Annual Russian Nobility Ball - 2015 took place on May 8, 2015 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
Music for cocktail hour and program for dinner show were provided by New York based Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya, artistic director/founder Mikhail Smirnov. Program of performance: Cocktail hour – Balalaika trio of musicians (Elina Karokhina, Mikhail Smirnov, Leonid Bruk),
INTRO: Полонез – Dancers: Valentina, Anna, Anya, Katia, Yana, Andrei, Danila, Boulat, Alex, Alexander, musicians: Elina Karokhina, Mikhail Victorovich Smirnov, and Leonid Bruk.
SHOW:
Russian folk dance "Kalinka"
, Russian folk dance "Barynya", Russian folk song "Утушка", solo Irina Zagornova,
Gypsy dance "Mardzhndzha" (цыганский танец),
Cossack dance,
"Those Were The Days" Balalaika World Music Medley,
Russian Sailor's dance "Yablochko" (матросский танец),
Gypsy Roma dance "Brichka" (цыганский танец)
, Ukrainian folk dance "Hopak" (украинский танец).
Russian Nobility Ball 2023, The Pierre A Taj Hotel, New York City
On Friday, May 5, 2023 90th Annual Russian Nobility Ball took place at The Pierre A Taj Hotel in New York City. Musicians played during cocktail hour, dancers opened the Ball with a Waltz from Sleeping Beauty. The dinner show included Kolomeyka, Mexican, Tatar, American, Gypsy, Flamenko, Hopak, Chardash (instrumental), and Kalinka.