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The Andrei Batalov Classical Ballet of St. Petersburg is a young and dynamic company, clearly educated in the best Russian tradition.

Music: P.I. Tchaikovsky

Libretto: Vladimir Berghicev and Vasilie Gheltzer

Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Stage design: Evgenii Gurenco

Soloists: Olga Golitsa and Denis Nedak

The St. Petersburg Classical Ballet of Andrei Batalov Company is created by Andrei Batalov – first soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy of Russia, Andrei Batalov has been on stage for over 20 years. In 1992, he became a soloist of the State Academic Theatre “Mussorgsky” of Saint Petersburg, and two years later, he became first soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre.

He belongs to a rare race of virtuoso dancers with an extraordinary technique, allowing him to be aligned with ballet legends of the past and present, such as Vestris and Nijinsky, Baryshnikov and Julio Bocca. He owns a unique collection of prizes from various international ballet competitions. He won the gold medal at the International Ballet Contest of Nagoya (Japan, 1996) and in Paris (1997). He won the second prize at the Rudolf Nureyev International Contest in Budapest (1996), first prize and Mikhail Baryshnikov prize at Arabesque-96, the Ballet Contest of Perm (1996) and the Grand Prize of the International Ballet Contest from Moscow (1997).

In the repertoires from the Mikhailovsky (1992-1994) and Mariinsky Theatre (din 1994), Batalov was performing lead roles in the following ballets: Cavalry Halt, La Sylphide, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, La Bayadere, Manon, Scheherazade, Romeo and Juliet, etc.

At the Danish Royal Ballet (2000-2002), his repertoire included classical lead roles, such as: Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake), Albert (Giselle) and contemporary ballets by Peter Martins and Kevin O 'Dale.

Batalov collaborates with the best dancers of the Mariinsky Theatre - Altynay Asylmuratova, Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina, Elvira Tarasova, as well as the legend of the decade 1960-1970 - Nadejda Pavlova (Bolshoi Theatre). As an artistic director of the company, Andrei Batalov intends to pursue the great traditions of Russian ballet, inherited from great masters of the past - Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky, Mihail Fokin.

Nowadays, Batalov not only dances himself, but he also teaches others - since 2010, he has been a choreographer of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Among his graduates, for instance, the renowned Leonid Sarafanov. And in 2014, he opened in Saint Petersburg the Classical Ballet Theatre, where he became an artistic director.

Stars like Andrey Batalov, Yevgeny Ivanchenko- Mariinsky Ballet, Leonid Sarafanov, Oksana Bondareva - Mikhailovsky Ballet, Alexandra Timofeeva, Evgheni Ivanchenko - Kremlin Ballet, Maria Poliudova, Vladimir Statnii - Ukraine are the main soloists of the company, and the corps de ballet is high-class.

The Ballet Company reunites 50 professional artists, graduates of the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy and of the greatest dance schools from Russia and Ukraine, led by great ballet masters, former distinguished dancers.

The repertoire of the St. Petersburg Classical Ballet Company combines masterpieces of classical ballet, such as: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky, Chopiniane and Giselle by A. Adam, Les Sylphides by Michel Fokine, Don Quixote and Paquita by L. Minkus and contemporary choreography - Alexei Miroshnichenko, Emil Faski and others.

St. Petersburg Classical Ballet of Andrei Batalov is proud of its artists who, through their talent and creativity, guarantee the company’s success, the artists attaining a high artistic level.

The scenery and the costumes are created by masters of the theatrical art and are magnificent.

Andrei Batalov Classical Ballet of St. Petersburg has toured in Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and this fall, they are invited on tour in the USA.

The language of art is universal and eternal. It is a language not requiring any translation, spreading harmony and creativity everywhere. Andrei Batalov – Artistic director

Translated by Simona Nichiteanu