under the direction of the artistic director of the people's artist valery gergiev, report by valery kuznetsovaiselle stage for two centuries, the dramatic story of great love was embodied by the legendary anna pavlova and the leafy galina ulanova. during the great patriotic theater, this performance was shown in perm, where the mariinsky troupes were evacuated; after the end of the war, giselle returned to the leningrad stage. i knew galina lanova personally, i even interviewed her, the last one in her life. this is the decoration of our history, these were the goddesses who came out on stage, and the whole world was talking about russian ballet, the whole world, the historical stage with exactly the same as it was 160 years ago, it was in this hall that the audience first applauded the music of pyotr cheikovsky, the new year with its nutcracker, st. petersburg residents celebrated 27 years earlier than muscovites, ballet lovers still argue today which version is better, the bolshoi theater or the mariinsky, with optical illusions of a thousand snowflakes, not everyone knows, but here there is