Petrusjka is a one-act ballet by Igor Stravinsky, first performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris on 13 June 1911, with choreography by Michel Fokine and designs by Alexandre Benois. Set at a winter carnival fair in St. Petersburg, it follows three puppets - Petrusjka, the Ballerina and the Moor - whose jealousy and longing end in tragedy. The score, built around the famous bitonal 'Petrusjka chord', is one of the most performed and recorded works in the orchestral repertoire.
BalletX and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society staged a new production of Petrushka, choreographed by Amy Hall Garner, with sold-out performances at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater on 8-9 January 2026.
Eugene Ballet premiered 'Petrushka: An AI Ballet', a futuristic reimagining of the 1911 work in which robots replace the original puppets, with Stravinsky's score performed live by Orchestra Next.
Berwaldhallen in Stockholm programmed Stravinsky's Petrusjka with the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester under chief conductor Daniel Harding.
