PRIMA BALLERINA of the ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE
GISELLE DVD

This live performance with Irina Kolesnikova as Giselle, was filmed on 16th March 2007 on the spacious stage of the State Theatre – Pretoria during the second SPBT`s tour of South Africa. Later the same year it was released on DVD in London. The principal roles are danced by Dmitry Akulinin - Count Albrecht, Dimchik Saykeev - Hilarion, Julia Petrova - Mirtha.





The photograph on the right features on the front cover of the Giselle DVD

For many dancers, putting in years of grinding hard work to perfect technique is an end in itself, but not for Kolesnikova. Like a Yehudi Menuhin or a Renee Fleming, the sole purpose of her physical gifts is to express artistic truth. In Giselle it becomes a search that transforms familiar steps into a heartbreaking language of love
Jeffery Taylor - The Sunday Express

19th November 2006, UK
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