"Astana Ballet" Theater defined its plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the capital. Famous domestic and foreign choreographers will create new performances for "Astana Ballet": repertoire of the theater will be enriched by bright choreographic decisions in the national style and non-ordinary performances in modern direction.
In particular, in June this year, the premiere of "Giselle" ballet will be presented on A. Adan’s music, directed by the invited choreographer of the theater Ricardo Amarante. In November, the audience will see one-act ballet in the Art Nouveau style, which will be directed by the famous American choreographer Nicolo Fonte, as well as choreographic miniatures in the genre of folk-stage dance and a national fairy tale staged by the national choreographer Aigul Tati.
"We plan to put a few full-length plays, now I will not disclose. International ballet festival "Eurasian dance festival", a tour abroad and a tour around Kazakhstan are expected. They will be dedicated to the 20th anniversary of our capital," Valery Kuzembayev, director of “Astana Ballet” Theater said.
Celebrating the capital jubilee will continue with a grand tour to the cities of Kazakhstan.
"Since April, we will start a big tour around Kazakhstan. The troupe of the theater will visit several major cities of the country. The tour starts from the city of Kyzylorda: April 7 and 8 on the stage of Kyzylorda Regional Music and Drama Theater named after N. Bekezhanova will present the concert program "Astana Ballet Gala". After the trip, we will please the metropolitan audience on April 21-22: an evening of one-act ballets "Walpurgis Night" and "Diversity" will be presented on the stage of the theater.
A separate large-scale program is being prepared for the public of Almaty. From 4 to 6 May, the stage of Kazakh State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Abay will be decorated with enchanting ballet nights of the Moscow troupe: expressive choreography, extreme technique and steppe beauty in the language of dance. Further tours will continue in the cities of Taldykorgan on 9-10 May and Aktau - 25-26 May this year.
"Concert programs will be multi-genre, we want to show new facets of ballet art and our creative search," Valery Kuzembayev says.
Tours to France and Italy are also planned in the autumn of this year. A contrasting and diverse program will be presented to the audience: Ethnic notes of the national culture expressed in the language of plastics will be presented in choreographic miniatures and fragments of one-act ballets.
The II International Festival of Ballet Art "Eurasian Dance Festival", which will be held within the framework of the international cultural project "Parade of Capitals: 20 years of Astana - 20 capitals of the world" will be an important international event in the world of ballet and national choreography. Spectators and participants of the festival will be able to once again get a unique opportunity to see both classical productions and get acquainted with new trends in development of ballet art.
"The festival will be attended by the ballet company Complexions Contemporary Ballet from the USA, the representatives of the ballet art of England, the troupe of the National Ballet of China and others. Kazakh ballet art will be presented by the troupe of the theaters "Astana Ballet" and Kazakh State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Abay", organizers of the festival noted.