{"id":4461,"date":"2012-10-08T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T05:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2016-04-22T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:03:27","slug":"mariinsky-balllet-and-orchestra-swan-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/mariinsky-balllet-and-orchestra-swan-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, &#8220;Swan Lake&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>October 13, 2012 @ Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4472\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SwanLake_MariinskyBallet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4472\" title=\"Mariinsky Ballet - Swan Lake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SwanLake_MariinskyBallet-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Mariinsky Ballet - Swan Lake\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SwanLake_MariinskyBallet-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SwanLake_MariinskyBallet-1024x673.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariinsky Ballet &#8211; Swan Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cast to include Ekaterina Kondaurova, Danila Korsuntsev, Vladimir Schklyarov, and Evgeny Ivanchenko<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the most influential companies in classical dance for the past 200 years, the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov) has always showcased the world&#8217;s greatest dancers, including such legendary performers as Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinksy, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, and many more. Now, the historic company opens Cal Performances&#8217; 2012\/13 dance season with Konstantin Sergeyev&#8217;s bewitching production of\u00a0<em>Swan Lake<\/em>, based on the immortal masterpiece by Petipa and Ivanov. Mysterious, lyrical, and dramatic,\u00a0<em>Swan Lake<\/em>\u00a0creates a magical world in which Prince Siegfried and the swan-princess Odette proclaim their love for each other, overcoming the forces of evil. Tchaikovsky&#8217;s glorious score combines with matchless choreography featuring the Mariinsky&#8217;s renowned corps de ballet in all its splendor. &#8220;The Mariinsky elevates [<em>Swan Lake<\/em>] to another realm&#8221; (<em>Evening Standard<\/em>, London).&#8221;\u00a0&#8212; CalPerformances<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4489\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ekaterina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4489\" title=\"Ekaterina Kondaurova\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ekaterina-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ekaterina Kondaurova\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ekaterina-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ekaterina.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ekaterina Kondaurova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ekaterina Kondaurova&#8217;s performance as Odette\/Odille was stunning&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h3>Ticket Memories:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4480\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SwanLake_2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4480\" title=\"Ticket Memories : Swan Lake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SwanLake_2012-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket Memories : Swan Lake\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swan Lake 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Reference:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Mariinsky Ballet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariinsky_Ballet\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia &#8211; Mariinsky Ballet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 13, 2012 @ Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley Cast to include Ekaterina Kondaurova, Danila Korsuntsev, Vladimir Schklyarov, and Evgeny Ivanchenko &#8220;One of the most influential companies in classical dance for the past 200 years, the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov) has always showcased the world&#8217;s greatest dancers, including such legendary performers as Anna Pavlova, Vaslav &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/mariinsky-balllet-and-orchestra-swan-lake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, &#8220;Swan Lake&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,38],"tags":[162,242],"class_list":["post-4461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ballet","category-music","tag-ballet","tag-mariinsky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4461"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6629,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions\/6629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}