From May 22 to June 2, 2017 will take place XXI International Festival of Ballet Art of Rudolf Nureyev at the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. As the press-service of Bashopera, the festival will be attended by invited soloists of Theatre "Kremlin Ballet" and the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), the Mikhailovsky Theatre (St. Petersburg), Grand Opera (Paris); artists from Slovenia, the USA, Sweden and Japan; ballet troupe from Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar and Chelyabinsk. Vivid and unique program will attend of this year's festival. On the stage of the Bashkir theater will be filled with renewed scenographic first version of the Bashkir ballet "Crane Song" by Leo Stepanov and Zagir Ismagilov. Recall that this is the performance of more than 70 years ago, the six-year captivity Residents Rudolf Nureyev and awakened in his heart a passion for ballet. New sets and costumes develop people's artist of Bashkortostan, Honored Artist of Russia and the Republic of Bashkortostan, laureate of the Prize. Mikhail Nesterov, Professor Rifkhat Arslanov.   The festival of ballet Residents also will show performances of "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky and "La Bayadere" by Ludwig Minkus with guest soloists. Viewers can see the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev from the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet, "Raymonda" by Alexander Glazunov on the Krasnodar Ballet Theatre Yuri Grigorovich, "Esmeralda" by Cesare Pugni Chelyabinsk Theater of Opera and Ballet.   In the final, all awaiting a grand gala concert of ballet stars. Organizers say that the festival will be dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Yuri Grigorovich. Choreographer world famous People's Artist of the USSR, winner of numerous state awards, he has carried out in Ufa theater seven productions. It was on the initiative of Grigorovich in 1993 was established by Rudolf Nureyev Festival them; Honorary President Yuri Nikolaevich is offline today.