Modern Ballet Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman World famous Bolshoi Ballet and Opera theatre (established 1776) - Small Stage
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Choreography: Boris Eifman
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra
BORIS EIFMAN is one of the few, if not the only Russian choreographer, who
continued his active creative work for decades. Perhaps none of his
contemporaries can take pride in such achievements. There are more than forty
performances on the director’s account. He was the Laureate of the theatrical
award of Saint-Petersburg “Golden Soffitto” five times, received the independent
prize “Triumph”, the State Prize of Russia “For contribution in the development
of modern arts”, the higher spiritual award of Russian children – the Order
“Peace and Harmony”, the Order “Arts Cavalier of France”, the People’s Artist of
Russia title and many other prizes and titles.
The choreographer was born in Siberia, finished a ballet college and the
department of choreography of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Conservatoire. In 1977
he organized Leningrad New Ballet (today called “Saint-Petersburg State Academic
Ballet Theatre”), the only individually managed theatre in Russia, developing
the art of modern choreography. He did not only create an original style, which
absorbed the achievements of new time art and which is based on the classical
school, but also brought up a team of kindred spirit, for whom no unsolvable
tasks exist The diversity of genres in his repertoire is truly impressive:
chamber ballets ("Autographs", "Metamorphoses"), ballets bouffe ("The Mad March
Day or the Marriage of Figaro", "The Twelfth Night", "Love Plots"),
ballets-parables ("Legend"), fairytale ballets ("Firebird", "Pinocchio"). His
theatre also focuses on productions based on the classical works of the world
literature. Eifman was the first who used Dostoevsky’s novels in ballet. His
"Idiot" has become one of the highlights of the cultural life. It was followed
by the "Duel" (adaptation of Kuprin’s novel), "Master and Margarita" (based on
Bulgakov) and "Murderes" (based on Zola's novel "Therese Raquin"). Among his
most recent works that have been already recognized worldwide are "Requiem",
"Tchaikovsky", "Don Quixote, or Fantasies of a Madman", "The Karamazovs", "Red
Giselle", "My Jerusalem", "The Russian Hamlet", "Don Juan or Moliere Passions",
"WHO is WHO", "Musagete", "Anna Karenina", "The Seagull", "Onegin".
Boris Eifman is a choreographer-philosopher and thinker. He is concerned by
the problems of the modern world. He is thrilled by the secrets of creativity
and the magic of geniuses, which uncover themselves in his interpretation of the
fates of Tchaikovsky, Spesivtseva and Moliere. He makes experiments with such
dark and fearful sphere as human psyche (“Idiot”, “Murderers”, “Don Quixote or
Fantasies of a Madman”, “Russian Hamlet” and “Anna Karenina”), creating the
images of stage psychoanalysis. He strives for showing extreme states of human
mind, regarding his heroes` madness not as an illness but as their ability to
penetrate into another worlds. The choreographer pulls apart the limits of his
imagination with the help of his heroes` fantasies, deepening in the questions
of spiritual and philosophic life of humankind, which interest him most. The
ballets “Russian Hamlet”, “Anna Karenina”, "The Seagull", "Onegin" are the
examples of it.
Creating his own style Eifman worked at various dancing systems. The theatre
became a kind of laboratory for him. The choreographer did not limit himself
with the frames of a purely ballet performance, since the most important thing
for him is theatricality. His plays are synthetic shows, revealing new forms and
new principles of dancing action. Boris Eifman has created his theatre – a
theatre of unconcealed emotional feelings.
Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman
Schedule for Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman 2022
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