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4 unusual facts about Boris Eifman


Boris Eifman

Boris Eifman (Борис Яковлевич Эйфман) (born 22 July 1946 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai) is a prolific choreographer associated with the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.

While some critics have received his work positively, other responses, especially on the U.S. East Coast, have been derisive.

Souvenir de Florence

Excerpts from the score were used in the 2005 ballet Anna Karenina, choreographed by Boris Eifman.

Vienna State Ballet

There were also revivals of The Sleeping Beauty in the version by Peter Wright; Anna Karenina by Boris Eifman; Don Quixote by Rudolf Nureyev; choreography by Balanchine, Robbins, Neumeier, Tharp, and Forsythe; a Nureyev Gala; and the repertoire pieces Le Concours by Maurice Béjart and Marie Antoinette by Patrick de Bana.



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