The Willis Ballet presents

Tour Program 2007-2008

Classical Ballet Gala Concert Program

starring the 

Saint-Petersburg Classic Ballet Theatre of Marina Medvetskaya

 ACT I 

 Ocean and Two Pearls Pas de Trois

From “The Little Humpbacked Horse”

Music:  C. Pugni  Choreography:  A. Saint-Leon

      Performed by:   Olga Mutovkina, Ylia Yashina, and  Nicolai Blankov

Pas de Deux from “The Talisman”

Music:  R. Drigo   Choreography: M. Petipa

 Performed by:  Natalia Romanova and Akhil Basov

Pas d’Esclave Pas de Deux

Music:  R. Drigo   Choregraphy:  M. Petipa

Performed by:    Ylia Yashina (Olga Mutovkina, alternate) and Ilia Kornilov

 Sleeping Beauty Grand Pas de Deux

Music:  Tchaikovsky   Choreography:  M. Petipa

Performed by:  Maria Rozumenko and Nicolai Blankov

 “Diana and Acteon” Pas de Deux

Music:   L. Minkus         Choreography:  A. Vaganova and V. Chiboukiani

Performed by:   Natalia Romanova (Ksenia Postelnikova, alternate) and Akhil Basov 

“The Dying Swan”

From Saen Sans “Carnival of the Animals”

Music:  C. Saen Sans        Choreography: M. Fokine

Performed by:  Svetlana Alexeeva

Gopak from “Taras Bulba”

Music:  V. Soloviev-Sedoi  Choreography:  B. Fenster

                                          Performed by:     Ilia Kornilin                                                   

“Passione,”  An Italian Romance

Music:  An Italian Ballad   Choreography:  D. Seiffert

 Performed by:                   Natalia Romanova

                                       Yoshiko Tanaka

                                              Ekaterina Kujnurova

                                            Svetlana  Alexeeva

                                                               (Ksenia Postelnikova, Altenate)

                                       Nikolai Blankov

ACT II 

The Diamond Ballet

(A new One Act Classical Ballet)

 Music By:  Karl Jenkins

Choreography By:  Peggy Willis-Aarnio

Costume Designs By:  Galina Solovyeva

Scenery Designs By:  Alexander Vassiliev

Ballet Mistress:  Marina Medvetskaya

Ballet Master for Corps de Ballet:  Georgui Fedotov

 Created in Honor of Classical Dance …and Dedicated to

Natalia Dudinskaya

“Classical Means Perfection” (Agrippina Vaganova)

“Just like a Diamond is to precious stones, Classical Ballet is to Dance.”

(Professor Peggy Willis-Aarnio)

 CAST

Maria Rozumenko – Akhil Basov

with

Galina Akhmetova (Ekaternia Kujnurova, Alternate) – Igor Medvedev

Rezida Garafutzinova – Igor Bogomolov

Ksenia Postelnikova (Svetlana Alexeeva, Alternate) – Nicolai Blankov

Natalia Romanova (Yulia Yashina, Alternate)– Ilia Kornilin

Olga Mutovkia – Vladimir Kudukov