In «The Order of the King», I was, above all, subdued by modern choreography. The ballet encoded appeals to different eras, it is interesting to solve them.

The performance turned out brilliant, beyond any expectations. It has three acts; the first is a fully fledged ballet in which meticulous pantomime alternates with dances according to the old scheme. However, the scheme is full of beautiful moves from the time when the Russian Paquita was born, cleared of the subsequent stupidity of the «ballet of achievements»; the pointes in the rounds do not go up to the knee, but to the ankles, the vectors are delicate, the legs are not pulled over the head. And the action is loaded with emphases like the promenade of the soloists with little accurate jumps, dense strides, hands over the dancers’ heads: discreet little things that make the old-time ballet really old.

A bright, flying, light, multicolored performance in which children will find something to admire and something to surprise, adults have something to think about.

Not aspiring to meticulously follow all the plot twists and turns of the sad Shakespeare’s tale, having practically departed from using pantomime, letting the dance and plasticity tell the story and express emotions, Samodurov did not sacrifice either the power of feelings, or the play of temperaments and drama. Same as in his other recent works, the choreographer with ingenuity demonstrates that devotion to the St. Petersburg classical school is not an obstacle to updating the language.