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Yacobson Ballet was founded in 1969 by Ballet Master and choreographer Leonid Yacobson. It was the first Russian independent company - not associated with an Opera - it quickly created a buzz within the Russian ballet landscape and received the title of "Miniature Company", referring to the short lengths of the pieces created by its founder. During seven years as a director, Leonid Yacobson worked on the development of dance in Russia and collaborated with renowned dancers such as Natalia Makarova, Alla Osipenko, Maya Plisetskaya and Mikhail Baryshniko.
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- Giselle yacobson ballet saint petersbourg orchestre de picardie
- Yacobson ballet the nutcracker clip
- Andrian Fadeev
- References
After Yacobson's death in 1976, his closest collaborator took the direction of the company and opened the repertoire to Russian and foreign choreographers, developing a repertoire of creations based on the founding technique of ballet. The company also began to export its excellent reputation outside of Russia.
Since 2011, the Yacobson Ballet has been directed by Andrian Fadeev, ex principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet. With his strength of conviction,
Fadeev wanted to bring the company - composed of 75 dancers to an international level. He rejuvenated ballets from the classical repertoire. And following tradition, he is commissioning and updating new stage productions and costume designs. Cutting the lengthy parts in order to keep what is essential; he gives spirit and rhythm to those historical pieces and modernizes them.
Yacobson ballet the nutcracker clip
Andrian Fadeev
Born October 22nd, 1977 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He was graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Prof. Vladilen Semenov). He joined the Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) in 1995 and became the principal dancer in 1997.
Andrian performed the main parts in the following ballets: La Sylphide, Giselle, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, The Sleeping Beauty, Awakening of Flora, Swan Lake, Raymonda, Don Quixote, Le spectre de la rose, Petrushka, The fountain of Bakhchisarai, Romeo and Juliet.
He has performed in the ballets of George Balanchin: Apollo, Ballet Imperial (later referred to as the Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2), Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Jewels, in the ballets of John Neumeier: Spring and Fall and Now and Then. Specially for him John Neumeier has created the main part in the ballet The sounds of the empty pages. He received many awards as Vaganova-prix competition (St Petersburg, 1995), Baltika Prize in 1998, The St Petersburg Golden Sofit theatre prize (1999, 2000), The Spirit of Dance prize in the category Star by Ballet magazine (2000), Leonide Massine Prize (Italy, Positano, 2006).
In 2011, Andrian Fadeev has been nominated Artistic Director of the Yacobson Ballet, Saint-Petersburg.