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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. The anniversary evening of 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 of the Bolshoi Theater. Scenes from various ballets, live music performed by the orchestra and positive emotions are waiting for you. 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 a 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.

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It is worth taking a closer look and understanding and recognizing that in the theatrical history of the world there are not so many major famous artists whose names are firmly 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 the repertory theater as such, if you look for it, it was found more often in Russia, in the Soviet Union, in general, here.

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 - Mikhail Leonidovich Lavrovsky. The legendary dancer, who for a long time was the premiere of the Bolshoi, turned 75 today. A real anniversary! By Svetlana Astretsova.

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, is a repetition. The original, individuality and personality are always interesting in everything, to me personally, so they must find their own face,” said Mikhail Lavrovsky, People's Artist of the USSR.

"A 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. Each one was not just danced - it was as if he lived his own story.

"He was developed as a dancer so powerfully that he had all the means of expressiveness in the dance, which I could only imagine," says People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Semenyaka.

When Mikhail Lavrovsky is asked about his favorite characters, he does not hesitate to name Albert in Giselle Adam 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 leader of the slaves became the hallmark of Lavrovsky. In 1970, for this role, he received the Lenin Prize.

"Lavrovsky by nature has such stiff muscles, which are very suitable for this performance. He was the second performer - behind Vasilyev. However, he had better physical endurance," emphasizes 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 it every day, then you will develop your own handwriting - what language do you speak with the viewer. You take Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Hugo and convey this work as you feel it," says the people 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.

The Sunday evening broadcast of the Kultura TV channel is dedicated to Mikhail Lavrovsky. Tomorrow at 21:20 see the program. And after it - the film-ballet of the Bolshoi Theater. Recorded in 1975. The tragic love story of Count Albert for the peasant woman Giselle was embodied by Natalia Bessmertnova and Mikhail Lavrovsky.

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The evening dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Mikhail Lavrovsky will allow you to see a very rich cultural program dedicated to a bright personality in the history of the Bolshoi Theater. He devoted himself to ballet in various roles as an artist, then began to actively work with dancers as a choreographer and stage his own productions.

Among them are "Romeo and Juliet", "Porgy and the Bes" and others. For his long work in the ballet industry, Lavrovsky received great recognition and continues to influence theatrical art, being one of the jury members of the large international Golden Mask competition. This man has his own vision of ballet, which is reflected in his work and constant work.

More than half a century in ballet

He devoted more than half a century to ballet, including working directly at the Bolshoi Theater, and it is on this stage that artists of different generations will honor the hero of the day. Spectators can expect interesting stories and memories of life, performances of ballet dancers to the accompaniment of the orchestra, and just a sincerely spent evening. Ballet connoisseurs should definitely see this event, which is a kind of successor, because young scenes and world-famous legends will appear on the stage, do not miss this big anniversary.

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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 the program of the 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, the best forces of male classical dance of the country's first theater were demonstrated on the stage for almost the entire evening.

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

Number "Russian Ballerina" (music by K. Jenkins, A. Guerra, J. Luissier, stage director Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia, costume designer Dolores Garcia Ordoñez), in the presence of a storyline associated with the fate of a lonely and, perhaps, forgotten by everyone ballerinas, attracted not by a story with a certain collision, but just by dancing, demonstrating the technical, stunt 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

The program of the evening ended with the 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 with the difficult fate of 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

Mimans artists and teacher-repetiteur Irina Anatolyevna Lazareva. Last preparations.

Premiere of Mikhail Lavrovsky's ballet "Fantasy on a Theme of Casanova" to music by V.A. Mozart took place on July 14, 1993. The first performer of the part of Casanova was the People's Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Vetrov. It was with him that the current lead actor Igor Tsvirko rehearsed this part.

"This is my fantasy on the theme of Casanova. Or a fantasy on the theme of Casanova's love. And the main meaning of the ballet is the carnival of life, the carnival of people ...
The personality of Casanova interested me for a long time. I literally read his Memoirs with alacrity. Before me opened the tragedy of a bright man, multi-talented, but never fully realized his abilities.
In my ballet, I wanted to embody the theme of Casanova's love, and I have my own opinion on his love affairs, to some extent colored by the impressions of Federico Fellini's film," Mikhail Leonidovich said about his Casanova.

Lady of the Heart - Victoria Litvinova, Casanova - Igor Tsvirko.

Mikhail Leonidovich watched the performance attentively from backstage.

"The music of the ballet is a collage of Mozart's works, made by Vladimir Bogorad. Mozart and Casanova were not just contemporaries, their life paths intersected, so the impulse to create the libretto was given to me not only by my immediate hero, but also by Mozart."

Queen of the Ball - Maria Zharkova

In four scenes of the ballet, four episodes of Casanova's life from birth to death take place, united by the search for love. All her life, Casanova is accompanied by four companions - the characters of the Venetian carnival, including Harlequin, one of the characters in the commedia dell'arte. Casanova in her life is also a Harlequin, only unlike the canonical Harlequin, he has a sensitive, easily vulnerable soul.

In the role of Harlequin - Georgy Gusev.

Casanova is looking for his love ideal at the carnival, in the palace, women deceive him, he is disappointed and deceives women himself. In the carnival of life, the Venetian folk carnival and the palace carnival of people who hide their true face behind masks are combined ...

Ladies at the ball - Anna Proskurnina, Evgenia Savarskaya

Scene from the ballet.

Ballet finale.

Choreographer - Mikhail Lavrovsky

Loud ovations and long bows.

The second part featured concert performances and the Nijinsky ballet.

Amok. Duet from the opera-ballet of the same name, choreography by Mikhail Lavrovsky.
“We want to make a performance based on Zweig by a team of like-minded people, in which there are people of different ages. First of all, this is the famous ballet dancer and choreographer Mikhail Lavrovsky, whom I have known for a long time,” said composer Alexander Simonenko. , to work with my music. His son, theater director Leonid Lavrovsky-Garcia, advised me to pay attention to Stefan Zweig's novel "Amok". I read it and it captured me immediately."

Doctor - Artur Mkrtchyan, She - Anita Pudikova

ADAGIO of Phrygia and Spartacus from the ballet "SPARTACUS", oreoography by Yuri Grigorovich
Phrygia - Marianna Ryzhkina, Spartacus - Mikhail Lobukhin

"Russian Ballerina", choreography by Mikhail Lavrovsky
Girls in a bar - Daria Lovtsova, Kristina Loseva, Anita Pudikova

She is Victoria Litvinova, The young man is Alan Kokaev

"Mikhail Leonidovich is one of the pioneers of male classical dance in the world" - these words belong to the soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet Vladislav Lantratov. His dance is always with great feeling, with vivid emotions. Otherwise, he believes, it makes no sense to go on stage. This is what he was trying to convey to me. I would like to wish the Teacher health, so that he does not lose faith in life, so that he pleases us with his presence. His advice is so important and dear to us."

Pas de deux from the ballet "Don Quixote" - Kitri - Ekaterina Krysanova, Basil - Vladislav Lantratov

The final highlight of the evening was the one-act ballet Nijinsky directed by Mikhail Lavrovsky. The premiere of this ballet to the music of S. Rachmaninov took place in 2001.

Nijinsky - Ivan Vasiliev