One Thousand and One Nights
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One Thousand and One Nights

Ballet, two acts

F.Amirov

Libretto by M. and R.Ibragimbekovs and N.Nazimova based on “One Thousand and One Nights” Arabian fairy tales

Choreographer-director is Andrei Petrov

Scene designer is T.Salakhov

Costume designer is Olga Polyanskaya

Assistants to choreographer-director are Lyudmila Charskaya and Valery Ryzhov

The basis of libretto is a masterpiece of medieval Arabian literature, a collection of fairy tales and parables told by Scheherazade. Our childhood favorites Sinbad, Aladdin, Jinn and Princess Badroulbadour…

On stage you see a colorful choreographic extravaganza, a harmony of vivid music and classical choreography, and a spicy charm of the East in the staging with the music composed by Fikret Amirov, a People’s Artist of the USSR.

For many years the ballet has been performed with great success on different stages of Russia and other countries. However, “One Thousand and One Nights” performed by the Kremlin Ballet Theatre is the first direction of the famous ballet on Moscow stage.   

Choreographer-director of the ballet, people’s artist of Russia, artistic managing director and founder of the Kremlin Ballet Theatre Andrei Petrov made a choreographic fairy tale expressing the magic of the Arabian East.

Scene designer of the performance is an outstanding designer, Hero of Socialist Labour, people’s artist of the USSR, laureate of the State awards of the USSR and Azerbaijan Tair Salakhov. He made grand decorations in his peculiarly special noble way where the gracefulness of lines is next to the contrasts and richness of colors.

Costumes by the designer Olga Polyanskaya are distinguished by a delicate taste, sense of style and are harmonious with decorations.

The performance is accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra Radio Orpheus (Artistic managing director and Principal conductor - Sergey Kondrashov)