Pandemic broke a season-2019/20, but not the creative will of the ballet companies. Despite the loss of leading theaters — domestic and international — try as much as possible in the current environment, prepare a full season. However, not all will open in the fall.In Russia to build projections for the new ballet season is not easy: even the doctors do not know how to behave in insidious COVID-19 in autumn. However, the theater Director must not only plan, preparing different options for different situations, but also to respond quickly to the moment, because of the order of Rospotrebnadzor sometimes mind-boggling with its swiftness and surprise. In may, the Agency predicted that before the autumn of quarantine exemptions can be expected, and in June decided to open all the theaters in July. The company was caught off guard. The Bolshoi theatre had to let go of the creative team on vacation from June 1 to August 26 — in order to open the season on September 15. However, the Opera and ballet troupes being worked already in July and at the end of the month, the theatre performed at the festival in Chersonesos with “Carmen-a Suite” and the Opera gala. The musical theater of Stanislavsky, sending artists on vacation in June—July, since July 29, gathered them in rehearsal, to begin performances on 6 September. The artists of the Perm Opera came from vacation in the last week of July, but will appear before the audience in either late August or in September. The Mikhailovsky theatre, releasing artists June 8, is going to open in October, and premiere. The most operative and law-abiding was the Mariinsky theatre since the end of may her ballet dancers worked individually (“no more than two artists, teacher and accompanist in ballet class”). For the giant troupe of this self-restraint seems anecdotally, however, they have used leading soloists, managed to finally get in shape and 11-12 July to speak with gala concerts at the new Mariinsky theatre (halved the audience was seated on all podkarantinnoy rules).Closed the theatres in the midst of work — as a rule, in the spring are assigned to the main premiere. In Moscow, they broke a few: the Bolshoi theatre almost brought to a General rehearsal of the new production of one-act ballets by Russian choreographers; in the musical theater of Stanislavsky a Spaniard, Goyo Montero managed to deliver, but not to rehearse his new ballet “Aurea” (Golden section), which was going to show at the end of March together with renewed classical “Variations” Soviet Patriarch Vladimir Burmeister. All these works both in theatre will present the new season: musical theater in October, Big — in the end of November. Mikhailovsky was able to “shoot” before the pandemic, showing classic La bayadère. Perm, who failed to produce children “Cipollino”, in the new season limited��GSI resumption of the “Winter dreams” by Kenneth Macmillan, “Joker” and “Variations on a Rococo theme” by Alexey Miroshnichenko. Unknown just loss and thoughts of the Mariinsky theatre, where in addition the expense of cases in the last month of ballet dancers already goes on tens.But the ballets scheduled, but not started the Moscow theatres have to cancel or postpone indefinitely because of their internationality: it is difficult to predict when will be able to appear in the capital choreographers are foreigners. And if the ballet “the Master and Margarita”, which at the Bolshoi theatre were to put a Slovene Edward clug with his team, the loss is small (the recent “Parsley” this author has caused only disappointment), it is announced by the musical theater of Stanislavsky English-Italian “Kaash”, an early ballet by Akram Khan, whose “Giselle” recently occurred in Moscow, I really am.In addition to the closed borders, international cooperation will prevent the impoverishment of the theatres. State or municipal budget allows you to save frames and to pay artists a salary. But money for new productions, especially ambitious, with well-known foreign choreographers, most theaters no. Contacts with foreigners and are complicated by the instability of the national currency, so it seems that in the foreseeable future, our troupes will have to be content with revivals of old productions or productions of local authors. Perhaps ballet substitution will be better than the Russian Parmesan, but to the world level clearly does not make it.In the West there is no single recipe for the return of ballet to life. It seems that the coming season clearly all imagine Germany, where the question “Kommersant” came the comforting clear answers. Hamburg ballet buried because of the quarantine the resumption of “hamlet” Neumeier and migration, “the Winter fairytale” Wheeldon, opens September 6 with the world premiere of “Ghost light” by John Neumeier. Bavarian Opera, also abolished the two ballet premieres, is also ready to open in September. In the upcoming season she plans to implement last year’s ideas, and is going to regale a small crowd of small performances and gala concerts. Staatsballett Berlin is going to get to the audience at the end of August. During a pandemic, the actors were sitting around, artists sagalassos choreographers, prepared quarantine play “Lab_Works COVID_19”, strictly keeping a safe distance. In the new season, the Berliners expect to submit and the last premiere of Sasha waltz — “Symphony in 2020.”Curse of the Paris Opera (see “Kommersant” on July 22) will only start in December, but will open the season on the classic blockbuster: Opera Bastille show resumed in La bayadère Nureyev. And before that on the stage of the Opera Garnier, without waiting for completion of repairs, the Director of the ballet Aurelie DuPont inMeren to introduce the chamber team program, decorating unnamed world premiere. Lyon Opera, clearly bewildered after the dismissal of his long-time leader, George Lucas has remained silent about his intentions. Ballet of Monte Carlo, earning tour in July, performed in Seville with performances open air. Not delivered because of the pandemic of the new world premiere of the ballet “Casi Casa” by mats ek and migration, “the Four temperaments” Balanchine — cancelled completely. The season in Monaco, will open in October, but before the end of 2021 the company will save on the invited choreographers. The good arrived, the 60th anniversary of the leader of the Ballet of Monte-Carlo Jean-Christophe Maillot, and in honor of this event, it is possible to roll his extensive repertoire. The celebrant at the end of December 2020 is going to celebrate a birthday with a premiere titled “Opus 60”.In London, while cautious: “Covent garden” has launched artists into the halls in the middle of July, intending to please the audience with a gala presentation in October, and a real discovery to arrive just in time for Christmas — in December, the season opens with the Nutcracker. While Wayne McGregor will continue to work on his ballet “Dante”, in November Prime Minister. But will we get to see her in person or only online — another question. English national ballet began classes in early July, but to reach out to people not in a hurry: at the end of September it is planned the live broadcast of the one-act program, the highlight of which will be one of a small ballet Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Dramatic of all business in the United States: neither American Ballet Theatre nor the New York City Ballet season announced that he will begin performances before 2021.Combines all ballet theatres in one: the total quality of the dance will be degraded because for all dancers, especially the “classics”, the pause in six to nine months can not go unnoticed. Will inevitably hurt the purity of the dance, perhaps there will be more injuries due to over-zealous training. So reviewers will have to overlook the flaws of the artists, at least up to 2021.Tatyana Kuznetsova
