Bolshoi Ballet 2012-2013 new season
LA SYLPHIDE
10 & 11 November
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THE PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER
16 & 17 February
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LA BAYADERE
30 & 31 March
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ESMERALDA
(replacing The Rite of Spring)
11 & 12 May
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ROMEO ET JULIET
29 & 30 June
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PARTICIPATING CINEMAS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA
Cinema Nova
Village Rivoli
Palace Como
Palace Brighton Bay
Sorrento Athenaeum
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne
Dendy Opera Quays
Dendy Newtown
Chauvel Cinema
Riverside Theatre Parramatta
Avoca Beach Theatre
Cinemax Kingscliff
Narooma Cinema
ACT
Dendy Cinemas, Canberra
QUEENSLAND
Dendy Portside
Palace Centro
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Palace Nova Eastend
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Windsor Cinemas, Nedlands
TASMANIA
MONA – Museum of Old & New Art
TRAILER
Ballet 2011-2012: The Sleeping Beauty
Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February
(Check with your local participating cinema for any additional screenings)
Performed by Bolshoi Ballet at the newly restored Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Choreography and direction: Original choreography by Marius Petipa, new choreographic version by Yuri Grigorovich
Music: Pytor Illyitch Tchaikovksy, directed by Vassily Sinaisky with libretto by Ivan Vsevolzhsky and Marius Petipa
Set design: Ezio Frigerio
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
With the Orchestra of the Bolshoi State Theatre
With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet
Ballet in 2 acts based on a story written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm
Created for the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, The Sleeping Beauty first opened in January 1890. Marius Petipa created brilliant soloist steps for the choreography which are among the most accomplished pieces of the classical repertoire. The ballet quickly became a huge success across the world and has also emerged as his masterpiece. This new choreographic version from Yuri Grigorovich dates from 1973.
At the christening of princess Aurora, the evil fairy Carabosse throws a terrible curse upon her and predicts that she will prick her finger and die on her sixteenth birthday. Fortunately, the Lilac Fairy who has not yet offered her gift, lessens the curse: Aurora will be plunged into a deep sleep for a hundred years but will be awakened by a prince’s kiss. The fateful birthday arrives and the king and queen urge the beautiful princess to choose a husband. Having forgotten about diabolical Carabosse they do not notice that, disguised as an old woman, Carabosse is approaching Aurora…
Running time: Approximately 3 hours (including one intermission)
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Ballet 2011-2012: Nutcracker
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November
(Check with your local participating cinema for any additional screenings)
Performed by the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Choreography and direction: Yuri Grigorovich
Performers:
Stahlbaum Alexei Loparevich
His wife Olga Suvorova
Fritz, their son Anna Proskurnina
Marie, their daughter Nina Kaptsova
Drosselmeyer Denis Savin
Nutcracker Artem Ovcharenko
The Mouse King Pavel Dmitrichenko
Music: Pytor Illyitch Tchaikovksy, directed by Pavel Klinichev with libretto by Yuri Grigorovich
Set design: Simon Virsaladze
With the Orchestra of the Bolshoi State Theatre
With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet
Based on a fantastic tale of the same name by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman and with ideas from Marius Petipa’s script.
Created and presented for the first time in 1982 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Nutcracker is Tchaikovsky’s last ballet. Composed within one year, the music is certainly one of today’s most popular ballet music and Nutcracker, one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular piece of work. Created for the Bolshoi, Yuri Grigorovich’s choreographic version is full of romanticism and philosophical reflections on ideal love. This version became one of the great classics of the twentieth century.
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. At midnight, after the celebrations are over, Marie watches a miracle: the Christmas tree begins to grow, the toys come to life and all the lead soliders are under Nutcracker’s command. The Mouse King and its army of mice declare war. Nutcracker flies to Marie’s rescue as she is threatened by the mice army…
Running time: Approximately 1 hour 24 minutes (including one intermission)
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