| 179th season | Thursday / May 17 |
Nacho Duato ballets in May
Nacho Duato’s choreography, which has already become a trademark of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, will be featured on several evenings over May. The recently premiered Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness can be seen on 15 and 17 May. The one-act ballets Without Words, Duende, and Nunc Dimittis will be performed on 23, 24, and 26 May. Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness is acknowledged to be one of the most outstanding events of the season. The ballet, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach and set to his music, was first performed on the composer’s birthday, 21 March. The ovations that greeted the premiere are still fresh in the mind; for a long time the packed auditorium would not let the dancers and the choreographer leave the stage. Read more |
The Farukh Ruzimatov Gala Concert12 June “Ruzimatov’s appearance on stage is an incessant culmination” is one of the rapturous reviews that have accompanied the great dancer throughout his entire career. “When I perform a role, I never attempt to penetrate the character or transform myself into him”, said Farukh Ruzimatov in one interview. “I have always portrayed myself. What you see on the stage is only my experiences, my emotions and feelings. It is my own inner world that I bring to the stage.” A surprise for the audience at the gala concert will be the choreographic composition Tahar and the Free Men, which premiered last spring in the French town of Annecy. Read more |
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