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The Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre is to contribute to the 2nd International Caucasus Festival The Mariinsky – Vladikavkaz, introducing the public to two debuting dancers.
On October 5 and 6, the National State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania will host a performance of Leonid Yacobson's Choreographic Miniatures, which will feature a début of two young dancers. Read more...

The Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre starts the first round of rehearsals for the new season's premiere.
Our 50th season begins amid crucial rehearsals: our Theatre's management has invited Douglas Lee, a prominent British and German choreographer, to direct the new version of Firebird, a one-act ballet set to music by Igor Stravinsky. Read more...

The Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre will represent the world of Russian art in the largest Flemish city.
As part of Russia's business and cultural mission to Antwerp, Belgium's second-largest city, celebrating its 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations with St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg's vice governor Aleksandr Govorunov and Bart De Wever, mayor of Antwerp, officiated the signing of a protocol on a bilateral cultural project. Read more...

The youthful troupe of the St. Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre now has its very first Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.
The outstanding achievements of Alla Bocharova, soloist at the Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre, in perfecting the art of ballet and promoting Russia's cultural heritage have been acknowledged with the title of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation. Read more...