Minsk Classical Ballet CONTACT: Julia Concert 7020 Rouse rue "Voden" 11 B Bulgaria Tel/Fax: +359 82 822 358 EMAIL

The Minsk Classical Ballet was founded in 1992 and was based at the Belarussian State Theatre of Light Opera. The Company's Head Ballet Mistress is Nina Dyachenko, Merited Artist of Russia and graduate from the Perm Ballet School. She achieved great acclaim as Prima Ballerina of the Perm Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Nowadays she devotes her considerable teaching skills to developing a varied and original repertoire for the Company which includes Scheherazade, Don Quixote, the Carmen Suite, Les Sylphides, Nutracker, Giselle and New Amazons (Bolero by Ravel). This young Company has a attracted the interest of many of the great artists of the world ballet including Lyubov Kunakova, Larisa Trembovelskaya, Gedeminas Taranda and Ksenia Ter-Stepanova whose productions for the Company have done much to bring out its enormous potential. The dancers themselves are, in the main, graduates from the Belarussian Ballet School. The Company's professionalism and excellent classical technique is borne out by the success of its Principals Konstantin Kuznetsov and Yuliya Dyatko in the prestigious international competitions. Their talent was rewarded when they receive the third prize at "Arabesque-96" inPerm, the third prize at "Serge Lifar ballet competitions" in Kyev, Golden medal "The best duet of competition" in Luxembourg, the second prize at "Moskow international competition" and the prize of "Dyagilev center" - the best duet of competition in Moscow. Minsk Classical Ballet's reputation overseas is growing with the completion of highly successful tours of Spain and Portugal in 1995-1997 and of England and Scotland in 1996. In August 1997 the Company took part in "Beethoven international festival" in Germany in Bonn.