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| Arts Calendar / November 14 / Ballet |
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20:00 | Context. Diana Vishneva's Festival: Nijinski |
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The new full-length ballet by Marco Goecke deals with the dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinski. It touches on significant stages of his life on and off the stage showing how closely art and madness are related. Nijinski was one of the most extraordinary artists of the last century and an intrinsic part of Russian ballet glory. An outstanding artist whose gift of transformation, physical capacity and the ability to seemingly pause in the air during his jumps became legendary. His role in Petrushka is iconic and his major work The Rite of Spring – one of the symbols of modernism – is still in the spotlight. Marco Goeke’s ballet narrates about different stages of Nijinsky’s life. It is quite typical for Goeke to go beyond the biography and this play is no exception, as it explores some fundamental philosophical questions. Nijinski will reflect on the magic and the value of art – and the high price it exacts from all creative minds. More info and Tickets Mossovet Theater |
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19:00 | Context. Diana Vishneva's Festival: Opening Gala |
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The year of 2017 marks the fifth anniversary of Context. Diana Vishneva, so the gala-opening programme that traditionally takes place on the scene of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre will be special. The Gala-evening will host a world premiere of a new work "Asunder" by Spanish choreographer Goyo Montero, created for the festival Context in collaboration with artists of Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. Guests of the Gala-evening will have the pleasure of seeing the works created by one of most critically acclaimed British contemporary dance choreographer and “who defined the decade” according to Time – Wayne McGregor. In Moscow his company will perform an excerpt of the ballet titled "Far" — a difficult and contrasting work set to music by innovative composer Ben Frost. Another work by Wayne McGregor — "Witness" — will be presented by unique ballerina, Alessandra Ferri, who came back on the scene at the age of 50 four years ago. Alessandra Ferri will perform in a duet with the star of the American Ballet Theatre, Herman Cornejo. The Gala-opening programme includes — a work by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui "I will Fall for You" performed by Drew Jacoby to music by Woodkid, ballet "Chutes and Ladders" by one of the most sought-for young US choreographers Justin Peck and the Russian debut of the main Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company Bodytraffic. The end of the evening will be marked by the final pas-de-deux from the "Sleeping Beauty" created by Goyo Montero and performed by the festival founder Diana Vishneva in a duet with the Nuremberg Ballet soloist Oscar Alonso. More info and Tickets Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theater |
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