Ulyana Lopatkina as Mekhmeneh Bahnu in The Legend of Love July 2016

On October 23, we are saying "Happy birthday" to Ulyana Lopatkina, an outstanding ballerina whose talent had been shining on stage of the Mariinsky for many years. And MARIINSKY.TV has a special present for all Ulyana's fans! We are glad to share with you an archive video from one of her last performances at the theatre — an excerpt from "The Legend of Love" by Yuri Grigorovich.

Adagio
frome the ballet The Legend of Love


Music by Arif Melikov
Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich

Performed by
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Andrei Yermakov

Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

Recorded at the Artistic Evening with Ulyana Lopatkina, July 3, 2016.