Yesterday, we performed an all-new ballet: Cheeky Chastushki, set to Rodion Shchedrin’s music. The première took place on 16 December at the historical venue of the Mariinsky Theatre, as part of a larger festival called Shchedrin-90: a celebration of the great composer’s birthday.

Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre is working on a new show, Cheeky Chastushki, with music by Rodion Shchedrin. Vyacheslav Samodurov, the production’s director of choreography, is a three-times winner of the Golden Mask award and art director at the Ural Ballet.

In honour of the renowned music master who is now celebrating his 90th birthday, Mariinsky Theatre is holding the Shchedrin-90 festival. During this event, on 16 December, the theatre’s historical venue will host a première of Cheeky Chastushki: a theatrical gift to Rodion Shchedrin from the Leonid Yacobson Ballet, set to his eponymous music.

During the Silk Road International Festival, a large-scale gala concert, starring the best of the best on the world ballet scene, took place on 29 November in the capital of Kazakhstan at the prestigious Astana Opera.