Valentin Elizariev returns to Bolshoi

27 сентября 2018

The main cultural event of the day was undoubtedly the news, which entered the top of all informational agencies. Valentin Elizariev returned to the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater. Fr om now on, he is an art director and today he has begun his duties.

The order for the appointment of Valentin Elizariev was signed by the Director General of the Bolshoi. Yesterday they also signed a contract for the maximum possible period of five years.

Valentin Elizariev does not need to be presented. He came to the Bolshoi in 1973, immediately after graduating from the Leningrad Conservatory and immediately to the post of chief choreographer. Later he became art director of the ballet troupe. It was Elizariev who staged the most complicated performances “Carmen Suite”, “Creation of the World”, “Spartacus”. His choreography is at the lim it of physical abilities. His performances are still in the repertoire worldwide today.

For almost ten years, which Valentin Elizariev spent outside the theater, he continued to stage, train new directors for the ballet school of Belarus. He is a professor at the Academy of Music. Last season he presented a new edition of his "Spartacus".