Bolshoi celebrates Mikhail Lavrovsky's 75th anniversary

The Bolshoi Theatre celebrated the jubilee of the renowned dancer and choreographer Mikhail Lavrovsky, TASS reports.

Despite of his considerable age of 75 years, Lavrovsky came out on the historical stage and performed in his Nizhinsky ballet. He played a role of Diaghilev, whereas the leading role was played by dancer Ivan Vasiliev. The ballet performance based on music by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev became the final part of the concert. The audience did not let the dancers leave the stage for almost half an hour.

Lavrovsky is sure that there is nothing more valuable for the performer than love and recognition of his audience. Before the jubilee celebration began, he promised to keep the audience wide awake.

The festive progamme included Lavrovsky stagings of different time periods and performances where he took part as an dancer. The Bolshoi Theatre dancers Yekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantarov and Mikhail Lobukhin were among the celebration participants.

More than fifty years of his creative career as a great choreographer is devoted the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. After he quit the career in the status of one of the most masterful dancers, Lavrovsky stayed in the Bolshoi Theatre as a teacher and trainer. He still is going for choreography a lot.

Russkiy Mir