For the 12th time, the Dance Open International Ballet Festival is scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg on April 18-22, RBTH reports. Offering a program of amazing versatility of styles and techniques, it will star a great number of top-notch ballet dancers.
The Dance Open International Ballet Festival has already earned a worldwide reputation in previous years: In 2011, U.K. newspaper The Independent listed Dance Open among the top 10 festivals.
This time, the festival is planned on a larger scale and in a somewhat different format. For the first time since its inception, it will not only feature concert performances but also performances by three top ballet companies.
Dance Open is also concerned with the future of ballet. Students of ballet from all over the world – from the U.S., Brazil, Panama, France, Belgium, Poland, Latvia, Finland, etc. – are to arrive in St. Petersburg for children’s master-classes. A contemporary version of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” is on the Dance Open program to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its premiere.
Ever since its opening night, choreographers throughout the world have been enthralled by this score’s ability to prompt new dance forms. This time, it is a performance choreographed by Edward Clug from the Slovene National Theatre Maribor.
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Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service
