Music by Dmitry Shostakovich
Choreography by George
Balanchine
DIVERTISSEMENT
Scenes and pas de
deux from the ballet and
choreographic compositions
performed by Mariinsky
Ballet Soloists
LENINGRAD SYMPHONY
one act ballet
Music by Dmitry Shostakovich
(Symphony N 7)
Choreography by Igor
Belsky (1961)
Design by Vyacheslav Okunev after
Mikhail Gordon
Costume design by Tatiana
Noginova
World premiere: 14 April 1961, Kirov Theatre,
Leningrad
Premiere of the reconstructed version: 30 May, 2001,
Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Running time: 30
minutes