Exhibition "Impresario. Dance Trajectory". Sergey Danilyan

Sergey Danilyan, who is often compared to Diaghilev, is one of the most famous and successful ballet impresarios in the world. In 1990, Sergei and his wife Gayane founded the Ardani Artists agency, whose main activity was the organization of tours of ballet troupes and artists in the United States. Impresario has implemented many grandiose projects with Diana Vishneva, Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Marcelo Gomez, Guillaume Cote and other “stars” of the ballet.

Exhibition “Impresario. Dance Trajectory ”has already passed in late 2017 - early 2018. at the St. Petersburg Museum of Theater and Music in the halls of the Sheremetev Palace. The exhibition of the same name in the Bakhrushinsky Museum was supplemented by materials that had never been exhibited anywhere: the costume of Nikolai Tsiskaridze for the production of Roland Petit “Carmen. Solo ”, costumes for the production of Alexei Ratmansky“ Lunar Pierrot ”, costumes and props for the production of Vladimir Varanva“ Isadora ”.

In total, the exhibition will show about 50 costumes for various ballets, including 18 costumes by Igor Chapurin; more than 30 sketches and about 25 posters “Solo for Two”, “Diana Vishneva: Facets”, “Diana Vishneva: Dialogs”, “Reflections”, “Divertissement of the King” and the Bugatti 1927 Racer car from Isadora. Visitors will also be able to see rare photographs of Diana Vishneva, Natalya Osipova, Ivan Vasilyev, Polina Semionova, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Marcelo Gomez, Ivan Vasilyev and other outstanding dancers of our time.