for one evening only and for only 100 spectators, Yury Smekalov's dance drama "The Overcoat M" turned into an immersive performance in a previously inaccessible historical location in the center of St. Petersburg.
Choreographer and director Yury Smekalov together with Alexander Tsypkin, a famous Russian author, present a truthful, funny and at the same time dramatic story about people who have dedicated their lives to the stage. What is ballet really silent about?
Four choreographers from Germany, Portugal, Israel and Russia, who have worked with the best ballet companies in their countries, are creating a performance together for the first time under the direction of MAD Company founder Yury Smekalov.
At the end of 2019 in Maribor (Slovenia) in the frames of international festival Dance Open Yury Smekalove performed his short ballet The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
In 2013, Yury Smekalove created the miniature Ne me quitte pas on the well-known song of Jacques Brel for the competition of ballet dancers where his colleague from the Mariinsky theatre Aleksey Popov took part
In June 2013 in the Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theatre seven young choreographers presented the night of their performances on the basis of Andrei Platonov’s works
A choreographic miniature Parting was created by Yury Smekalove in 2008 and a year later won the XI International Competition for Ballet Artists and Choreographers in Moscow...
