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19:00 | Forgotten Land, The Cage, Etudes |
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Evening of three one-act ballets. Music by Igor Stravinsky (“The Cage”), Carl Czerny arranged and orchestrated by Knudage Riisager (“Etudes”), Benjamin Britten (“Forgotten Land”). Choreography by Jerome Robbins (“The Cage”), Harald Lander (“Etudes”), Jiří Kylián (“Forgotten Land”).
Bolshoi Theater New Stage  |
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Ballet production. 150 min. (with interval) Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Evelyn Glennie, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Alexander Scriabin. Libretto: John Neumeier. Choreography, Set, Costume and Lighting Designer: John Neumeier. "I created this ballet being inspired by the play. But in order to breathe life into it, each individual situation must work on its own purely visual terms, without reference to or necessarily evoking associations with Chekhov’s play. In ballet, I cannot convey the complicated interlacing of plot lines or intellectual ideas the way they can be explained in a novel or a play. Using pantomime to show Arkadina as a great actress, and then miming how Nina becomes a bad actress, the ballet could easily turn into kitsch. My decision is to translate "The Seagull" into the language of dance itself, of choreography – that is into my own language. My ballet is not just about dance: it is dance." (John Neumeier)
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theater |
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