“There are geographic, temperature and magnet poles. Plisetskaya is a pole of magic.” This quote by Andrei Voznesensky is just as impactful today, on the 100th anniversary of the legendary ballerina’s birth.
Sometimes, people only think of Maya Plisetskaya as the Swan or Carmen. But it’s important to remember that her unique talent and creative interests extended far beyond those two roles. As fate would have it, the great Maya first met Leonid Yacobson all the way back before the war, when she was just a teenage girl, taking part in a student performance with a number called Impromptu, set to Tchaikovsky and choreographed by Yacobson.

As winter approaches, ballet theatres are resuming the good old holiday tradition and adding The Nutcracker to the top of their playbill. We are excited to announce that ticket pre-orders for our own version of this spectacular winter fairy-tale are now open! Our troupe will be performing the production’s classical version, staged by People’s Artist Nikolay Tsiskaridze, at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in December and January. There will be showings on multiple dates! Find the one that suits you best by going to our website’s Events section.

The Brilliant Divertissement show by the Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre will take place at the Moskva Concert Hall in Moscow on 7 November. This versatile art venue is a recent addition to the Russian capital’s landmarks, and has not quite cemented itself as a place where you can appreciate the art of choreography. Perhaps the daring creative spirit exuded by Leonid Yacobson’s creations will transform it into a proper destination for ballet lovers.

It has been half a century since Leonid Yacobson’s passing. His life’s journey came to an end on 17 October, 1975, in Moscow, where he’d been confined to by his terminal illness, preventing him from joining his troupe on its first-ever tour abroad. His Choreographic Miniatures Theatre had to perform in Hungary and East Germany without its art director. The news of the tour’s resounding success reached Yacobson on his deathbed at the Kremlin Hospital in Moscow.