Uliana Lopatkina, Oct 14

a special event with prima ballerina

Uliana Lopatkina October 14, 2015 路 Morse Recital Hall

Robert Blocker, Dean

Special Event

Uliana Lopatkina Wednesday, October 14, 2015 • 7:30 pm • Morse Recital Hall A tribute to three of Russia’s greatest ballet legends: Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Galina Ulanova (1910–1998), and Maya Plietskaya (1925–2015)

choreographer

selection

Marius Petipa 1818–1910

Russian Dance from Swan Lake Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Mikhail Fokine 1880–1942

Seventh Waltz from Chopiniana Music by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Asaf Messerer 1903–1992

Melody Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)

Roland Petit 1924−2011

Death of the Rose Music by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

Fokine

The Dying Swan Music by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Uliana Lopatkina’s residency at Yale is generously sponsored by Frederick J. Iseman ’74 Representatives for Uliana Lopatkina: Irina Chistiakova, Yuliya Didenko Video footage from the archives of the Saint Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, www.theatremuseum.ru/english.html Designed and edited by Vadim Ryabov, St. Petersburg

Artist Profiles

Uliana Lopatkina Uliana Lopatkina was born in 1973 in Kerch, Ukraine. From an early age she took dancing classes and was admitted to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg, where she studied dance with Galina Novitskaya and Natalia Dudinskaya. While still a student at the Academy, she won the 1991 Vaganova Prix.

After graduating from the Academy in 1991, Uliana joined the company of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. In 1994 she made her debut as Odette/Odille in Swan Lake in St. Petersburg, for which she was awarded the Golden Sofit for the city’s best debut. In 1995 she was named principal dancer of the Mariinsky Theatre, where her mentors were Olga Moiseeva and Ninel Kurgapkina. Irina Chistiakova has been her coach for the past ten years.

Among Uliana Lopatkina’s leading roles are Giselle, Medora in Corsaire, Nikya in La Bayadere, Raymonde, the Swan, Zobeida in Scheherazade, Mekhmeneh Bahnu in The Legend of Love, Zarema in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, and ballets by Balanchine, Petit, Forsythe, Van Manen, and many others. She has danced at the world’s most famous theaters, among them the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg; Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow; Royal Opera House, London; Grand Opera de Paris; La Scala, Milan; Metropolitan Opera, New York; National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Helsinki; and NHK Hall, Tokyo.

Uliana Lopatkina has been given the title of Honoured Artist of Russia (2000) and People’s Artist of Russia (2006). In 1997

she won the Golden Mask and Benois de la Dance, and the following year the critics premium of the London Evening Standard.

In 1999 she was awarded the State Premium of Russia. In 2010 Uliana performed at the closing ceremony of the Vancouver Olympic Games. The same year, she performed Swan Lake on a personal invitation from the Opera de Paris. In 2011 Uliana took part in a gala devoted to Galina Ulanova (London) and the International Italy-Russia Gala (Rome).

Andrey Ermakov Andrey Ermakov has distinguished himself as one of the leading dancers of his generation. Born in Leningrad, Russia, Ermakov began his professional training at a young age at the prestigious Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, and upon graduation was immediately hailed as an “obvious contender” (Ballet-Dance Magazine) for a spot in the internationally acclaimed Mariinsky Ballet.

Ermakov received his invitation to join the ranks of the Mariinsky Ballet in 2005, and has performed many principal roles in many of the best ballet theaters thorughout the world. Praised for his “command of the stage… natural sincerity and communicative intelligence” (The Arts Desk), Ermakov joined forces with prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina to celebrate the 275 th anniversary of the Vaganova Academy, and the two have been inseparable dance partners ever since.

Ermakov is the winner of the 2013 Soul of Dance award, conferred by Russian Ballet Magazine in the “rising star” category.

Upcoming Events

Uliana Lopatkina in Conversation

eighth blackbird

october 15 Special Events Morse Recital Hall | Thursday | 12:30 pm With Emily Coates and Christopher Theofanidis Free admission

october 20 Oneppo Chamber Music Series Morse Recital Hall | Tuesday | 7:30 pm Featuring Hand Eye by Sleeping Giant, the composers collective of YSM alumni Tickets start at $26 • Students $13

Peter Oundjian, conductor october 16 Yale Philharmonia Woolsey Hall | Friday | 7:30 pm Bartók: Divertimento for Strings; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, with soloist Adelya Nartadjieva; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Tickets start at $10 • Students $5 $3 surcharge for purchases at the door

Peter Frankl: 80th Birthday Celebration october 21 Horowitz Piano Series Music for two pianos and for piano four hands by Mozart, Schubert, Bartók, and more, featuring the YSM piano faculty Tickets start at $13 • Students $7

The Sebastians 150th Anniversary of Nielsen & Sibelius october 19 Yale in New York Preview Morse Recital Hall | Monday | 7:30 pm Chamber works by Nielsen and Sibelius Featuring the Argus Quartet and more Free admission

october 25 Collection of Musical Instruments 15 Hillhouse Ave | Sunday | 3 pm Orfeo del Violino: Solo and trio sonatas

by Arcangelo Corelli and others Tickets $25 • Seniors & Yale staff $20 Students $10

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