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Music on 2: The Kirov

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on BBC Two England

One of the great ballet companies of the world
The Leningrad State Kirov Ballet are visiting the Royal Festival Hall, London, for a six-week season. Tonight you can see two pieces from their repertoire:

Pas de deux from Coppelia by Delibes
Elena Evteyeva, Mikhail Barishnikov

Nutcracker - Act 3 by Tchaikovsky

English Symphony Orchestra
Leader Peter Benson
Conductors Victor Fedotov, Victor Shirokov
Introduced by Andrew Porter
An outside broadcast televised by arrangement with Victor Hochhauser Ltd

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Porter
Dancer (Pas de deux):
Elena Evteyeva
Dancer (Pas de deux):
Mikhail Barishnikov
Choreography (Nutcracker):
Vasily Vainonen
Masha:
Irina Kolpakova
Prince:
Vladilen Semenov
Spanish Dance:
Olga Zabotkina
Spanish Dance:
Konstantin Rassadin
Chinese Dance:
Olga Vtorushina
Chinese Dance:
Alexander Pavlovsky
Trepak:
Alissa Strogaya
Trepak:
Vadim Budarin
Trepak:
Mikhail Gulyayev
Trepak:
Vladimir Korneyev
Rose Waltz:
Corps de Ballet
Musicians:
English Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Peter Benson
Conductor:
Victor Fedotov
Conductor:
Victor Shirokov
General Administrator:
Pyotr Rachinsky
Artistic director:
Konstantin Sergeyev
Principal Ballet Mistress:
Natalia Dudinskaya
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
Source: Radio Times

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