On May 16 and 17, the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre named after D.A.Hvorostovsky will host the graduation concerts of the Krasnoyarsk Choreographic College “Here the Stars are Being Lit!”. Director and Art Director of the college, Honoured Artist of Russia, People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan Arkady Zinov staged the performances.

Graduates of 2018, students of junior and middle classes of the classical and folk dances departments will shine on on the stage. Among them there already are laureates and diploma winners of Russian and international competitions, winners of scholarship and grant programmes, students of various creative schools for gifted children.

Students of the college will perform classical pas de deux, excerpts from ballets and stagings of outstanding masters of folk choreography, as well as unique scenes of experimental choreography.

“Graduation concerts of the college on the stage of the theatre is a kind of creative reporting about our educational institution to the residents of the city and the Region”, - says Arkady Zinov, - “It’s the highlight of the outgoing academic year presenting the achievements of our students and teachers”.

For many years, the Krasnoyarsk Choreographic College is the only educational institution in the region, where young talents receive advanced dance training. The best graduates continue their studies in higher educational institutions and become the stars of classical and folk dance. Over the years, the ballet company of our theatre has been enlarged by the college graduates, including Natalia Bobrova, Ekaterina Bulgutova, Honoured Artist of Russia Maria Kuimova-Litvinenko, Elena Svinko, Ivan Karnaukhov, Yuri Kudriavtsev, Georgy Bolsunovsky. Also, the college’s pride are the former soloists of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Anna Ol - now the prima of the Dutch National Ballet, and Dmitri Sobolevsky - now the soloist of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre.