BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE

Choreography by Po-Cheng Tsai

Alexandrinsky Theatre
12+

26 April 2025
19:00

«Мы празднуем рождения и поминаем бесчисленное количество раз за свою жизнь. Но момент смерти мы всегда встречаем слезами. Однако если мы попытаемся попрактиковаться в прощании в процессе жизни, сможем ли мы, в конце концов, как приветствовать рождение с радостью и любовью, так и прощаться с улыбкой, а не с таким большим сопротивлением действительности? Такова концепция этого нового танцевального произведения».

«Прежде чем уйти» — это сборник стихов для тела, в которых записаны десять эмоций и историй перед прощанием. Мы также искренне надеемся, что зрители после просмотра этого танца смогут позвонить своим близким людям и сказать «прощай-правду», которая была зарыта в их сердцах».

Цай Бочэн

The sound of rain, the splash of a river, the breath of wind - all this is combined with the melodies played on a piano, a violin or an electric guitar. With this «natural» accompaniment, ten artists of the Taiwanese company B.DANCE tell about their lives. They tell in a dance about happy moments and moments of sorrow, about such love for which you bless the sky, and such that becomes a torment, and you cannot get rid from your partner. The 34-year-old choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai, who founded this company ten years ago, studied at the local University of the Arts in Taipei, trained in the United States, and now regularly receives invitations to stage his productions in Europe (last year, Don Quixote was performed at the Bern Ballet and was all about Cervantes and had nothing to do with Petipa). The choreographer prefers to «grow» productions from his own soulful experience - perhaps that is why his choreographies are so sincere. At the same time - a man of the East - he does not have a habit to cry on audience's shoulder, and each of his performances can be compared to a meditation. The title Before We Say Goodbye implies «to leave this world completely», and the whole performance is people's view on their lives. It is not like summing up - no one is going to die immediately - but a kind of revision of what fate has given to a person. As it turns out, it has given a lot. Therefore, the ballet brings a calm feeling of happiness.

BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE

Choreography by Po-Cheng Tsai

Alexandrinsky Theatre
12+

26 April 2025
19:00

The sound of rain, the splash of a river, the breath of wind - all this is combined with the melodies played on a piano, a violin or an electric guitar. With this «natural» accompaniment, ten artists of the Taiwanese company B.DANCE tell about their lives. They tell in a dance about happy moments and moments of sorrow, about such love for which you bless the sky, and such that becomes a torment, and you cannot get rid from your partner. The 34-year-old choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai, who founded this company ten years ago, studied at the local University of the Arts in Taipei, trained in the United States, and now regularly receives invitations to stage his productions in Europe (last year, Don Quixote was performed at the Bern Ballet and was all about Cervantes and had nothing to do with Petipa). The choreographer prefers to «grow» productions from his own soulful experience - perhaps that is why his choreographies are so sincere. At the same time - a man of the East - he does not have a habit to cry on audience's shoulder, and each of his performances can be compared to a meditation. The title Before We Say Goodbye implies «to leave this world completely», and the whole performance is people's view on their lives. It is not like summing up - no one is going to die immediately - but a kind of revision of what fate has given to a person. As it turns out, it has given a lot. Therefore, the ballet brings a calm feeling of happiness.

«Мы празднуем рождения и поминаем бесчисленное количество раз за свою жизнь. Но момент смерти мы всегда встречаем слезами. Однако если мы попытаемся попрактиковаться в прощании в процессе жизни, сможем ли мы, в конце концов, как приветствовать рождение с радостью и любовью, так и прощаться с улыбкой, а не с таким большим сопротивлением действительности? Такова концепция этого нового танцевального произведения».

«Прежде чем уйти» — это сборник стихов для тела, в которых записаны десять эмоций и историй перед прощанием. Мы также искренне надеемся, что зрители после просмотра этого танца смогут позвонить своим близким людям и сказать «прощай-правду», которая была зарыта в их сердцах».

Цай Бочэн

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