Renowned ballet teacher Mikhail Messerer draws on his family history in his revival of "Class Concert" at the Bolshoi.
This Saturday, in the last premiere of the season, the Bolshoi Theater will revive "Class Concert," a plotless ballet based around dancers' movements as they warm up and practice steps during a daily class. The simple, yet technically challenging, ballet was first staged in 1960 by one of the theater's greatest teachers, Asaf Messerer. A former leading dancer, he passed on his skills to stars such as Galina Ulanova, Vladimir Vasiliev and his own niece Maya Plisetskaya.
This Saturday, in the last premiere of the season, the Bolshoi Theater will revive "Class Concert," a plotless ballet based around dancers' movements as they warm up and practice steps during a daily class. The simple, yet technically challenging, ballet was first staged in 1960 by one of the theater's greatest teachers, Asaf Messerer. A former leading dancer, he passed on his skills to stars such as Galina Ulanova, Vladimir Vasiliev and his own niece Maya Plisetskaya.
