Bolshoi Ballet: Yuri Grigorovich 85 years jubilee
MOSCOW, January 2 2012 (Itar-Tass) — World acclaimed Russian choreographer Yuri Grigorovich has turned 85. On Monday, Grigorovich's The Nutcracker ballet will be performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Although a jubilee performance will be staged on January 6.
Grigorovich was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on January 2, 1927 into a family connected with the Imperial Russian Ballet. He graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School in 1946 and danced as a soloist of the Kirov Ballet until 1962. His staging of Sergey Prokofiev's The Stone Flower (1957) and of The Legend of Love (1961) brought him acclaim as a choreographer. In 1964, he moved to the Bolshoi Theatre, where he worked as an artistic director until 1995. His most famous productions at the Bolshoi were The Nutcracker (1966), Spartacus (1967), and Ivan the Terrible (1975). He reworked Swan Lake to produce a happy end for the story in 1984. In 1997, he left the Bolshoi over disagreement with the policies of the then theatre mangers. Thereupon he choreographed for various Russian companies before settling in Krasnodar, where he set up his own company. Grigorovich has been heading the juries of numerous international competitions in classical ballet. After the death of his wife, the great ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova, on February 19, 2008, he was offered the opportunity to return to the Bolshoi again in the capacity of ballet master and choreographer.
Russia: Ballet performance honours Tu-154 plane crash victims
The International Federation of Ballet Competitions and the theatre group Art-Laboratory presented a ballet performance titled 'Letters from the Front' at Moscow's Tryokhgorka Cultural Centre on Monday, in remembrance of the victims the Tu-154 plane crash, one year after the disaster.
Ballet dancer Nina Madan said that the troupe wanted to commemorate the anniversary of the terrible tragedy, which took place one year ago, on December 25, 2016. We wanted to dedicate this performance to [the victims of Tu-154 plane crash]. She went on to say that our good friend Alexander Serov was killed during the plane crash. He was a ballet dancer. He danced there, but it was like he was on the frontline.
Wife of the Tu-154 plane crash victim Alexander Serov, Varvara Serova, who also participated in the performance, said that one year has passed since the horrible tragedy on the Black Sea. We wanted to honour our friends, relatives and spouses.
The plane was carrying 92 people, including 84 passengers and eight crew members. The aircraft was bound for Khmeimim Airbase, in Syria's Latakia province, carrying the official army choir of the Russian armed forces, the Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, on December 25, 2016. The musicians on board were due to take part in a New Year's performance.
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Yuri Grigorovich about his ballet:
The ballet world believe that Prokofiev belongs to ballet. And my production was being brought into existence quite naturally, despite seeming contradictions between the central character and the essence of ballet itself. There were no doubts whatsoever that this music can bring the stage dance to life. My conception was based primarily on music, not on something else — stories from Russian history, characters’ biographies, their psychological characteristics, folk “background” and the like, assigned to or even imposed on me by numerous ballet analysts. No — and I will repeat again and again — it was only Prokofiev’s music. My concept started with it forty years ago and it is still confined to music now.
The opening night performance at the Bolshoi, Moscow took place in February 1975. Yuri Vladimirov (Ivan IV), Natalia Bessmertnova (Anastasia), Boris Akimov (Prince Kurbsky) danced the leading parties, Algis Juraitis conducted the first performance. The premiere caused great resonance. That same summer the troupe toured in the USA, where “Ivan the Terrible” created a great sensation and collected innumerable comments from viewers and media. Next year the ballet was staged at the Paris Opera, where it met the same warm reception, and soon it was shown on the stage constructed specifically for this performance in Louvre during the summer season.
The ballet lasted in the repertoire of the Bolshoi till 1990 inclusively, and 99 performances were given all in all. Approximately the same number (may be a little less) were given while touring in France, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Britain and other countries.
I started to work with “Ivan the Terrible” for the third time with great relish. It was when I staged it for the Kremlin Ballet troupe in 2001. In 2003 I was invited to the Paris Opera again and there I revived the ballet with French dancers from the new generation. After that I ran one more production at Krasnodar.
Referring once again to the same music and plot I still do not strive to make collisions of that era actual now. Of course we have no power over associations and possible coincidences between XYI and XXI centuries. But in my performances I have never aspired to make assessments of such global events... The message of ballet is quite different!
Act I
The bell-ringers proclaim young Ivan IV’s accession to the throne.
The boyars are disgruntled by the fact, each claiming to have the ancestry at least as noble as the tsar’s.
At the bride show Ivan is to select one of the Boyar daughters as his wife and Tsarina in the future. Eventually, he chooses Anastasia.
Prince Kurbsky is in despair: he is in love with Anastasia, and now he’s losing her for ever.
The alarm bell tolls. The bell-ringers signal a foreign invasion. Ivan leads Russian regiments into the battle side by side with Kurbsky.
Death mows down the soldiers, but the harbingers of victory portend defeat for the invaders. Russian regiments force the enemy back. The battle is won!
Anastasia is anxiously awaiting Ivan’s return.
The Russian warriors return victorious and joyously meet their loved ones. Ivan and Anastasia are reunited again. Russian people rejoice in their country’s triumph over the enemy.
However, grim news begin to spread all over the country: the tsar has suddenly fallen ill. Anastasia is appalled; the boyars are growing active, each of them aspiring to the throne. Yet furious is the Tsar, who has unexpectedly recovered from his sickness, and merciless will he be with the treacherous boyars.
Act II
Ivan and Anastasia are enjoying mutual happiness.
The boyars are planning a conspiracy and Kurbsky is engaged in it. A poisoned chalice is brought in, and Anastasia falls their first victim. Kurbsky beholds the agonizing Tsarina in horror. The terrified boyars scatter.
The bell-ringers knell Tsarina’s death and the treachery of the boyars. The tumultuous nation stands on the verge of revolt.
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Symphony concert open air Krasnodar - 29.08.2015 (p.1) - Симфонический концерт Краснодар
Symphony concert open air Krasnodar - 29.08.2015. Musical theater.
Symphonic orchestra of the Krasnodar ballet of Yury Grigorovich, the chief conductor - the honored artist of Russia Alexander Lavrenyuk.
Open air concerts are organized on each weekend in the evening till middle of September.
Симфонический концерт под открытым небом в Краснодаре - 29.08.2015. Музыкальный театр.
Симфонический оркестр краснодарского балета Юрия Григоровича, главный дирижер - заслуженный артист России Александр Лавренюк.
Концерты под открытым небом проходят каждый вечер на выходных до середины сентября.
Symphony concert open air Krasnodar - 29.08.2015 (p.3) - Симфонический концерт Краснодар
Symphony concert open air Krasnodar - 29.08.2015. Musical theater.
Symphonic orchestra of the Krasnodar ballet of Yury Grigorovich, the chief conductor - the honored artist of Russia Alexander Lavrenyuk.
Open air concerts are organized on each weekend in the evening till middle of September.
Симфонический концерт под открытым небом в Краснодаре - 29.08.2015. Музыкальный театр.
Симфонический оркестр краснодарского балета Юрия Григоровича, главный дирижер - заслуженный артист России Александр Лавренюк.
Концерты под открытым небом проходят каждый вечер на выходных до середины сентября.
Symphony concert open air Krasnodar - 29.08.2015 (p.2) - Симфонический концерт Краснодар
Symphony concert open air Krasnodar - 29.08.2015. Musical theater.
Symphonic orchestra of the Krasnodar ballet of Yury Grigorovich, the chief conductor - the honored artist of Russia Alexander Lavrenyuk.
Open air concerts are organized on each weekend in the evening till middle of September.
Симфонический концерт под открытым небом в Краснодаре - 29.08.2015. Музыкальный театр.
Симфонический оркестр краснодарского балета Юрия Григоровича, главный дирижер - заслуженный артист России Александр Лавренюк.
Концерты под открытым небом проходят каждый вечер на выходных до середины сентября.
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