Classical Ballet Evening of one-act ballets: "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein," "The Firebird" Moscow Kremlin Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
Schedule for Evening of one-act ballets: "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein," "The Firebird" 2022
"Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein"
Ballet in one act
to music by Igor Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov,
M. Ravel, Massenet, Faure, O. Tekbileka
Choreographer - Patrick de Bana (France)
Libretto - Jean-Francois Vazel (France)
Set design - Honored Artist of Russia Pavel Kaplevich
Costumes - Catherine Kotova
Stylist - Alexander Shevchuk
One of the first triumphs of the Russian ballet season in Paris was the ballet "Cleopatra", previously shown in Russia as the "Egyptian Nights". For "Russian Seasons" Sergei Diaghilev and choreographer Mikhail Fokine not only changed the name, but reworked and the musical score, and choreography.
While in St. Petersburg, "Egyptian Nights" role of Queen performed a dramatic actress E.Time, in Paris 'Cleopatra' divine Egyptian party was entrusted with Ida Rubinstein - an ambitious socialite, over which no control rules and foundations were formed by a woman from a wealthy family, artistic, beautiful, able to move, but never did ballet ... and thirsty for glory.
On first appearance on the stage of Ida-Cleopatra esthete and writer Comte de Montesquiou-Fezenzak wrote: "... nude woman under the finest cloth and jewelry ... barely covered in her dishabille - as sensual, how transparent ...... Hall stood in amazement ...".
"Cleopatra" made a splash, the success of Ida eclipsed even her legendary partner - former prime ministers and premersh imperial theaters Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Fokine, Nijinsky ... Rubinstein becomes a messenger of "Art in general," an icon of artistic Paris - prewar the world capital of Creativity. Infatuation Ida Gabriel d'Annunzio introduces her to all whose talent is recognized Paris: Claude Debussy and Arthur Honegger ... Maurice Ravel Ida inspires the creation of "Bolero" and the legendary Sarah Bernhardt is engaged to her skill ... In orbit Ida Rubitnshteyn rotate Darus Millau , Jean Cocteau, Paul Claudel, Igor Stravinsky ... and lots more!
Up until 1939 Ida Rubinstein combines artistic and production activities during the First and then the Second World War and financed hospitals, fighting for the rights of the Jews, and the end of life is drawn to the mystical Catholicism ...
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Thus, the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" - "a ballet about ballet," which, along with scenes from the legendary 'Cleopatra', we can see the episodes turbulent life of Ida ...
The play offers the viewer a rare scene for the ballet Parade male personality: Diaghilev, Fokine, Count Montesquiou, Nijinsky ... Classical dance performed by ballet stars brings new life to these legendary people - so, what they remembered in his old age Ida Rubinstein ...
"The Firebird"
Ballet in one act
Libretto and choreography - Mikhail Fokine
The resumption of the performance - People's Artist of Russia Andris Liepa
Assistant Choreographer - Honored Artist of Russia Igor Pivorovich
Restoration of the sets and costumes
from sketches by Alexander Golovin and Leon Bakst -
Anne Gentle, Gentle Anatoly
Fatal love theme ("Cleopatra"), as well as the image of the Virgin birds were the favorite motifs of the Symbolists of the early twentieth century.
Gaining strength project "Russian Seasons" was in need of a true Russian statement - so there was for the ballet "The Firebird" - a masterpiece, that's more than a century decorating repertoire of the best theaters in the world, returned Andris Liepa in Fokine's edition in Russia in 1993 .
Mysterious, flaming and mystique, like a fireball, Firebird, nomadic by Russian fairy tales to Michel Fokine had incarnation - not at the opera or the ballet, and now - a colorful mix of impeccable musical score by Igor Stravinsky - brilliant music of ballet and now often sounds in symphony concerts as an independent work - and innovative choreography by Michel Fokine, to impose on the originality of the canons of classical dance position of the hands, jumping, flying ...
The confrontation with Ivan Tsarevich Kascheev-immortal, captive princess and their fossilized defenders tree with golden apples and Kashcheeva death in the egg, mined by a miraculous fire-bird feather - traditional Russian story and became a great style, a new unprecedented color, fantastic beauty, conquered the world ...
Schedule for Evening of one-act ballets: "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein," "The Firebird" 2022
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