04/04/2020

''Astana Ballet'' Launches Special Project ''Theater Online''

While we are sitting within the four walls - the whole world fits in it. Theaters, museums and philharmonic societies went online, broadcasting their performances and excursions. “Astana Ballet” supported the initiative of its colleagues in the workshop and launched the special project “Theater Online” - a series of informative live broadcasts on its instagram with world ballet stars, stage directors and photographers. The conversation will be conducted by the leading soloist of the ''Astana Ballet'' Theater, the image of the project “Secrets of the Backstage” - Dilara Shomayeva. Everything you wanted to know about ballet: backstage, the nuances of the profession and the life of ballet dancers, is now available online.

The first live broadcast on Instagram of the @astanaballet theater will take place on April 6 at 20:00 with the prima of the Hungarian State Opera House Aliya Tanykpaeva. A graduate of the choreographic school named after A. Seleznev, Aliya is a laureate of international ballet competitions in Perm and Luxembourg. She worked in the Zurich Theater, Vienna Opera, the Imperial Russian Ballet and the GATOB named after Abay.

Schedule of the nearest live broadcasts:

April 7 at 20:00. Aidos Zakan, soloist of the Aalto Theater. Essen, Germany. Aidos is one of the most demanded ballet dancers of our time, he worked in the Boston Ballet, the Mikhailovsky Theater and many others.

April 8 at 20:00. Ruslan Pronin, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, choreographer-tutor, assistant of choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. In 2019, together with Oksana Tsvetnitskaya, he staged the three-act ballet ''Legend of Love'' on the stage of the ''Astana Ballet'' Theater.

April 10 at 20:00 live broadcast with the prima of the Berlin State Theater Yana Salenko. Winner of the Deutscher Tanzpreis Zukunft Award (2010) and other awards. In her repertoire - almost all the leading classical parties: Giselle, Aurora, Odette / Odile, Juliet and others.

Also, the Primier of the Mikhailovsky Theater Leonid Sarafanov, ballet photographer and chief editor of WorldOfBallet.com Daryan Volkova, Petersburg photo artist and author of the project “Ballet Territory” Alexey Krivtsov and others will also go on the live broadcast.

All detailed information about the live broadcast schedule will be available on the social networks of the ''Astana Ballet'' Theatere @astanaballet.