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The legendary Natalia Makarova celebrated her 75th birthday in Japan with the Mariinsky's Romeo and Juliet which was led by Kristina Shapran and Timur Askerov.  

Angelin Preljocaj's sublime Le Parc is performed again by the Mariinsky Theatre, with Diana Vishneva leading the company in this ode to love.

The YAGP Gala showcases young dancers who will go on to lead the world's ballet companies.

Internationally-renowned dancers perform a diverse range of choreography for the Russian Ballet Icons Gala's tenth anniversary.

The Mariinsky Ballet treats London audiences with some of Balanchine's finest story ballets : Apollo and A Midsummer Night's Dream 

Coppelia is based on a story by a German (E.T.A. Hoffman’s The Sandman), was first turned into a ballet by Frenchmen (the music is by Delibes) and staged in Paris with an Italian ballerina, and was then revived and made popular by Russians. This production has choreography by another Frenchman, Roland Petit, and has been brought to London by Moscow’s Stanislavsky Ballet.