PETERSBURG’S GENES OF THE BASHKIR BALLET

Abstract

The Bashkir Theater of Opera and Ballet has been cooperating with Yu. N. Grigorovich for a long time. The ninetieth anniversary of the outstanding choreographer in the capital of Bashkortostan Ufa was marked with the premiere of the ballet The Legend of Love. The article tells about this premiere, as well as about the Small Nureyevsky Festival, established two years ago by the Bashkir Choreographic College named after Rudolf Nureyev. This festival was created following the example of the Nureyev International Ballet Festival, which arose in Ufa on the initiative of Grigorovich two or more decades ago.