Maria Shirinkina and Vladimir Shklyarov in The Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet

Maria Shirinkina (Rus. Мария Ширинкина) and Vladimir Shklyarov (Rus. Владимир Шкляров) in The Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet. Music by Sergei Prokofiev, based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare, choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky.

Shot on 10.11.2013 Grand Prix Gala at Mikhailovsky Theatre. The Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix, an annual show-competition for choreography students. This ‘competition of high hopes’, as critics have called it, promotes the preservation and development of the traditions of professional choreographic education. Gala was divided into 3 parts: Grand Prix’2012 Finale, Winners of the Grand Prix 2009-2012 and finally Star Gala.

These photos are from Star Gala of the Grand Prix 2009-2012 section of the Concert.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Jack Devant © with kind permission of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, special thanks to Mikhail Messerer, Valeria Rodionova and Darina Timofeyeva.