Mariinsky Ballet

What comes to mind when someone thinks of ballet? It 's probably little girls in pink tutus, and not how it 's a political-shaping art form. Since its creation in the French courts, ballet has been influential upon not only a country 's culture, but also to its government. Ballet is used as a way to bring society 's refinement to the state. A prime example of this interaction can be seen during the Cold War. The Cold War was a broad set of rivalries between the two leading countries of the mid…

Marius Petipa and Balletmaster Lev Ivanov) made its first appearance at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. With a dazzling original score by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and classical ballet choreography, The Nutcracker became a holiday tradition in the United States a few years after its first full-length American production by dancer/choreographer Willam Christensen for the San Francisco Ballet on December 24, 1944. 95 years after the Russian debut of The Nutcracker Ben…

outdone itself as a ballet. Sleeping Beauty is ballet’s most loved fairy tale. This ancient fairy tale was re-popularised by the Brothers Grimm. Apparently the original, more gruesome tale has been sanitised over time. Moscow Ballet presents it beautifully, true to it’s name. In this version, the Princess’s parents (the King and Queen) survived the 100-year sleep to celebrate the Princess’s wedding to the Prince. However the ballet incorporated other characters into the ballet, such as Puss in…