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April, 23rd 2014. Issue No. 281International ballet festival Benois de la Danse-2014 will take place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on May 27th and 28th Russian mass media report about "The Golden Mask" Award Ceremony that took place on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage Facebook: a press-conference about the XXII International Ballet Festival "Benois de la danse"April 23rd - a large-scale cycle of concerts at the Beethoven Hall, which started in the middle of the last season, is marking the 120th death anniversary of P. I. Tchaikovsky April 24th - the performance of the opera "Prince Igor" will mark the creative career jubilee of Yuri Lyubimov, a wonderful actor and a luminary of Russian and Western stage direction April 27th - the ballet "Marco Spada" will be retransmitted in 27 cities of Russia and three cities of KazakhstanNew Stage - Kvartira, Divertissement, Classical Symphony Beethoven Hall - "All the Romances by Tchaikovsky" Cycle. Part V. Young Artists Opera Program Concert Historic Stage - rehearsal dayThe ballet "Marco Spada" will be retransmitted in 27 cities of Russia and three cities of Kazakhstan. For more information please visit:"The Golden Mask" Award Ceremony took place on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic StageThe ballet "Oscar" award ceremony will take place at the Bolshoi Theatre on May 27th The newspaper "Argumenty i fakty" writes that the International Ballet Festival Benois de la Danse-2014 will take place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on May 27th and 28th, as announced on the Festival's ofп¬Ѓcial website. Leading world choreographers, as well as male and female dancers, including the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and ballerinas Polina Semionova and Viktoria Tereshkina, representing Russia, will compete for the prestigious award. At a press-conference, which took place at the Bolshoi Theatre, names of "Benois de la Danse" nominees were announced. The Benois de la Danse is known worldwide as the ballet Oscar. This is one of the most prestigious awards in the ballet world. The newspaper "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" reports that the award ceremony will take place on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage on May 27th; the next day the Festival will continue with a traditional charity gala-concert. This year none of the nominees comes from the Bolshoi Theatre. However, there are representatives of the Paris National Opera Ballet, La Scala Theatre Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), New York City Ballet and other world-famous companies.To mark the 20th anniversary of the National Theatre Award ["The Golden Mask"], it was decided to organize the ceremony in an unusual way. All theatre people - artists, production teams' members, directors and critics - were seated on the stage of the main theatre of the country; only a small part of the stage was left for MCs and awardees. Therefore, the luxurious auditorium of the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage became the main set for the event; the "prayed-in" atmosphere of the place helped to make the April, 23rd 2014. Sergei Filinsomething. All in all, the music jury of the National Award turned out to be braver and more progressive than the drama one, which recognized obvious achievements but did not pay attention to new tendencies in the contemporary theatre. Yekaterinburg mass media: Artists from the Urals received several prestigious awards in the nomination category "Ballet/Contemporary Dance". The artistic director of "Provincial Dances", who staged a production for the Bolshoi Theatre, became a "Golden Mask" laureate twice. The "Golden Mask" Award Ceremony took place at the end of last week at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre received four out of six prizes in its nomination category. For example, the production "Salieri Variations" was considered to be the best ballet of 2013; Vyacheslav Samodurov, who choreographed this ballet, received the "Best Ballet master/Best Choreographer" Award. Pavel Klinichev, the conductor of the production "Cantus Arcticus", also received a "Golden Mask" Award. Elena Vorobyova received the "Best Actress" Award for her part in "Salieri Variations". Evgeny Kuivashev, the Governor, congratulated the winners. He said that such recognition of the professional jury will become a new motivation for developing their creative potential. Pavel Krekov, the Minister of Culture of Sverdlovsk Oblast, supported the Governor. He mentioned that theatres from the Urals had always demonstrated a high professional level at "The Golden Mask" Festivals. Pavel Krekov stressed: "To receive the most prestigious theatre award of the country is a great honor; it proves not only the fact that our theatre workers are highly qualiп¬Ѓed professionals, but also the fact that the level of cultural activity in Yekaterinburg is high as well". According to Andrei Shishkin, the director of Opera and Ballet Theatre, four years ago, when the company participated in "The Golden Mask" Festival for the п¬Ѓrst time, it was important for theatre workers to just take part in it. He explained: "For us it was enough to feel that the theatre was a part of that process and went to the Festival in order to present its works. However, today this is not enough for the company; today we really need victory. "The Golden Mask" is something that our company needs in the п¬Ѓrst place; it means that our work has been recognized and proves that the theatre grows and develops". The Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre was nominated for "The Golden Mask" in 13 categories. The council of experts chose three productions: the opera "Boris Godunov" and ballets "Salieri Variations" and "Cantus Arcticus." Theatre of Musical Comedy presented the production "The White Guard" and was nominated in п¬Ѓve categories. The production, choreographed by Tatiana Baganova, the artistic director of the Yekaterinburg Theatre of Modern Choreography "Provincial Dances", received two "Golden Mask" awards. As the Department of Culture of the Yekaterinburg City Administration informed, the production "The Rite of Spring", which she staged for the Bolshoi Theatre a year ago, received the "Contemporary Dance/Best Production" Award. Sergei Filin, the Bolshoi Ballet artistic director, awarded to her one of the "The Golden Mask" main prizes. Tatiana Baganova agreed to stage "The Rite of Spring" for the Bolshoi in record- setting time - just two months. She did not change the music structure, but reconsidered the main theme of the production; the choreographer decided that it was thirst.April, 23rd 2014. Ladies and gentlemen, the Masks have been awarded It was decided to organize the jubilee Award Ceremony of the Russian main Theatre Award at the Russian main theatre - the Bolshoi. Its Byzantine luxury suits the class of this even much better than the modern asceticism of Gostiny Dvor in Ilyinka, where the laureates were given their prizes for the last several years. "The Golden Mask"-2014 excelled the previous ones - there were 170 nominees! 62 productions out of 767 made it to the competition program. Traditionally, the most honorary "Golden Mask" Awards - the ones for the outstanding contribution to the Russian theatre art - were awarded to the luminaries. This year Galina Volchek, Nina Urgant, Mark Zakharov and Oleg Basilashvili became the laureates in this category. As for musical theatre, the main awards were given to grand theatres. The Bolshoi received "The Golden Mask" Award for "The Rite of Spring" - the best contemporary dance production. /…/ On the Bolshoi Theatre ofп¬Ѓcial pages in the social networks we published information about a press-conference about the XXII International Ballet Festival "Benois de la danse", which took place on April 17th in the atrium of the Bolshoi Theatre's Auxiliary Building Yuri Grigorovich is the permanent head of the jury; this time legendary ballerinas Carla Fracci (Italy), Ana Laguna (Sweden), Gabriela Komleva (Mariinsky Theatre), Paris Opera etoile Agnès Letestu (France), the Hong Kong Ballet artistic director Madeleine Onne, The Teatro ColГіn ballet company artistic director Lidia Segni (Argentina) and the head of the Dance Program of the New York State Council on the Arts Beverly D'Anne worked on the jury as well. Nominees Choreographers Patrick de Bana ("Wind Games" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, Vienna State Ballet) Fei Bo ("Bolero" by M. Ravel, National Ballet of China) Mauricio Wainrot ("The Song of the Earth" to the music by G. Mahler, Teatro San-Martin, Buenos Aires) Alexei Ratmansky ("Symphony No. 9", "String Quartet" and "First Piano Concert" to the music by D. Shostakovich; "Tempest" to the music by J. Sibelius, American Ballet Theatre) Female dancers Ashley Bouder ("Western Symphony" by H. Kay - 4th movement Choleric - "The Four Temperaments" to the music by P. Hindemith Leading part in "Vespro" to the music by Bruno Moretti, choreographed by Mauro Bigonzetti Cigarette - "Namouna" to the music by E. Lalo, choreographed by A. Ratmansky New York City Ballet) Liu Yu-yao (Valencienne - "The Merry Widow" to the music by F. Lehár, choreographed by R. Hynd. Hong Kong Ballet) Mariko Kida (leading part - "Romeo and Juliette" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreographed by M. Ek, Royal Swedish Ballet) Nadia Muzyca (Grete - "Aschenbí¶del" to the music by J. Strauss, choreographed by R. Zanella, Teatro Colon ballet company, Buenos Aires) Polina Semionova (leading part - "Partita" to the music by J.S. Back, choreographed by T. Tharp Leading part - "Theme with variations" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreographed by G. Balanchine; Mazurka and Waltz No. 7 - "Les Sylphides" to the music by F. Chopin, choreographed by M. Fokine; Leading part - "Symphony No. 9" to the music by D. Shostakovich, choreographed by A. Ratmansky; American Ballet Theatre) Victoria Tereshkina (Leading part - "Carmen-suite" to the music by G. Bizet - R. Shchedrin, Mariinsky Theatre) Laura Hecquet (Princess Aurora - "Sleeping Beauty" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreographed by R. Nureyev (based on choreography by M. Petipa), Paris National Opera Ballet) Male dancers Timur Askerov (Basilio - "Don Quixote" to the music by L. Minkus, choreographed by A. Gorsky Prince Desire - "Sleeping Beauty" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreographed by M. Petipa, edited by K. Sergeev. Mariinsky Theatre) Audric Bezard (Prince Desire - "Sleeping Beauty" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreographed by R. Nureyev (based on choreography by M. Petipa); Paris National Opera Ballet) Shen Jie (Pao Yu - "The Dream of the Red Chamber" to the music by M. Nyman, choreographed by Wang Xin Peng; Hong Kong Ballet) Claudio Coviello (Quasimodo - "Notre Dame de Paris" to the music by M. Jarre, choreographed by R. Petit;April, 23rd 2014. Analysis of articles published on April 21st 2014 The Hartford Courant (USA) publishes an article about the new production of Giselle in Hartford saying that the sets and costumes for production are being rented, and since 2012. Besides, he is going to direct the gala-concert, which will take place at the Opera and Ballet Theatre on May 5th. It is stated in the announcement of the theatre "The Nutcracker" press ofп¬Ѓce: "The program of this unusual gala-concert is unique. Leading soloists of the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, professional adult dancers, will perform together with laureates of the competition. The Bolshoi Theatre sends world-famous artists to Yekaterinburg as well. They are: leading soloists Olga Smirnova and Anastasia Stashkevich, the premier dancer Semyon Chudin and the leading soloist Vyacheslav Lopatin. They will perform fragments from the world-famous ballet masterpieces". Cheboksary mass media: Organizers of ballet festival in Chuvashia promise surprises The 18th International Ballet Festival takes place in Cheboksary from April 22nd to April 26th. At a press-conference the organizers shared what premieres and surprises the audience should expect. On April 23rd the artists of the Mari Opera and Ballet Theatre present their version of the ballet "Le Corsaire". This production has won the hearts of hundreds of spectators. On April 25th classic ballet fans will have a chance to see the production of "Swan Lake" to the music by P. Tchaikovsky, starring the Bolshoi Theatre's soloist Maria Allash as Odette/Odile and Igor Kolb (the Mariinsky Theatre) as Prince Siegfried. /…/Photo: blog.imhonet.ru |
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