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31 October 2018 (Wed), 19:30 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre) - Stars of the Stars  Modern Ballet Evening of one-act ballets: "Pulcinella." "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort"


Schedule for Evening of one-act ballets: "Pulcinella." "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort" 2022

Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
Soprano: Larisa Yudina
Dancer: Philipp Stepin
Bass: Ilya Bannik
Percussion: Arseny Shuplyakov

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Igor Stravinsky

Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet

 

 

 

"Pulcinella"

Credits

Ballet with Song in One Act 

Music by Igor Stravinsky

Choreography and Set Design by Ilya Zhivoi 

Costumes Designer: Sofia Vartanian 

Lighting Designer: Konstantin Binkin

 

Premiere: 11 July 2018, Mariinsky II, St Petersburg

 

 

"Le Jeune Homme et la Mort" 

Credits

To music by Johann Sebastian Bach 

(Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582, arranged for full orchestra by Alexander Goedicke) 

Libretto by Jean Cocteau 

Choreography by Roland Petit


Production Choreographer: Luigi Bonino 

Lighting Designer: Jean-Michel Désiré 

Set Designer: Georges Wakhevitch 

Costume Designer: Karinska


ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

The ballet Le Jeune homme et la mort, staged in 1946 in Paris, reflected the spirit of the post-war era and became one of the most well-known works of choreographer Roland Petit and one of the most sought-after ballets by dancers of different generations. Roland Petit initially created the dancing routines for a mini-production to a popular jazz song, but just before the premiere Jean Cocteau, mastermind and source of inspiration for the ballet, suggested changing the music to Bach’s Passacaglia. There was no talk of matching the movements to musical focal points; during the first performance the creators were afraid that the Passacaglia would not be long enough for the choreography. However, thanks to Bach’s music, the theme of an artist’s conversation with death, which is raised in the ballet, has acquired dimension and scope. Drama about the meeting of a restless artist with a fatal beauty was protected from melodrama. Bach’s Passacaglia helped the performers to get away from realism: from the specifics of the things scattered in the artist's room to the state of chaos required by Cocteau, from the youth's single-valued glance at the clock to the sense of timelessness. The nerve of the meeting shown at the scene was familiar to post-war Europe, then almost everyone in the auditorium could subscribe to Jean Cocteau's words: "I have experienced such painful periods that death seemed a temptation. I'm used to not being afraid of her and looking straight into her face". 

Olga Makarova


World premiere: 25 June 1946, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris 

Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 25 March 1998 

The premiere of the revival: 22 March 2012 

 

Running time 16 minutes

 







Schedule for Evening of one-act ballets: "Pulcinella." "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort" 2022


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