The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
The Curtain
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Music
Ottorino Respighi
(Suite in G Major for Strings and Organ, P. 58, 1905)
Choreography Vyacheslav Samodurov (2015)
Scenography Vyacheslav Samodurov, Anthony McElwain
Costume design Elena Zaitseva
Light dsigner Nina Indrikson
Assistant choreographer Tatiana Luan-Binh
Ottorino Respighi
(Suite in G Major for Strings and Organ, P. 58, 1905)
Choreography Vyacheslav Samodurov (2015)
Scenography Vyacheslav Samodurov, Anthony McElwain
Costume design Elena Zaitseva
Light dsigner Nina Indrikson
Assistant choreographer Tatiana Luan-Binh
29 : 05
2015
0 H
20 MIN
0
INTERVAL
12+
:: AWARDS ::
Nominations for the Golden Mask Award 2016
«The best ballet performance»
«The best work of the choreographer»
«The best female role» (Maria Alexandrova)
«The best ballet performance»
«The best work of the choreographer»
«The best female role» (Maria Alexandrova)
Like in any classical ballet, the main character of The Curtain is a prima ballerina. Unlike the ceremonial ballerina portraits, which can be found in the productions of the past centuries, the character of The Curtain appears with her back to the spectators. Or to be more exact, the spectators are on the other side of the ramp, where they always aspire to get in order to see at least a little how all this is done.
Here is how: the solemn comes hand in hand with the routine, the light of the ramp and success on the stage are replaced by darkness and endless self-chastise (same as in Respighi's music: the organ tune is sublime and radiant, and the strings are scarcely heard, stepping lightly), and the metaphorical rays of glory sometimes turn into an actual searchlight, which is persistently following the ballerina blinding her.
Vyacheslav Samodurov staged this portrait-ballet for the Maria Alexandrova, the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre at the time.
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Vyacheslav
Samodurov
Choreographer
He performed as a principal dancer at the world’s top ballet companies — at the Mariinsky theatre, the Netherlands National ballet, the Royal Ballet of the Great Britain. In 2006 he started his career in choreography. He worked with Russia’s and world’s best theatres: the Covent Garden («Trip trac» to music by Shostakovich in 2010), Mikhaylovsky theatre («Minor sonatas» to music by Scarlatti in 2010), the Bolshoy theatre («Undine» by Henze in 2016), Perm theatre of opera and ballet («Le Baiser de la Fee» by Stravinsky in 2017).
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There is no ‘ballerina on stage’ and ‘ballerinas behind the curtains’ here, there is a lonely woman, driven crazy by work and exhausted by the everlasting conventionality of her existence. And the monologue of Mrs. Alexandrova under the watchful eye of the searchlight is utterly striking.