Join a cast of majestic butterflies and flowers as their garden celebration is interrupted by a fierce storm — and even fiercer competition. This whimsical tale reveals how inner beauty overcomes adversity to win the love of the Butterfly Prince.
 
The last ballet of Marius Petipa is traditionally considered to be "The Magic Mirror" delivered in 1903. However, the "honorary" title should be given to another performance, “The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly," which was scheduled to premiere on 1904 on the stage of the Hermitage Theater, but never took place.
 
This world premiere of "The Rose and the Butterfly - A Love Story" is a two-act ballet directed and choreographed by world-renowned choreographer of Esmeralda from BOLSHOI and Nutcracker from Staatsballett Berlin, Vasily Medvedev, in collaboration with master teacher and principal dancer, Stanislav Feco, the Petipa Heritage Fund and Bayer Ballet Company. 
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With limited historical materials to study, Medvedev is creating original choreography for this adaptation of "The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly," resurrecting this rare ballet in the traditional style of Petipa.
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**This performance will be the first ticketed MainStage performance at 
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts since lockdown**
ABOUT BAYER BALLET:
Founded in 2005, Bayer Ballet has quickly established itself as a reputable dance institution in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We bring world-class performing arts to the community. Bayer Ballet Company, the 501(c)3 public charity organization, is dedicated to staging several annual full-length performances that are of professional quality. Our goal is to make the classical discipline of ballet accessible to new generations, preserving the traditions of Vaganova, and contributing enriching cultural experiences to our community.  

Bayer Ballet Academy is the OFFICIAL PARTNER SCHOOL to the world-renowned Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. Our award-winning faculty directly hail from the Vaganova Academy and Bolshoi, where they received their training, teaching credentials and advanced graduate degrees in pedagogy. Graduates of the Academy have been accepted into prestigious programs, including those of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, Paris Opera, American Ballet Theatre, Royal Ballet, Princess Grace Academy, and Bolshoi Ballet. Students of Bayer Ballet, have danced in European and American professional dance companies such as: Mariinsky Ballet, Eifman Ballet Saint Petersburg, Russia, Atlanta Ballet, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište HNK Split Balet / Croatian National Theater, State Ballet in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria and more.  RECENT HONORS: Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Outstanding School (2018, 2019, 2020 2021,), Grand Prix (2020), World Ballet Competition (WBC), Gold Medalist; Prix de Lausanne - 2 participants (2020).

ABOUT PETIPA HERITAGE FUND:
The Petipa Heritage Fund is an international institution founded in 2015 in Russia by Vasily Medvedev. It is dedicated to preserving, promoting and studying the work of Petipa, considered the "father of classical ballet."
Costume Sketches: Vsevolozhsky I.A. Sketches for the ballet "Novel of a Rosebud" by R. Drigo. 1903 year. From the collection of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art "Museums of Russia" Copyright (c) 1996-2021 Source: http://www.museum.ru

"Outstanding School" for 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 Awarded to Bayer Ballet by the
World's Largest Global Network of Dance, Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)
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