Evening of One-Act Ballets
Blind Affair. The Prodigal Son
choreography by Ivan Vasiliev
12+
for viewers over 12 years old
The Prodigal Son
ballet in one act
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Choreography, Stage Design: Ivan Vasiliev
Costume Design: Alexandra Leonidova
Lighting: Alexander Kibitkin
Répétiteur: Elvira Khabibullina
As young people mature, they begin to feel that they are ready to live independently. It’s a natural process. In the canonical biblical parable, the son leaves his father behind; in my ballet, he leaves his mother behind. The world and its glossy shine entice him. Much must happen before he realizes that la dolce vita requires constant gilding. This world in which our hero strived wrings him like a sponge, leaving him only a pistol with one cartridge. Yet the story of the prodigal son does not appear tragic to me. My hero does not entirely lose himself — he was simply looking for himself in the wrong place. This is partly a happy ending, because he retains his former potential, but now it is bolstered by experience which will certainly ennoble his honest urges in the future. Life doesn’t destroy him; instead, it makes him stronger. Strength in this case comes from the absence of illusions. Or from the truth, as they also say.
Music by Max Richter
Choreography and Stage Design: Ivan Vasiliev
Costumes: Alexandra Leonidova
Lighting: Alexander Kibitkin
Répétiteur: Elvira Khabibullina
ballet in one act
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Choreography, Stage Design: Ivan Vasiliev
Costume Design: Alexandra Leonidova
Lighting: Alexander Kibitkin
Répétiteur: Elvira Khabibullina
As young people mature, they begin to feel that they are ready to live independently. It’s a natural process. In the canonical biblical parable, the son leaves his father behind; in my ballet, he leaves his mother behind. The world and its glossy shine entice him. Much must happen before he realizes that la dolce vita requires constant gilding. This world in which our hero strived wrings him like a sponge, leaving him only a pistol with one cartridge. Yet the story of the prodigal son does not appear tragic to me. My hero does not entirely lose himself — he was simply looking for himself in the wrong place. This is partly a happy ending, because he retains his former potential, but now it is bolstered by experience which will certainly ennoble his honest urges in the future. Life doesn’t destroy him; instead, it makes him stronger. Strength in this case comes from the absence of illusions. Or from the truth, as they also say.
Ivan Vasiliev
Blind Affair
ballet in one actMusic by Max Richter
Choreography and Stage Design: Ivan Vasiliev
Costumes: Alexandra Leonidova
Lighting: Alexander Kibitkin
Répétiteur: Elvira Khabibullina
Blind Affair is a ballet about the society, where all are absorbed in their gadgets and nobody ever looks around. We live in our personal boxes and are sure that they include the whole world. It is not the case. I want to stir up the crowd. I have always wanted to, that is why I travelled a lot and danced a lot. And I will go on this way till I am 120 years old. Just to keep telling people: “Look around and say ‘Life is beautiful!’”
Ivan Vasiliev
Ivan Vasiliev
Evening of One-Act Ballets
