Classical Ballet Evening of one-act Ballets by William Forsythe World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
Schedule for Evening of one-act Ballets by William Forsythe 2022
Choreography: William Forsythe
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Choreography: William Forsythe
Staging, lighting and costumes: William Forsythe
WILLIAM FORSYTHE can justly be called the true heir of George Balanchine, the 20th century’s greatest choreographer, and, via Balanchine, of Marius Petipa - and thus of the great dance traditions of the Mariinsky Theatre. Forsythe, who set the course for the development of ballet at the close of the 20th and start of the 21st centuries, had previously never been to Russia. A planned installation by the Kremlin walls was forbidden by the authorities in Moscow. In 2002, he came to St Petersburg for the first time where he and four dancers from the Frankfurter Ballett amazed the public at the MARIINSKY ballet festival with the work Artifact-II. One year later, a group of Mariinsky Theatre dancers travelled to Forsythe’s studio in Frankfurt. At last, the Mariinsky Theatre and Forsythe came to an agreement to stage three of his famous ballets at the Mariinsky Theatre.
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Choreography: William Forsythe
Music: J. S. Bach, Partita No. 2 BWV1004 in D minor, Chaconne
Set, costume and lighting design: William Forsythe
William Forsythe’s Assistant: Aaron Watkin
THE VERTIGINOUS THRILL OF EXACTITUDE
Choreography: William Forsythe
Music: Franz Schubert, Symphony Op. 31 in C major
Staging and lighting design: William Forsythe
Costume design: Stephen Galloway
William Forsythe’s Assistant: Noah D. Gelber
IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEWHAT ELEVATED
Choreography: William Forsythe
Music: Thom Willems in collaboration with Lesley Schtuk
Set, costume and lighting design: William Forsythe
William Forsythe’s Assistant: Katryn Bennets
At the Mariinsky Theatre, William Forsythe’s ballets are being rehearsed by Ulyana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva, Irma Nioradze, Darya Pavlenko, Elvira Tarasova, Natalia Sologub, Sofia Gumerova, Nadezhda Gonchar, Tatiana Tkachenko, Andrian Fadeyev, Igor Kolb, Andrei Merkuriev, Leonid Sarafanov, Anton Korsakov and many young dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet Company.
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Schedule for Evening of one-act Ballets by William Forsythe 2022
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