Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet in these Ballets Russes production of these Stravinsky ballets. Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznelsov, Marianna Pavlova, and Vladimir Ponomarev are featured in The Firebird. Alexandra Isofidi, Elena Bazhenova, and Vladimir Ponomarev are featured in The Rite of Spring.