The performance with choreography by Eldar Aliyev is hosted in St. Petersburg. The most New Year’s ballet in the history of music, first staged in 1892, has undergone numerous interpretations. Lev Ivanov's production was tender and fairy-tale-like, sparkling with children's laughter, but it did not satisfy the Soviet authorities, and the performance was removed. In its place came an avant-garde version by Fyodor Lopukhov with acrobatic tricks and an emphasized tragic beginning. This version was received very cautiously by critics. In 1934, Vasily Vainonen staged his own performance. He changed Petipa's libretto towards greater realism and coherence, discarded the fantastic characters, and composed a story about a girl who dreamed a dream on New Year's Eve. The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents its take on the magical Christmas story with Tchaikovsky's music.