good tradition of collaboration with directors and choreographers from Germany, United States, Spain, and Switzerland on the Perm stage. Due to long-term projects between Russia and United States in collaboration with The George Balanchine Foundation and The Jerome Robbins Foundation, the repertoire of the theatre gets many masterpieces of the most distinguished choreographers of the 20th century. For many decades the theatre has been the launch site for many artists who are famous far away from Russia. Events Arabesque is a ballet competition headed by Vladimir Vasiliev, which has taken place in Perm since 1990. More than 650 young ballet artists from Russia, former republics of the USSR, Austria, Argentina, Bulgaria, Belarus, China, Croatia, Egypt, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Slovenia, South Korea, Turkey, United States and Venezuela have participated in it. International festivals known as the "Diaghilev Seasons: Perm-Petersburg-Paris" have become some of the most visible events in the cultural life of Russia. The festival has taken place in the theatre every two years since 2003. Concert tours The ballet troupe performs abroad under the name of The Tchaikovsky Ballet. Promotion of the opera troupe in the United States began with a performance of Mazeppa in Carnegie Hall in January 2008 using the name The Tchaikovsky Theatre. Arts management Teodor Currentzis – art director Marc de Mauny – general manager Galina Polushkina – executive director Valery Platonov – general conductor Alexey Miroshnichenko – general ballet master Vitaly Polonsky – general choirmaster Building Auditorium: 972 seats Orchestra pit: 50 seats Stage: height 21.5 m, width 18 m, depth 14 m Proscenium arch: height 8.5 m, width 12 m Gallery References External links The official site in English The official blog (in Russian) 1870 establishments in the Russian Empire Theatres in Perm, Russia Opera houses in Russia Russian ballet Theatres completed in 1879 Music venues completed in 1879