Ballet de l’Opéra National Tchaïkovski de Perm

The ballet of the Perm Tchaikovsky National Opera is one of the most prized artistic companies in Russia and is recognized worldwide. Perm was the host city of the famous Kirov Ballet, when it was evacuated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). During World War II, Kirvo dancers such as Ulanova, Dudinskaya, Sergeyev, Vecheclova, by their excellence, deeply influenced the emergence of the Perm Ballet, which is in third position nationwide after the Bolshoi and the Marinski, who shares the quality criteria and the style of the Kirov high school. Perm is also the city of Serge Diaghilev, impresario of great notoriety, emblematic character who reformed the choreographic art of the XXth century.

Source: French press