Russian Seasons Brings Farukh Ruzimatov, the Indian Guest, to Minsk

Russian Seasons Brings Farukh Ruzimatov, the Indian Guest, to Minsk

On October 16 and 17, 2025, the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater will host performances by the Moscow State Dance Ensemble “Russian Seasons.” The special guest of the Minsk performances will be the legendary ballet star, Farukh Ruzimatov!

The Legacy of Russian Seasons

The “Russian Seasons” dance ensemble has been one of Russia’s premier choreographic collectives for nearly 35 years. With a repertoire of over 400 compositions, including Russian folk dances, choreography from various cultures, two-act ballets, and contemporary pieces, the ensemble has received warm acclaim from audiences in over 60 countries worldwide.

Artistic Leadership

The founder and artistic director of “Russian Seasons” is Nikolai Androsov, a distinguished figure in Russian arts and a recipient of the Order of Diaghilev. Androsov, a graduate of the Choreographic School at the State Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance of the USSR under Igor Moiseyev, has worked with renowned figures in world theater such as Maya Plisetskaya, Andris Liepa, Galina Shlyapina, and Farukh Ruzimatov.

Program Highlights

The ensemble will present the program “Legends of Folk Dance,” featuring dances from various cultures, including Russian, Cossack, Serbian, Irish, Hungarian, Tyrolean, Argentine, and Uzbek dances, all choreographed by Nikolai Androsov. The performance will also pay tribute to great pedagogues and choreographers of Russian folk dance, showcasing unique video recordings and fragments from the legacy of Tatiana Ustinova, Anatoly Borzov, Ivan Voronkov, and Alexander Shiryaev.

Special Guest: Farukh Ruzimatov

The special guest of the Minsk performances will be the world ballet star, People’s Artist of Russia, Farukh Ruzimatov. Known to a wide audience as a member of the jury of the television competition “Big Ballet,” Ruzimatov will perform a fragment of the first national Tuvan ballet “Subedei,” based on Tuvan epic and set to folk music by Nikolai Androsov. He will also perform the dance of the Indian guest from the ballet “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish,” based on the fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin.

Farukh Ruzimatov is a bright star of the 1980s ballet generation. He won gold at the most prestigious international competitions in Varna and Paris within a year. He has taken on the most coveted roles in the academic pantheon and has become a stylistically cohesive phenomenon, known for his exotic appearance, temperamental outbursts, impeccably calculated nervous splashes, powerful individual message, animal plasticity, and spicy dance contour.

This year, Farukh Ruzimatov turned 62, and he continues to dance, captivating audiences with his performances. Soon, he will be seen on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg in the role of Drosselmeyer in the ballet “The Nutcracker.”

Text: Anastasia Kostyukovich

For more information, visit the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater.