The famous State Ballet of St. Petersburg was created in 1990 by the family of professional dancers and by a dynasty that is older than 100 years.

St.Petersburg State Ballet has successfully conducted more than 50 tours around the world including Japan, France, Belgium, England, Ireland, Spain, United States, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Turkey, Estonia, Island of Malta, and many other countries. The theater has participated in 10 International Ballet Festival. Today the repertoire of the theater "Russian Ballet" includes classical masterpieces such as "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", "Nutcracker", "Giselle", "Paquita", "Chopiniana", "Don Quixote", "The Night Walpurgis "," La Bayadere "and the gala concert of the stars of the ballet" The Golden Age of the Ballet of St. Petersburg. "

The company of the theater "Russian Ballet", and the corps de ballet and soloists, are all graduates of the famous Vaganova Ballet Academy, the oldest dance school in the world (founded in 1738). The "Russian Ballet" perceives as its main mission the preservation of authentic choreography of the Kirov (now Mariinsky). Each dance is performed in its original choreography.

In St. Petersburg, for the last 20 years, the "Russian Ballet" of St. Petersburg has performed on stage in one of the best theaters in the world – the Imperial Hermitage Theatre of Hermitage State. There are only 250 seats in the theater and it can not accommodate all those who would like to see the performance of this famous ballet company. Therefore, in 2006 the company began performing on stage in another beautiful and historic Theatre of St. Petersburg - The Palace Theatre, nowadays the theater of musical comedy.

Thousands of admirers of ballet from all over the world come to these beautiful theaters each year. It isa great honor for the company of "Russian Ballet" of St. Petersburg's oldest performing on stage in St. Petersburg.

The National Theatre “Russian Ballet” presents masterpieces of the classical ballet: the spectacles “ Swan Lake”, “Giselle”, “The Nutcracker”, “The Sleeping Beauty”, “The Evenings of classical ballet”

«Swan Lake»

«Swan Lake» - the most famous ballet spectacle in the world. Not only the music, but also the choreography of this ballet is considered a masterpiece for a long period of time, one of the greatest achievements of the Russian culture. A White Swan will always be a symbol of Russian ballet, the symbol of its beauty and grandeur.

This spectacle takes an important place in the repertoire of the Theatre “Russian Ballet”. The fairy story of the Swan Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried leaves no one spectator indifferent.
Ballet is accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra. The original choreography is carefully preserved. Tchaikovsky's immortal music, colorful scenery and costumes, brilliant dance of the ballet company - all this attracts the attention of the public and provides a full house.

The ballet has three acts, with two entr'actes

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895)

Libretto: Vladimir Begichev, Vasiliy Gelzer

 «Giselle»

The fantastic ballet of two acts, one of the world's most famous performances of the classical ballet repertoire. The love story of the love of young Count Albert, who hides his title and the bride, to the peasant girl Giselle.

The Theatre "Russian Ballet" has been presenting the ballet "Giselle" at the stages of St. Petersburg theaters for more than twenty years. At various times the brillinat dancers as follow presented the role of Giselle: Anastasia Volochkova, Julia Makhalina, Valeriya Vasilieva, Natalia Potekhina, Irina Badayeva, Alyona Klochkova, Tatiana Tkachenko, the role of Albert: Ilya Kuznetsov, Farukh Ruzimatov, Kirill Myasnikov, Dmitry Dmitriev, Oleg Haryutkin, Feton Miotstsi, Sergei Popov.

This ballet is one of the most loved classical spectacles by the audience.

Music by Adolphe Adam

Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier, Jean Coralli
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

Ballet is accompanied by the State Symphonic Orchestra

Duration: 2 hours (the spectacle has one entr'actes)

«The Nutcracker»

The ballet consists of two acts with epilogue.

The first night of the ballet "The Nutcracker" was held in Saint Petersburg on December 6, 1892, and it has been regularly staged in theatres for more than 120 years.

The colorful festival, fantastic tricks, bright dolls, burning with lights festive Christmas tree, airy dance of snowflakes and the touching story of Masha and the Nutcracker leaves indifferent neither young spectators nor their parents. The colorful ballet is interesting for both children and adults.

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Libretto: Marius Petipa (1892), based on the fairy-tale by E.T.A Hoffmann

Choreography: Lev Ivanov in edition by Vasiliy Vainonen (1934)

Ballet is accompanied by the State Symphonic Orchestra

Duration: 2 hours (the spectacle has one entr'actes)

«The Sleeping Beauty»

Ballet-fairy show consists of two acts with a Prologue and Apotheosis.

The spectacle was created more than 120 years ago. The author of the music is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He produced a unique creation, that time there was one equal creation that could be compared with. He raised the level of ballet music at such a high level that many years after it has been considered as the highest standard. This is evidenced by the fact that the famous music of " The Sleeping Beauty" is performed at concerts of many world-famous conductors and orchestras. The composer considered his creation "the best of all the works."

Marius Petipa, his coauthor-choreographer, was not behind the famous composer in genius. The ballet strikes with splendor of various choreographic paints. Precisely "The Sleeping Beauty" ballet is considered by critics  "an encyclopedia of the classical dance."

The spectacle "The Sleeping Beauty" performed by Theatre "Russian Ballet" is a real poem about the fight between Good and Evil, all-conquering power of Love, the magic colorful ballet-fairy show.

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhskiy, Marius Petipa based on tales of Charles Perrault
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (the spectacle has one entr'actes )
Ballet is accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra

Spectacles Management 

GM Photoes is proud to have signed a contract of cooperation-partnership with the National Theatre "Russian Ballet" also known as the St. Petersburg State Ballet of St. Petersburg, surely one of the most important dance companies in the world. 

Our contract gives us the exclusive about them in Italy, England, Canada and Australia.

We therefore offer the shows for the first time in the Italian territory, representing an absolute first time.

The ballet is available with the classical dance as in the tab on this page and also with a wonderful spectacle represented by some of the best dancers in the world, "The Night of Russian Ballet", a show loved in the whole world.

Following a trend that is spreading in Russia the ballet is also available for special events for private clients, such as inaugurations of prestigious location but also for the launch of new products, as they did last year at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg with a famous car factory.

GM Photoes and the "Russian Ballet" are also working together to organize new shows that we will present in the coming months.

Please find below the contact details of employees directly following the organization of shows with the respective territories: 

Italy:

Valentina: 

- City of Desio

- Piemonte 

- Emilia Romagna 

- Toscana 

Contact: valentina.gmphotoes@hotmail.com

Stefano: 

- Umbria 

- Marche 

- Trentino 

Contact: stefano.gmphotoes@hotmail.com

Andrea: 

- Liguria 

Contact: andrea.gmphotoes@hotmail.com 

Simone: 

- Lazio 

- Veneto 

Contact: simones.gmphotoes @ hotmail.com 

Alessandra:

- Campania 

Contact: alessandra.gmphotoes@hotmail.com

Floriana:

- Puglia 

- Calabria 

- Friuli Venezia Giulia 

Contact: floriana.gmphotoes@hotmail.com

At the moment the other Italian regions are directly managed by the Direction of GM Photoes 

Contact: direzione@gmphotoes.com

England: 

Alessandra 

Contact: alessandra.gmphotoes@hotmail.com 

Canada: 

Currently managed directly by the Direction of GM Photoes 

Contact: direzione@gmphotoes.com

Australia:

Currently managed directly by the Direction of GM Photoes 

Contact: direzione@gmphotoes.com