Variations on a Rococo Theme

One-act ballet to the music of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra

The ballet premiered in Perm in 2011. Running time: 20 minutes

Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra was virtually the only composition by Tchaikovsky that had not previously featured in a ballet. Alexey Miroshnichenko staged the ballet in 2011 for the graduates’ concert at Perm State Choreographic College, but its life did not end there. Several of the graduate performers were subsequently invited to join the Perm ballet company. Variations… was included in the theatre’s repertoire and is still performed by the company’s leading soloists. 

Project Sponsors: The Prognoz Company and Mr. Toshihiko Takahashi Production staged with the support of the Pearl of the Urals Foundation