The Glory of the Bolshoi: Historical highlights from Russia’s world-renowned ballet company

The Glory of the Bolshoi is a collection of excerpts from the history of this now legendary ballet company – from productions which made the troupe a worldwide sensation. The recording dates range from 1913 to 1968; spanning the pre-Communist, silent era through to the late Soviet period. They focus on what can be regarded as the classic Bolshoi style – reveling in a thrilling athleticism, while never neglecting the essential beauty of the dance.

The Bolshoi Ballet is the internationally-renowned, classical ballet company of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi figures amongst the world's oldest ballet companies. Only with the early 20th century, however – after Moscow became the capital of Soviet Russia – did the company rise to worldwide acclaim. Ever since then, the Bolshoi has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost ballet companies.

Soloists include: Natalia Bessmertnova, Vakhtang Chaboukiani, Ekaterina Geltzer, Musa Gottlieb, Pyotr Gusev, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Maris Liepa, Ekaterina Maximova, Asaf Messerer, Irek Mukhamedov, Maya Plisetskaya, Marina Semenova, Vasili Tikhomirov, Galina Ulanova and Vladimir Vasiliev.

The works are:

(00:00) Les Sylphides – waltz, 1952
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Choreography: Fokine
GALINA ULANOVA and VLADIMIR PREOBRAZHENSKY

(03:04) Moment Musical – pas de deux, 1913
Music: Franz Schubert
Choreography: unknown
EKATERINA GELTZER and VASILI TIKHOMIROV

(08:47) Moszkowski Waltz, 1940
Music: Moritz Moszkowski
Choreography: Vainonen
OLGA LEPESHINSKAYA and PYOTR GUSEV

(12:29) Swan Lake – White Swan pas de deux, 1946
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Ivanov
MARINA SEMENOVA and YURI KONDRATOV

(16:39) Swan Lake – Black Swan pas de deux (excerpts), 1947
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Petipa
MAYA PLISETSKAYA

(19:16) Ribbon Dance, 1940
Music: Reinhold Glière
Choreography: Messerer and Lashchulin
ASAF MESSERER

(21:32) Boston Waltz – from the film Nastenka Ustinova, 1934
Music and choreography: unknown
MARINA SEMENOVA

(23:23) The Nutcracker – pas de trois, 1953
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Vainonen
ALLA MANKEVICH, EKATERINA MAXIMOVA and VLADIMIR VASILIEV

(24:37) The Nutcracker – Sugar Plum Fairy solo, 1958
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Ivanov
EKATERINA MAXIMOVA

(26:36) Sequence of solos: Le Corsaire, Laurencia, Don Quixote, 1960s
Music: Riccardo Drigo, Alexander Krein, Léon Minkus
Choreography: Petipa, Chaboukiani, Petipa
EKATERINA MAXIMOVA and VLADIMIR VASILIEV

(30:39) Spartacus (excerpts)
Music: Aram Khachaturian
Choreography: Grigorovich
1968: VLADIMIR VASILIEV (Spartacus), EKATERINA MAXIMOVA (Phrygia), MARIS LIEPA (Crassus)
1984: IREK MUKHAMEDOV (Spartacus), NATALIA BESSMERTNOVA (Phrygia), MIKHAIL GABOVICH (Crassus)

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Dear viewers,
Unfortunately in this section of the video the dancers are inserted incorrectly.
We apologize for this mistake. Unfortunately, we can no longer repair the video.
Therefore, the correct names of the dancers are given here:

In the 1968 version (premiere):
Vladimir Vasiliev = Spartacus
Ekaterina Maximova = Phrygia
Maris Liepa = Crassus

In the 1984 version:
Irek Mukhamedov = Spartacus
Natalia Bessmertnova = Phrygia
Mikhail Gabovich = Crassus

So in the video it should say:
30:44 Irek Mukhamedov
31:48 Vladimir Vasiliev
32:28 Irek Mukhamedov
33:40 Natalia Bessmertnova and Irek Mukhamedov
34:39 Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev
36:42 Natalia Bessmertnova and Irek Mukhamedov
38:29 Irek Mukhamedov and Mikhail Gabovich
39:59 Vladimir Vasiliev and Maris Liepa
42:20 Irek Mukhamedov
42:50 Natalia Bessmertnova and Irek Mukhamedov
46:56 Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev
48:15 Natalia Bessmertnova and Irek Mukhamedov
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(50:30) Shuraleh – pas de deux, 1955
Music: Farid Yarullin
Choreography: Jacobson
MAYA PLISETSKAYA and YURI KONDRATOV

(54:57) Etude, 1951
Music: Robert Schumann
Choreography: unknown
GALINA ULANOVA and YURI KONDRATOV

(57:11) The Fountain of Bakhchiserai (excerpts), 1953
Music: Boris Asafiev
Choreography: Zakharov
GALINA ULANOVA, YURI ZHDANOV, MAYA PLISETSKAYA and PYOTR GUSEV

(1:07:47) The Flames of Paris – pas de deux, 1953
Music: Boris Asafiev
Choreography: Vainonen
MUSA GOTTLIEB and VAKHTANG CHABOUKIANI

(1:11:18) Ravel Waltzes, 1964
Music: Maurice Ravel
Choreography: Lavrovsky
NATALIA BESSMERTNOVA and MIKHAIL LAVROVSKY

(1:14:54) Paganini (excerpt), 1964
Music: Sergei Rachmaninov
Choreography: Lavrovsky
EKATERINA MAXIMOVA and YAROSLAV SEKH

(1:17:12) The Little Humpbacked Horse, 1964
Music: Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography: Radunsky
MAYA PLISETSKAYA and VLADIMIR VASILIEV

Produced by JULIA MATHESON and CARL SIMONS

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