May 9-10, the capital troupe "Astana Ballet" will perform at Taldykorgan Drama Theater named after B.Rimova as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the capital. Presentation of ballet art in the cities of Kazakhstan is relevant in the light of the most important tasks set by the Head of State in the program article "Looking into the Future: Modernizing the Public Consciousness". The theater creative team will present the best examples of national and modern choreographic art of Kazakhstan in the program "Astana Ballet Gala".
The repertoire of "Astana Ballet" Theater organically combines traditional classics, neoclassicism, modern classics and bold experiments of Kazakhstan and foreign choreographers, which are distinguished by their innovative choreographic language, unexpected director's decisions.
The audience will be presented with a contrast program of the theater: ethnic notes of the national culture expressed in the language of plastics will be presented in the program "Heritage of the Great Steppe", one-act ballet "A fuego lento" and ballet from the golden fund of the 20th century "Serenade" by J. Balanchine.
The legendary play "Serenade" by George Balanchine and the concert program "Astana Ballet of Gala" will be presented to the audience on the first day. "Serenade" adorns the ballet repertoire of any world troupe, which seeks to keep pace with the times. Although the premiere of this ballet took place in 1934, still "Serenade" is spoken of as a perfection, "the absolute of dance musicality, imagery and emotionality", where choreography is inseparable from music. And nowadays "Serenade" is perceived as a benchmark that helps to navigate in the art space, it is a bright milestone in the history of dance, and not only of the twentieth century.
"The result of painstaking work with the foundation of J. Balanchine gave us the right to stage and show the famous masterpiece of modern choreography of the XX century on tour in Kazakhstan. We wanted to work with the Foundation from the very first days, therefore this performance for us is a certain stage in the life of the theater," theater director Valery Kuzembayev said.
The program "Legacy of the Great Steppe" includes choreographic miniatures and fragments of ballets with a distinct 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.
One-act ballet "A fuego lento" and concert program "Legacy of the Great Steppe" will be presented to the public on May 10. "A fuego lento" will tell 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).
“Astana Ballet” theater has great creative plans. The theater staff is confident in implementation of the planned goals and the future, because the public interest in its work is growing rapidly. 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 theater "Astana Ballet" performed at the most famous venues in Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia), Beijing (China), Paris (France), Vienna (Austria), Seoul (Korea), Budapest (Hungary), Baku (Azerbaijan ), New York (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Warsaw (Poland), Brussels (Belgium). The young team strives to find its own original handwriting, find a unique creative image, preserve all the best from classical heritage and enrich the plastic language with bright, memorable innovations.