Act I
PREMIERE
Bruch. Suite
Music: Max Bruch
Choreography: Igor Bulytsyn
Set design: Alyona Pikalova
Lighting design: Evgeny Ganzburg, Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia
As the score for his choreographic creation, ballet master Igor Bulytsyn chose two pieces by the remarkable German Romantic composer Max Bruch, specifically an excerpt from Suite on Russian Folk Melodies (op. 79B) and Swedish Dances (op. 63). This Classical Revival production features seven soloists, each of whom gets a unique opportunity to showcase both their technical mastery and character development skills.
Act II
598 Beats
Vyacheslav Samodurov is a renowned ballet master, winner of the Golden Mask 2025 National Award in the Best Choreographer nomination.
The show itself received the Golden Soffit 2024 Award in the Best Ballet nomination: the highest honour on the St. Petersburg ballet scene
Music: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Set design: Elena Trubetskova
Lighting design: Sergey Vasiliev
The 598 Beats one-act ballet is Vyacheslav Samodurov’s second collaboration with the Leonid Yacobson Theatre, recognised by the Golden Soffit Award as the best production of 2024 and earning its creator the Golden Mask Award. The piece’s name alludes to the number of music beats in its score. Lacking a clearly defined plot, the ballet instead raises questions about the physical and spiritual aspects of human existence.
Act III
Rodin
Miniatures from the Rodin cycle
Choreography: Leonid Yacobson, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR
Costume design: Vyacheslav Okunev, People's Artist of Russia
Lighting design: Evgeny Ganzburg, Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia
Rodin is a series of choreographic miniatures that has been inspired by Auguste Rodin's art and has literally become the Yacobson Theatre's signature performance. Over the course of many years, Leonid Yacobson created a motley collection of dances, which were later joined together in a single ballet, Rodin. These miniatures make the great French impressionist's sculptures come to life, exalting true love in a poignant, free-spirited, ardently poetic hymn that speaks of the feeling's every facet, from the very first, tentative inkling of affection to the summer's noon heat of passionate caresses and the scorching touch of ferocious desire.
RODIN
Eternal Spring
Music: Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1
The Kiss
Music: Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque, Part III
Clair de Lune
Eternal Idol
Music: Claude Debussy
Beau Soir for Voice and Piano
Despair
Music: Sergey Prokofie
Four Pieces for Piano, No. 3 (Despair)
Ecstasy
Music: Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B♭ major
Paolo and Francesca
Music: Alban Berg
Three Pieces for Orchestra, No. 2, Reigen
Minotaur and Nymph
Music: Alban Berg
from the Wozzeck opera
