in the Soviet Union, in general, with us.

We had and still have such artists who not only served, but the main thing is that they made the glory of their theater, where they performed, maybe only for a few years.

Among the names of those who made the glory of the Bolshoi Theater is Mikhail Leonidovich Lavrovsky. the legendary dancer who for a long time was the prime minister of the Bolshoi, on October 29 he turned 75 years old. A real anniversary!

Leaving the stage, Mikhail Lavrovsky did not part with the ballet. At the Bolshoi Theatre, where he was once both a soloist and a choreographer, he now teaches classes as a teacher-repetiteur.

“I tell my students that a copy, no matter how good it is, is a repetition. The original, individuality and personality are always interesting in everything, to me personally, so they must find their own face”,

- notes National artist USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky.

“Dancer of virtuoso technique, great charm and unbridled temperament”,

- Grigorovich himself spoke of Lavrovsky in this way. He performed the main roles in Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty. He didn’t just dance each one - he lived as if his own story.

“He was developed as a dancer so powerfully that he had every means of expressiveness in the dance that I could only imagine”,

- speaks People's Artist USSR Lyudmila Semenyaka.

When Mikhail Lavrovsky is asked about his favorite characters, he does not hesitate to name Albert in Adam's Giselle and Spartacus in Khachaturian's ballet of the same name. According to him, it was the most accurate hit in the images.

The party of the legendary slave leader became calling card Lavrovsky. In 1970, for this role, he received the Lenin Prize.

“Lavrovsky naturally has such stiff muscles that were very suitable for this performance. He was the second performer - behind Vasiliev. However, his physical endurance was better,

- emphasizes the Honored Artist of Russia Valery Lagunov.

In 1978, there was a twist in fate. Lavrovsky becomes a choreographer. He has many choreographic fantasies to his credit: be it the tragedy of Vaslav Nijinsky, the adventures of Casanova or one of the first Russian jazz ballets Porgy and Bess.

“To create your own language, you have to work every day, stage every day, then you will develop your own handwriting - what language do you speak with the audience. You take Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Hugo and convey this work as you feel it,”

- says People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky.

Now Mikhail Lavrovsky is passionate about synthetic productions - at the junction of plasticity, vocals and drama. He dreams of staging Jean Anouille's play The Lark and arranging an evening of his ballets on the stage of the Bolshoi in the spring.

Those who follow the development of ballet art in our country and visit the Bolshoi Theater are probably familiar with the work of Mikhail Lavrovsky. This outstanding choreographer, ballet dancer and teacher has made a significant contribution to the arts, and the Bolshoi Theater organizes a gala evening in his honor. Anniversary evening People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky will be filled with a special atmosphere, because Lavrovsky will be congratulated by students and colleagues, also famous artists Bolshoi Theatre. You are waiting for scenes from various ballets, live music performed by the orchestra and positive emotions. Tickets for the Anniversary Evening of People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky will delight fans of the artist, as well as those who are interested in ballet.

Lavrovsky grew up in creative family, his mother was a ballerina, and his father was a choreographer. It is not surprising that he followed in the footsteps of his parents, and immediately after the choreographic school, Lavrovsky was accepted into the Bolshoi Theater. Two years later, he became a soloist, and world fame came to him in the late 1960s, when Lavrovsky performed the part of Spartacus. Mikhail Leonidovich left the stage in 1988, devoting himself to teaching, first at the Bolshoi Theater and then he opened his own school.

You can buy tickets for the Anniversary Evening of People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky on our website online. Delivery of tickets in Moscow is free.

Mikhail Lavrovsky. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. Grand Theatre

At the beginning of the evening, the artistic director of the ballet noted not only the great role of Lavrovsky as the leader of his generation, but also the extraordinary quality of his dance, which remains the standard for modern dancers. Brilliant Spartacus, gallant Albert, dreamy Romeo - in these and other major roles, Mikhail Lavrovsky is still unattainable in his art to this day!

In a programme dance anniversary the audience was able to see various choreographic performances by Mikhail Lavrovsky and the true mastery of the great dancers of the Bolshoi, those with whom the master worked a lot and to whom he managed to transfer his parts. Thus, almost the whole evening on the stage were demonstrated best forces male classical dance the first theater in the country.

So, the main performer in the one-act ballet "Fantasy on a Theme of Casanova" performed to music. The part of the fatal seducer of women, replete with the most complex jump combinations and acting scenes, unusually suited the artist. Tsvirko acted uninhibitedly - both as an attentive partner of the ballerinas and as a technically expressive soloist!

Casanova - Igor Tsvirko. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. Grand Theatre

“Fantasy on a Theme of Casanova” is an effective plot ballet, which gives an opportunity to show their talents not only to the leading dancer, but also to the secondary soloists, whose parts are no less attractive to the public. So, in the role of Harlequin, the courtly servant of Casanova, the coordinated and artistic Georgy Gusev appeared well. The performers of the parts of Casanova's Friends - Vasily Zhidkov, Anton Kondratov, Andrey Koshkin and Andrey Rybakov - masterfully coped with their plastic tasks.

The ballet about the life and adventures of Mikhail Lavrovsky's Casanova, once, about twenty years ago, was constantly present in the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater. It seems that even today he could diversify his poster, which lacks such elegant, vital, with an unobtrusive philosophical overtones of dance gizmos.

“Amok” is a choreographic number to the music of A. Simonenko (stage director - Garcia, costume designer Dolores Garcia Ordonez), inspired by the short story of the same name by Stefan Zweig. Its difficulty lies not in the dance lyrics, but in how deeply the artists are able to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of this impressive love work. And, I must say, the performers of "Amok" - Artur Mkrtchyan and Anita Pudikova - succeeded! They joined the Zweig theme with a special mood and emotional impact.

"Amok". Doctor - Artur Mkrtchan. Photo by Pavel Rychkov. Grand Theatre

The duet from "" performed by Marianna Ryzhkina and Mikhail Lobukhin had an unusual, magnetic effect on the audience. This is where the world-famous style of the Bolshoi Ballet really manifested itself! No less brightly, with the necessary temperament and at a high technical level, they soloed in the grand pas from "" Ekaterina Krysanova and.

Duet from the ballet "Spartacus". Marianna Ryzhkina and Mikhail Lobukhin. Photo by Pavel Rychkov. Grand Theatre

Russian Ballerina performance (music by K. Jenkins, A. Guerra, J. Luisier, stage director Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia, costume designer Dolores Garcia Ordoñez), subject to availability storyline connected with the fate of a lonely and, perhaps, forgotten ballerina, was attracted not by a story with a certain collision, but just by dancing, demonstrating the technical, trick abilities of the artists. Here, a ballerina (She is Viktoria Litvinova) sitting in a bar watches a young man (Alan Kokaev) dance flirting with three flirtatious girls (Daria Lovtsova, Kristina Loseva, Anita Pudikova). The guy is so virtuoso that he is able to conquer any, even the most impregnable female person. The ballerina also becomes the object of his courtship ...

"Russian ballerina". She is Victoria Litvinova, the Young Man is Alan Kokaev. Photo by Pavel Rychkov. Grand Theatre

Completed the program of the evening one-act ballet"Nijinsky" to music with in the title part. This performance, which already has a considerable history of existence on the stage, seems to have been created under the personality of Vasiliev - a large-scale, "flying" dancer, the modern god of dance. The artist managed to create a convincing image of the legendary artist of the Diaghilev seasons, literally torn apart by those who love him (Mikhail Lavrovsky) and Romola (Maria Vinogradova).

"Nijinsky". Diaghilev - Mikhail Lavrovsky. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. Grand Theatre

Ballet for three (Nijinsky, Diaghilev, Romola), which is exactly what Nijinsky is, is a biographical work focused on the personal drama of the great artist who turned out to be a hostage of his talent. Having escaped from the hands of the all-powerful impresario and married Romola, he was never able to rise to the former pedestal of success. The emotional, mobile psyche and personal experiences of Nijinsky involved him in a situation of painful breakdown. Vasiliev managed to convey this state. The fate of the artist probably touched him to the core. Transferring the image of Nijinsky to himself, Ivan Vasilyev made the audience really empathize difficult fate one of the most famous dancers of the last century.

Nijinsky - Ivan Vasiliev. Photo by Pavel Rychkov. Grand Theatre

The symbol of ballet, its main figure, is undoubtedly the ballerina. However, the 20th century, especially its second half, showed that the dancer's place on the stage is no less significant than the ballerina's. One of those who convincingly proved this was who raised the bar for male classical dance to an unprecedented height! Today's generation of dancers of the Bolshoi Theater successfully continues to develop the traditions laid down by Lavrovsky, which was vividly demonstrated by the Anniversary evening in honor of the eminent artist.

Grand pas from the ballet "Don Quixote". Soloists Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov. Photo by Pavel Rychkov. Grand Theatre

Dancer, choreographer, teacher -Mikhail Lavrovskyfor more than a quarter of a century he was the leading soloist of the main theater of the country, a star of the first magnitude. Critics wrote about him: “Lavrovsky is able to convey passion, perseverance, authoritativeness and depth of love feelings, the power and nobility of feelings on stage.”

During the anniversary evening, the master not only received numerous congratulations from students and colleagues, but he himself presented a gift to the public - he danced a part in ballet own composition.

As soon as Mikhail Lavrovsky appears backstage, the artists surround him. Congratulations on Skype from all over the world, a photo for memory - with a living legend. According to the artists, to take part in the evening of the famous dancer, choreographer and teacher is happiness and responsibility.

“His uniqueness lies in the fact that he recklessly loves life, people, creativity,” says prima -ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Marianna Ryzhkina. -I had the opportunity to work as an assistant in the production of the play. And there I watched how the artists were fascinated by the way maestro Lavrovsky conveyed the choreography, emotion and meaning of what was happening.”

The anniversary evening for the father was directed by the son - Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia, also a choreographer. main idea- talk about the present and the future, without looking back to the past.

“I didn’t want to do a panegyric to a living person. For a birthday, you need something joyful. This is when they come, look and wish 100 years of life and creative success. And Lavrovsky, despite being 75 years old and prostheses in his joints, still rules us all on a war horse and a saber. And we are happy to help him in this matter.”- said director Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia.

For the evening, fragments from Lavrovsky's productions - "Fantasy on a Theme of Casanova", "Russian Ballerina", "Nijinsky" - were re-staged in an updated cast, in new costumes.For Bolshoi Premier Ivan Vasiliev, this is the first experience of working with Lavrovsky. Dancing Nijinsky.

“First of all, he a real man. A real man - both on stage and in life. And he is very emotional person, emotional artist. And that leaves a mark for life.”, the prime minister is sure Mikhailovsky Theater Ivan Vasiliev.

One of the intrigues of the evening is a look into the future - a fragment from the upcoming production of the opera-ballet "Amok" based on the philosophical novella by Stefan Zweig. Director - Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia, choreography - Mikhail Lavrovsky.

“Maybe I will be able to put it as a teacher, but I myself, of course, will not go on stage. You can dance as much as you like - you can’t watch, that’s what, ”shared the choreographer-repetiteur of the Bolshoi Theater, People’s Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky.

And, despite the self-irony, in the finale of the evening, Mikhail Lavrovsky nevertheless appeared on the stage - in an excerpt from the ballet Nijinsky - in the role of Sergei Diaghilev.

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The Bolshoi Theater hosted a gala concert in honor of the anniversary of Mikhail Lavrovsky. Dancer, choreographer, teacher - for more than a quarter of a century he was the leading soloist of the main theater of the country, a star of the first magnitude. Critics wrote about him: "Lavrovsky is able to convey passion, perseverance, authoritativeness and depth of love feelings, power and nobility of feelings on stage." During the anniversary evening, the master not only received numerous congratulations from students and colleagues, but he himself presented a gift to the public - he danced a part in a ballet of his own composition. Reporting by Valeria Kudryavtseva.

“He is unique in that he is madly in love with life, madly in love with people, madly in love with creativity,” says the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Marianna Ryzhkina. - I had the opportunity to work as an assistant in the production of the play. And there I watched how the artists were fascinated by the way maestro Lavrovsky conveyed the choreography, emotion and meaning of what was happening.”

The anniversary evening for the father was directed by the son - Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia, also a choreographer. The main idea is a conversation about the present and the future, without looking back to the past.

For the evening, fragments from Lavrovsky's productions - "Fantasy on a Theme of Casanova", "Russian Ballerina", "Nijinsky" - were re-staged in an updated cast, in new costumes. For Bolshoi Premier Ivan Vasiliev, this is the first experience of working with Lavrovsky. Dancing Nijinsky.

“First of all, he is a real man. A real man - both on stage and in life. And he is a very emotional person, an emotional artist. And this leaves a seal for life,” Ivan Vasiliev, the Mikhailovsky Theater’s premier, is sure.

“Maybe I will be able to stage it as a teacher, but I myself, of course, will not go on stage. You can dance as much as you like - you can’t watch, that’s what, ”shared the choreographer-repetiteur of the Bolshoi Theater, People’s Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrovsky.

And, despite the self-irony, in the finale of the evening Mikhail Lavrovsky will still take the stage - in an excerpt from the ballet Nijinsky - in the role of Sergei Diaghilev.

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