Spartacus in St

. Petersburg

Spartacus premiere 2. October with choreography by George Kovtun,

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Swan Lake 8. October with Odette-Odile /Tamara Rojo  (The Royal Ballet Covent Garden) at Mikhailovsky Theatre, St

. Petersburg. Golden Sofit
On November, 2 the Mikhailovsky Theatre is hosting the award ceremony of the Highest Theatre Premium of St Petersburg Golden Sofit. Among the guests expected are singer Anna Netrebko, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev, ballet dancer Leonid Sarafanov, actor Sergey Migitsko, artist Emil Kapelyush. The ceremony is to be staged by Yury Alexandrov, artistic director of St Petersburg Opera Theatre.

Tamara Rojo in Swan Lake at Mikhailovsky Theatre

Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet Covent Garden Tamara Rojo is a guest artist with the Mikhailovsky Ballet
. On October, 8 Tamara Rojo will perform the role of Odette-Odile in the premiere of Swan Lake.
Born to Spanish parents, she started dancing at the age of 10 in Víctor Ullate Dance Centre in Madrid. Then she continued to work with the Ullate Company.
In 1996, she was offered a contract with the Scottish Ballet, in 1997 she joined the English National Ballet. She joined the Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer at the start of the 2000/2001 season. Tamara Rojo has won a number of choreographic premiums and awards: Grand Prix at the International Dance Contest in Paris (1994), First Prize of Italian Critics as Best Dancer of the Year (1996), Critic’s Circle Dance Awards (2002), Leonid Massine Premium (2004), Premio Principe de Asturias a las Artes (2005), Benois de la dance (2008).
The repertory of Tamara Rojo includes classical and modern choreography.

This year the Mikhailovsky Theatre is nominated twice in the category The Best Female Ballet Dancer. Principal dancer of the Mikhailovsky Ballet Irina Perren is nominated for the performance of the main part in the ballet Le Corsaire, produced by Farukh Ruzimatov. Sabina Yapparova is nominated for the performance of the main part in the ballet Romeo and Juliet, produced by Oleg Vinogradov