Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
‘Three phenomena are intertwined in these three performances. Life is unimaginable without them: physical beginning, the mental and… the inevitable ending (death). They are like milestones on the path of human existence, forming an inextricable chain – from the beginning till the end.... To emphasize this trinity, this deep relationship, three names appeared on the poster, which would not just designate certain stages of life, but would become peculiar symbols of these beginnings.…
Bolero acts as a metaphor for physiology.
Danse macabre acts as a dialogue with the inevitable.
Carmen embodies a spiritual impulse: love, being the most vivid emotion, turns into a tragedy. And the three deaths in the finale are not accidental…
Body, soul, death...’ the theater's principal ballet master, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation, authoe of libretto, choreography and staging of the production said.
Turning to these three dimensions reminds us that life is not a series of disparate moments, but a holistic pathway, where each stage makes sense.…
‘I can't help but provoke the audience when I have the opportunity to offer the viewer something new and interesting,’ says Igor Kolb.
The evening of one-act ballets will turn into the evening of French music, featuring Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens and Georges Bizet. The musical director of the production is the People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan Artem Makarov. Let's add that the soloists of the theatre, the Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus Oksana Volkova and Daria Gorozhanko will also take part in the production. The keynote in the set design of the production will be the image of a thistle flower. It's like a symbol of contradictory beauty: prickly, painful, but fascinating. As the theme grows in Bolero, revealing itself in repeats, so this flower, like a living character, grows through the action, reflecting the story of the Player in Danse and the tragedy of Carmen. The thistle beckons and wounds, and its withering in the finale becomes a metaphor for the death of passion. Designer Olga Melnik-Malakhova as if transfers the thorns and petals of a flower to the stage. They contain a tragic harmony: beautiful and doomed.
The mask, veil, apples, butterflies and cage will also become recognizable symbols in the set history of the production. These elements form the visual and semantic basis of the production, reflecting its key themes of life and death, struggle and its fatality, temptation and transformation.
The set design uses a modular scenery system. Yes, it will be a story as a whole, but still, every ballet has its own story.
The production will feature the leading soloists of the Bolshoi Ballet of Belarus: Anton Kravchenko, Maryna Vezhnavets, Yury Kavaliou, Liudmila Khitrova, Andrei Bariev, Yelyzaveta Musoryna, Alina Rudenko, Vladimir Ruda, Denis Shpak, Diana Bagatova, Alexander Misiyuk, Konstantin Belokhvostik, Vladislav Koliada, Alexandra Chizhik, Ivan Kamyshov and others.
The People's Artist of Belarus Nina Lomanovich (chorus master), Evgenii Lisitsyn (lighting designer), Viktoria Zlotnikova (computer graphics and video) are also working on the production. The premiere will take place at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus on 11, 12 and 13 April.
