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Andrei Bossov’s original 2-act story ballet The Red Shoes made its world premiere at Hauck Auditorium on the University of Maine campus, Orono, on 2 June 2006. Bossov Ballet Theatre performed the work again at the Ogunquit Playhouse on 17 September 2006. The Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale about an enchanted pair of shoes that will not let its wearer stop dancing had a major impact... More Info. |
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When one goes to the ballet today to see Sleeping Beauty, the chances are that he will not see The Sleeping Beauty. Even in the big cities the professional are more likely to produce a consolidation or an amalgam. Peter Martins of New York City Ballet has his version; but few remain who can or will undertake the classic ballet in three acts with prologue, crea... More Info. |
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Bossov Ballet Theatre performed its classic Christmas Nutcracker ballet at the Waterville Opera House in December 2005.
While Andrei Bossov's Nutcracker is religiously fixed to the old E.T.A. Hoffman fairy tale, and in that sense traditional, the bursts of humor, exceptional acting, and original choreography, reflect the personal touches of Andrei the internationally acclaimed choreo... More Info. |
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Giselle was BBT's end-of-summer-program performance in July-August 2004. The ballet was performed at the Waterville Opera House and subsequently at the Bangor Opera House. It featured Jules Perrot's and Jean Coralli's original 1842 choreography and Adolph Adam's classic musical score, written specially to suit the ballet's libretto and choreography - a historical first in collaboration... More Info. |
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BBT performed Cinderella in the spring of 2004 both in Waterville and Bangor. It featured the classic choreography of Rotislav Zakharov set to the World War II era score composed by Sergei Prokofiev during some of the darkest days of the war in Russia. More Info. |
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BBT's Don Quixote in September 2002 at Strom Auditorium, Camden, Maine, was a command performance to celebrate internationally acclaimed artist James Wyeth's exhibit, "Capturing Nureyev, James Wyeth Paints the Dancer." The late Russian ballet virtuoso, Rudolph Nureyev as famous for his on-stage portrayal Basilio, the lead-male role in the ballet, and also for choreographing his own ver... More Info. |
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Scheherazade, as performed by BBT in Waterville and Bangor in the spring of 2004, was an Andrei Bossov original. It was Bossov's choreography and Bossov's libretto that were set to Rimsky-Korsakov's musical portrayal of the ancient Persian legend, A Thousand Arabian Nights. More Info. |
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Bolero, original choreography by Andrei Bossov, performed to the classic musical score by Maurice Ravel. Andrei choreographed the piece in 1984 when he was Director of the Kirov Chamber Ballet in St. Petersberg, Russia. Bossov Ballet Theatre has performed this piece repeatedly in the U.S. and it has become a rite of passage for Bossov ballerinas, as being cast in this ballet means they... More Info. |
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Andrei Bossov's original ballet, "A Few Ballroom Dances" was Bossov Ballet Theatre's very first performance when it was staged at the Waterville Opera House and subsequently at Colby College in the fall of 1996. It is a one act story/ballet, all female parts en pointe, in an exciting merging of classic Vaganova and contemporary styles. It is a string of men and women searching for love, at once... More Info. |
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