THE SNOW QUEEN

Ballet-journey in 2 acts
Premiere in St. Petersburg

Choreography: Viacheslav Samodurov
Music: Artem Vassiliev

Alexandrinsky Theatre
6+

April 13, 2017
19:00

Why the Dance Open starts the programme of the festival with The Snow Queen?

Well, it is one of the major Russian premieres of the 2016/2017 Season. It is an amazing and rare example of the cooperation between a theatre and a contemporary composer: the ballet scores were commissioned to Artem Vassiliev and they were created in a duet with choreographer Vyacheslav Samodurov (isn’t it reminiscent of the work of Prokofiev and Lavrovsky on Romeo and Juliet?)

It is the feast for the eyes thanks to the scenography by the prominent graphic designer Eric Belousov, who has made his debut in theatre with this work, and costumes by Irena Belousova.

The quest fairy tale with fantastic characters and magical transformations will entertain any child while an adult audience will think about how one can lose contact with the loved creatures even when staying close to them. And, maybe, they will pay a bit more attention to their little Kai and Gerda.

In a new Snow Queen there are many features of a classical ballet, but this is a modern ballet that looks with envy on musicals, feels passion for the new opera directing and regularly visits Avant-guard museums.

World Premiere: 10 December 2016, the Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Duration: 2 hours with one intermission.

A bright, flying, light, multi-coloured performance that will amaze and surprise children and make adults ponder.

Weburg.net

In new Samodurov’s Snow Queen the substrate from the Christian moralite was recoded into the philosophical parable about finding yourself.

Musical Seasons

[Ballet] in a very Andersen style hides in the form of a fairy tale a deep and frightening idea of loneliness, parting and empty heart.

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