Svetlana Zakharova and Friends will be held tonight at 8.30 pm in Cankarjev dom and not in Križanke due to bad weather forecast. Tickets remain the same, the alternative seating orded is written on the already purchased tickets. Thank you for your understanding!

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RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra

Anton Grishanin, conductor

Born in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk, Svetlana Zakharova began dancing at the age of six. A mere four years later, she was admitted to the Kiev Choreographic College. In 1995 she entered the international Young Dancers’ Competition in St Petersburg. The youngest contestant, she took second prize and was invited to continue her training in the graduation course at the St Petersburg Vaganova Academy. It was the first time in the school’s history that a student was allowed to skip two grades. The following year she joined the Mariinsky Ballet and a year later, in 1997, aged just 18, she was promoted to principal dancer. Since 2003 she has been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet. She is highly regarded for her technical expertise and talent and is considered one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation. She will appear with group of top dancers, all of them soloists from leading ballet companies, in a selection of some of the most beautiful pieces in the ballet repertoire. They will be joined by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anton Grishanin.

Programme:

1. «Le Corsaire» Pas de deux
Music by Adolphe Adam, choreography by Marius Petipa

Svetlana Zakharova, Jacopo Tissi

2. «Рarting»
Music by J. Powell, choreography by Yuri Smekalov

Elena Evseeva, Aleksandr Sergeev

3. «Coppelia» Pas de deux
Music by Léo Delibes, choreography by A.Gorsky

Daria Khokhova, Artemiy Belyakov

4. «Caravaggio»
Music by Bruno Moretti, choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti

Svetlana Zakharova, Jacopo Tissi

5. «Underwood»
Music by Max Richter, choreography by Ivan Vasiliev

Alexey Gainutdinov, Anton Gainutdinov

6. «Spartacus» Pas de deux
Music by Aram Khachaturyan, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich, Daria Khokhova, Mikhail Lobukhin

7. «The Dying Swan»
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns, choreography by Mikhail Fokin, Svetlana Zakharova

8. «Satanila» (Venetian Carnival)
Music by Cesare Pugni, choreography by Marius Petipa

Elena Evseeva, Aleksandr Sergeev

9. «Strokes Through the Tail»
Music by W.A. Mozart, choreography by Marguerite Donlon

Svetlana Zakharova
Mikhail Lobukhin
Artemiy Belyakov
Karim Abdullin
Alexey Gainutdinov
Anton Gainutdinov