May 25-26, the troupe of "Astana Ballet" performed in Aktau with the concert program "Astana Ballet Gala". The tour of the theater was part of celebration of the 20th anniversary of the capital.
Moscow creative team presented the best samples of national and modern choreographic art in the cultural and leisure complex named after Abay in Aktau.
The world of elegance and beauty, grace of sophisticated images won the audience of Aktau. According to the leading soloist Dilara Shomayeva, Aktau's audience accepted "Astana Ballet" with warmth and delight.
"We were very pleased when the audience applauded standing, several times called us for an encore, not letting go for a long time. Aktau has absolutely amazing public and special energy," she says.
Ballet performances greatly expanded the cultural life of the city, filled with new content, blossomed with new colors. For the city of Aktau, this was an unexpected discovery of an absolutely bright, interesting collective of the country. In this, the audience was happy to be sure when they saw the favorite of the concert program.
The audience saw the contrast program of the theater: ethnic notes of national culture expressed in the language of plastics in the program "Astana Ballet Gala" and one-act ballet "A fuego lento".
"Astana Ballet Gala" program includes choreographic miniatures and fragments of ballets with a pronounced national color. All compositions are distinguished by richness of folk traditions, versatility and huge emotional charge. They leave a deep impression due to expressive music and unique artistic images. The program "Astana Ballet Gala" allows us to present the modern national ballet as a bright, dynamically developing and unique phenomenon of its kind.
Also, one-act ballet "A fuego lento" was presented to the audience, which tells about the first feelings of anxiety and emotional heat when you just discover the power of love. A powerful wave of delight embraces the body, and desires slowly burn from the inside. For everyone the world is concentrated in the beloved person, and the meaning of life is love (music - Lalo Shifrin, Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel, choreography - Ricardo Amarante).
The repertoire of the theater "Astana Ballet" organically combines traditional classics, neo-classical, modern classics and bold experiments of Kazakhstan and foreign choreographers, which are distinguished by their innovative choreographic language, unexpected director's decisions.
"Astana Ballet is in constant search, it has great creative plans. The staff of the theater is confident in implementation of the planned intentions and the future, because the public's interest in its work is great. The audience and partners of the theater see the inexhaustible energy and enthusiasm of the whole collective, note the creative atmosphere, which means that "Astana Ballet" will play an important role in formation and actualization of the cultural space.
Recall that the audience of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Seoul, Budapest, Baku, Minsk, New York, Tokyo, Warsaw and Brussels the art of “Astana Ballet” applauded the art of “Astana Ballet”.