Festive dance gala evening on 29 April - International Dance Day in Stara Zagora Opera House
On April 29, at 19.00, in the hall of the State Opera Stara Zagora, the ballet company of the theatre will celebrate the International Day of Dance with a dance gala evening with the soloists of the Berlin State Ballet Krasina Pavlova and Arshak Galumyan, with the special participation of the guest soloists: the prima ballerina Vesela Vassileva, Daniel Tichkov and Stoyan Fertunov, as well as the conductor-pianist Dimitar Kosev. On the stage of the Stara Zagora Opera will perform also the soloists of the ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora Kremena Kostova and Stanko Tanev, Anelia Dimitrova, Suga Haruka, Ioana Vlaguli, Zlatomir Kolev, Ivaylo Yanev, the corps de ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
A rich program of different styles will delight the admirers of the beautiful dance and all those who will prefer the cozy hall of the Stara Zagora Opera to give their festive applause.
In the first part of the festive gala evening the ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera will present the second act of "Swan Lake" by P. И. Tchaikovsky. The roles of Odette and Prince Siegfried will be danced by Anelia Dimitrova and Stoyan Fertunov, Stanko Tanev will be Rothbart. In the second part of the concert there will be an exciting encounter with the art of the soloists of the Berlin State Ballet Krasina Pavlova and Arshak Galumyan. They will perform a fragment from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. The legendary contemporary choreographer and current artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet Nacho Duato has granted the couple the right to perform for the first time in front of the Bulgarian audience his choreographic gem "Rassemblement" /Connection/ to the mystical music of Toto Bissainthe. Krasina Pavlova and Arshak Galumyan will also present an exquisite dance miniature with the romantic title "Journey", created by Arshak Galumyan in 2013. Vesela Vassileva and Daniel Tichkov will dance a duet from Adam's ballet Corsair. Stoyan Fertunov and Japanese ballerina Suga Haruka will perform Basil's pas de deux and Kitri from Minkus' ballet Don Quixote. The Greek ballerina Ioana Vlaguli will perform her own composition and original choreography together with artists from the ballet company of the State Opera-Stara Zagora. The talented ballerina will for the first time reveal to the Stara Zagora audience her multifaceted talent - as a composer, pianist, choreographer and dancer. She will be accompanied on the piano by the conductor-pianist Dimitar Kosev. Kremena Kostova and Stanko Tanev will dance to the music of Albignoni's Adagio choreographed by Alida Boneva. Anelia Dimitrova, Zlatomir Kolev and Ivaylo Yanev will perform attractive dance numbers choreographed by Tihomir Mitev. The young ballet hope from Stara Zagora - NUTI-Sofia graduate Neli Georgieva will also take part in the ballet gala evening. She will perform a variation from the ballet "Talisman" by Ricardo Drigo.
Pre-sale tickets
At the Stara Zagora Opera box office and ONLINE via the Opera's website: http://www.operasz.bg/online/