Renard. Mavra. The Fairys Kiss: Igor Stravinskys works staged by Maxim Petrov

, Mariinsky, FromConceptToStage Renard. Mavra. Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy s Kiss) under this title the Mariinsky Theatre has presented a production comprising works by Igor Stravinsky from the 1920s. The premiere performances took place at the MariinskyII on 11 and 14 July. The project was conceived as part of Valery Gergiev s plan for a Year of Stravinsky at the Mariinsky Theatre. New performances will take place on September 29 and 30: The first to stage all three works as part of Diaghilev s Saisons russes was Bronislava Nijinska. Today s stage director and production choreographer is Maxim Petrov a graduate of the Vaganova Academy and regular choreographer of the Mariinsky Theatre who this year received the Golden Mask award for his opus Russian DeadEnds II to music by Nastasia Khrushcheva. As cocreators he has invited honoured theatre artist Alyona Pikalova (set de