Ballets by Stravinsky | Perm Opera and Ballet Theater

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19 February / Mon 19:00–22:30

Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre

Ballets by Stravinsky

I. Stravinsky, I. Stravinsky, I. Stravinsky

Age category: 12+

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

Ballet premieres in Perm are always a must-see. In 2016 the Perm ballet was named best company ― and its head Alexey Miroshnichenko, as best ballet master ― by the magazine Dance Europe. Perm ballet stands for magnificent technique, artistry and unique repertoire.

The 145th season will end with a special treat that will delight all dance connoisseurs: three one-act ballets, choreographed to the music of Igor Stravinsky by three leading Russian choreographers, performed by the Perm ballet company. Viacheslav Samodurov will choreograph Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), Vladimir Varnava — Petrushka, and Alexey Miroshnichenko — The Firebird. The premiere will be the closing event of the 2017 International Diaghilev Festival.

The choreographer of the third ballet is Viacheslav Samodurov, the artistic director of the ballet troupe of the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, two times winner of the Golden Mask award. The Fairy's Kiss is the latest of Stravinsky’s aforementioned ballets (1928; new revision 1950) and most romantic in mood. The libretto is based on some of the plot motifs of Andersen’s story “The Ice-Maiden”.The epigraph to the publication of the score was an acknowledgment of the composer: “I dedicate this ballet to the memory of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, identifying his Muse with the fairy. The ballet thus becomes an allegory. This Muse similarly branded Tchaikovsky with a kiss, whose mysterious imprint made itself felt in all the work of this great artist.”

Performed by Perm Ballet Company and musicAeterna orchestra

Age category: 12+

directors

Musical Director: Teodor Currentzis

Choreographer — Vyacheslav Samodurov
Assistant Choreographer — Klara Dovjik
Set Designer — Anthony Mcilwaine
Costume Designer — Irena Belousova
Lighting Designer — Simon Bennison

Age category: 12+

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

Working with the character of Petrushka, Vladimir Varnava (the youngest dancer to win the Golden Mask award in 2010 and who already holds two national awards) focuses on two topics: the opposition to creative individuality of the aggressive crowd and the free will of the artist in the context of a lifelike scenario. He defines the genre of his performance as "devil's clowning". The visual concept, developed by Galya Solodovnikova, is constructed using the device of “a theatre within a theatre”: the staging of the puppet show is inserted into the real space of the stage. Here, now going out into the light, now hiding in the shade, is the Creator who could be seen to resemble Igor Stravinsky.

directors

Musical Director: Teodor Currentzis

Choreographer: Vladimir Varnava

Dramaturge: Konstantin Fedorov

Set Designer: Galya Solodovnikova

Assistant Choreographer: Polina Mitryashina

Age category: 12+

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

Ballet premieres in Perm are always a must-see. In 2016 the Perm Ballet was named best company ― and its head Alexey Miroshnichenko, as best ballet master ― by the magazine Dance Europe. The Perm Ballet stands for magnificent technique, artistry and unique repertoire.

The director of The Firebird, principal ballet master of the Perm Ballet Alexey Miroshnichenko, promises to take audiences through the styles of the main choreographers of the 20-21th centuries in reverse chronological order ― from the present back to Mikhail Fokine, the creator of the first choreographed version of The Firebird in 1910. Supporting this idea of an anthology will be the set design and costumes by Alyona Pikalova and Tatiana Noginova, which are based on the iconic artistic symbols of the eras in which the choreographers worked.

Performed by Perm Ballet Company