11.09.2017
September 20 on the island New Holland in the building "Bottle" will open "Studio Diana Vishneva ContextPro. Ballet. Modern dance. Yoga". The studio will be the first dance space in St. Petersburg, bringing together professional ballet dancers and a wide audience who want to get closer to the art of dance.
In honor of the opening, September 20 at 20:00, ContextPro will present a large concert program in the courtyard of the “Bottle” building, which will include both the performance of Diana Vishneva herself and other invited artists: Alexander Sergeev, Kristina Shapran (Mariinsky Theatre), Denis Savin, Anastasia Stashkevich, Vyacheslav Lopatin (Bolshoi Theater of Russia), Ksenia Barbasheva and Alexander Taranov (Perm Theatre). Young choreographers, winners of the competition of the International Festival of Contemporary Choreography CONTEXT.Diana Vishneva: Vladimir Varnava, Olga Vasilyeva, Konstantin Keikhel and Lilia Burdinskaya will present their new works. The event starts at 20:00. The concert will take place in the courtyard of the Bottle House. Free admission.
At its core, the Studio used and transformed the experience of the Western teaching system, when a classical lesson is held simultaneously for professionals and amateurs. The program includes: ballet classes of different levels; modern dance classes; master classes from leading Russian and foreign teachers and choreographers; yoga and other practices: Hatha yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Kundalini yoga, Taijiquan; a program for children from 7 years old, which includes the development of general physical skills and the first acquaintance of the child with dance; the unique therapeutic gymnastics of Aikune (Diana Vishneva herself has been practicing it for several years); an educational block consisting of film screenings, lectures and creative meetings with the largest Russian and foreign choreographers and artists.
Leonid Sarafanov, Premier of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, has been appointed Curator of the Studio's ballet program. Julia Chai, the creator of the project, will be responsible for the direction of yoga Generation Yoga- the largest community of yoga lovers in St. Petersburg. The talented choreographer Vladimir Varnava became a modern dance teacher. The Aikune gymnastics course will be headed by its author and founder Abai Baimagambetov (Emshi). In addition, lessons are planned from leading Russian teachers: Lyudmila Kovaleva, teacher of the Mariinsky Theater, professor of the Academy of Russian Ballet. A.Ya. Vaganova, Honored Artist of Russia, Elvira Tarasova, teacher-repetiteur of the Mariinsky Theatre, Honored Artist of Russia, Andrey Batalov, teacher and guest soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, Honored Artist of Russia, Daria Pavlenko, ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater, Honored Artist of Russia and others.
Separate and large direction ContextPro will work with young Russian choreographers. The halls of the Studio will be open to every novice stage director and will become for them a place of rehearsals, trials and experiments, an open workshop, a stage between creating a production and showing it on the big stage. The choreographers will also be able to present the intermediate results of their work to the audience in the premises of the Studio.
Project ContextPro was designed by the New York architect Rem Hass in collaboration with the architectural bureau "Borsch" (St. Petersburg). The room is 190 sq. m., designed in snow-white colors, contains two spacious halls that can be transformed into a single, large space. The studio is provided with high-quality technical professional equipment: the Harlequin ballet floor, mirrors and ballet bars, the necessary accessories for yoga classes. Next to the studio there are changing rooms, showers and a reception for meeting visitors. ContextPro is located on the third floor of the restored building "Bottle".
Diana Vishneva is without a doubt the most famous Russian ballerina. Even those who are not fond of ballet know her name. A fantastic body, a unique manner of performing both classical and modern productions do not leave indifferent audiences around the world. After graduating from ARB them. Vaganova and having come to the Mariinsky Theater in 1995, she still remains its prima. Having conquered Europe, Vishneva in 2003 became a guest prima of the American Ballet Theater, which she said goodbye to only a few months ago. The winner of many prizes and awards, Diana never rests on her laurels. In 2010, 15 years after starting her career at the Mariinsky Theatre, she founded the Diana Vishneva Foundation for the Development of Ballet Art, which brought together the efforts and capabilities of organizations and people to solve cultural, charitable and creative tasks. The Fund's activities are aimed at increasing the accessibility of ballet art to various segments of society, including children involved in choreography and dancing, stage veterans and simply true ballet lovers. Targeted assistance is also provided to ballet dancers and stage veterans. Organization and staging of new ballet projects are the main directions of his work.
The last point I would like to note separately. In 2013, Vishneva came up with CONTEXT.Diana Vishneva as a laboratory where foreign and Russian choreographers can show their creative style and working methods to the audience and to each other. This is a unique creative platform that hosts master classes by the world's leading teachers, lectures with dance theorists, screenings of rare documentaries, workshops for ballet photographers (photos by Mark Olic, one of the leading photographers, you could already see on our website in the story about ), dance critics and make-up artists.
Over the five years of its existence, the festival has transformed from a three-day to a week-long one, taking place at venues such as the Mariinsky Theater and Musical Theatre named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, the Gogol Center, the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, the Moscow City Council Theater and the Documentary Film Center. And young talented choreographers got a fantastic opportunity to show their performances. So, for example, the young and talented Vladimir Varnava, the winner of the 2013 festival, this year staged the ballet Yaroslavna at the Mariinsky Theatre, the premiere of which was a triumph on 30 June.
But that's not all. On September 20, ContextPro Studio, a studio that will teach ballet, modern dance and yoga, will open in the newly renovated Bottle House in St. Petersburg on New Holland in St. Petersburg. On the opening evening, a gala concert will take place, where both Diana herself and guest stars of world ballet will perform, and choreographers will present their new works.
If you are not in St. Petersburg, for the sake of this, it seems to me, it is worth coming. And if you are there, be sure to go and sign up for classes. You will definitely not find a better place both in terms of content and location.
P.S. But that's not all! September 22 in London at the National Geographical Society there will be a public talk with the participation of Diana Vishneva, Alena Doletskaya and Tatyana Parfenova, whose old friend of the fashion house is Diana. Theme: Ballet, Fashion and Art.
In which he will personally practice fouettes, batmans and asanas. Today, on the day of the start of the sale of subscriptions to it, we have collected everything that is known about Context Pro and are so impressed ourselves that we cannot wait for the classes to start.
What is Context Pro?
Snow-white as Odette's plumage, the spacious dance studio of New Holland does not accidentally duplicate the naming of the annual Diana Vishneva ballet festival. It is its logical sequel and permanent headquarters - in the immediate vicinity of the native Mariinsky Theater so beloved by the prima.
The studio, designed by New York architect Rem Hass and the Borsch design bureau, has two halls with large mirrors, a special Harlequin floor and machine tools. If desired, they can be transformed into a single space of 190 square meters. Nearby are the reception, changing rooms and showers.
The site will open on September 20. On this day, Diana herself, as well as the soloists of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters, will show choreography by the winner of the Context festival Vladimir Varnava, the chief choreographer of the Perm Theater Alexei Miroshnichenko and others on the stage of the Bottle.
Who is the Context Pro class for?
In his embassy, where the only ideology and goal is the beauty of the movement, Vishneva promises to personally share invaluable experience: how to perform the choreography not only of Petipa and Balanchine, but also of Bejart, Ratmansky and Locke, get rid of clamps and recover. The studio is designed for both professionals and amateurs. The program will include classes for dancers who want to improve their skills, beginners in ballet and yoga, and lessons for children from the age of seven.
Who and what teaches in the studio?
Mikhailovsky's premier Leonid Sarafanov is responsible for the ballet part in the studio. Julia Chai, the creator of the Generation Yoga project, became the curator of the yoga direction. , who recently staged "Yaroslavna" at the Mariinsky Theater. One of the teachers will also be Abai Baimagabetov (Emshi), the founder of the Aikune gymnastics course, which is taught by Diana Vishneva. Lessons will also be periodically given by teachers and dancers of the Mariinsky Theatre. The studio will also be engaged in ballet education - they will give lectures and hold film screenings.
What are the studio opening hours?
The morning in the studio will start at 8:00 with yoga, from 10:30 there will be ballet classes for professionals, from 16:00 for children, and from 18:30 for those who are still at the basic level. From 20:00 there will be classes in hatha or ashtanga yoga - depending on the day of the week. Full schedule.
How much do subscriptions cost?
The first trial group lesson will cost 300 rubles, and a trial subscription for four (2 yoga + 2 ballet) - 1,500. The standard price of one lesson (after 16:00) is 700 rubles, four within a month - 2600, eight - 4400, and 12 - 5400. An unlimited subscription for a month costs 5000 if purchased before September 20 (a bonus will be a place on the grandstand of the opening gala concert).
From September 21, the price will be 7,000. An unlimited subscription for three months costs 18,000 rubles, for six months - 30,000. At the same time, a freeze is possible for 15 and 30 days, respectively.
Morning passes (from 8 am to 4 pm) are slightly cheaper. More information about prices can be found
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