Stanislavsky Theatre

The Stanislavsky Theatre presents the world premiere of the two-act ballet The Cherry Orchard. The Garden in Bloom, a production created with the support of the Diana Vishneva Foundation for the Promotion of Ballet Art. The role of Lyubov Ranevskaya was created especially for prima ballerina Diana Vishneva.

The ballet’s choreographic concept was developed by two choreographers, Pavel Glukhov and Maxim Sevagin, whose individual artistic styles converge and diverge like two voices within the same theme. The musical score is based on works by composer Alexander Tchaikovsky, including music written specifically for the production. Vladimir Arefiev, the theatre’s principal set designer, created the stage world of dreams and memories, while the costumes were designed by Svetlana Tegin.

Two interpretations of the same play, an attempt to hear two different rhythms of time within Chekhov’s text. On the theatre stage, the familiar story comes to life twice, told from two different perspectives. In the first act, The Cherry Orchard, Pavel Glukhov guides the audience scene by scene, transforming the drama into a choreographic score of loss: a story about people searching for stability in a world slipping away beneath their feet, yet unable to truly hear one another. In the second act, The Garden in Bloom, created by Maxim Sevagin, the plot recedes into the background, leaving space for pure dance and reflection. The garden, embodied by the theatre’s corps de ballet, grows into a collective image of memory as an inner state of the characters.

Music and stage design unite the two acts into a single artistic whole, creating a theatrical world conceived specifically for the stage of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre and for this interpretation of Chekhov’s play.

The role of Lyubov Ranevskaya will be performed by Diana Vishneva (October 16 and 19), as well as by Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre prima ballerinas Natalia Somova and Erika Mikirticheva, each offering her own interpretation of the character.

The production was created with the support of the Diana Vishneva Foundation for the Promotion of Ballet Art. The world premiere of The Cherry Orchard. The Garden in Bloom is presented with the general support of Gazprombank and the development company Capital Group, which became the Foundation’s Master Partner in 2026.