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COVER: Edgar Degas, Rehearsal in the Studio, c. 1878-1879,

Collection of Shelburne Museum. Gift of Electra Webb Bostwick

© Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont

The Seventy-Third Season of

The William Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin

Concerts

National Gallery ofArt 

3,023rd Concert

Kirov Academy ofBallet, Washington dc

Adrienne Dellas Thornton, Artistic Director

Stanislav Issaev, Ballet Master and Choreographer

Regina Shestakova-Martin, Music Technician

featuring

Irina Wunder, narrator

Tatiana Milovanova, pianist

Regino Madrid, pocket violinist

November 23, 2014

Sunday, 3:30 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree
Program

The Kirov Academy takes you on a journey back in time. The period is

the 1800s when dancers in white romantic tutus begin their exercises

before a rehearsal of ballets destined for the great stages of France. As

light filters through the dance studio, a ballet master enters and sees the

Little Dancer deep in thought about the approaching rehearsal. Here is

a lovely opportunity for our audience to take a moment to breathe in the

beauty of classical ballet and art. Enjoy this interlude that begins with

the lilting pocket violin’s notes spreading through the beautiful West 

Garden Court, where time stands still for the dance.

The Performers

KIROV ACADEMY OF BALLET

Founded in 1989, and opening its doors in 1990, the Kirov Academy of

Ballet (kab) trains serious students from around the world in preparation for professional careers in classical ballet. The school’s internationally recognized faculty teaches aspiring young dancers using the methodology ofthe St. Petersburg-based Vaganova Ballet Academy, the most

prestigious classical ballet school in the world, with a legacy that dates to

the mid-eighteenth century. The Vaganova Ballet Academy has produced

the world’s most talented dancers, including Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia 

Makarova, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Diana Vishneva, Natalia Osipova, Daniil 

Simkin, Ulyana Lopatkina, Yevgenia Obraztova, Alina Somova, Svetlana 

Zakharova, and Alexei Timofeyev.

The Kirov Academy of Ballet exists to continue that legacy in the

United States and make it relevant to today’s dancers. Each year the kab

places more than 75 percent ofits graduates with professional dance

companies throughout the world, while other kab graduates continue

their education at universities with recognized dance programs.

Dancers performing in today’s program:

Elaine Blank

Julie Davies

Oscar Frame

Kathryn Garrett

Tillie Glatz 

Lindsey Hsi

Sydney Jackson 

Magali Johnston-Viens

Caroline Linehan

Emerson Moose

Mao Naka

Ayaka Nakagome

Jiwon Park 

Kaitlin Seidenberg