Vyacheslav Lopatin
Denis Savin
Igor Tsvirko
Vladislav Kozlov
Choreography:
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Anton Pimonov
Andrei Kaidanovsky
Marijó and Pilar Álvarez
Claudio Hoffmann
Benefit
A Play for Him is the benefit of the Bolshoi Ballet’s wonderful male dancers, who are quite unique in their own way. Principal dancer Vyacheslav Lopatin, leading soloists Denis Savin and Igor Tsvirko, artist of ballet Vladislav Kozlov will seize a rare opportunity to stay in the spotlight and represent a collective image of a modern male ballet dancer.
Throughout history, the ballet is a feminine art form, in which the ballerina is the star, supported by her male cavalier, who always remains in her shadow. No coincidence that many performances are named after the main heroines – Giselle, Paquita, Esmeralda, Raymonda, Carmen (Carmen Suite), Anna Carenina and so on… It's highly unlikely Marius Petipa could have supported the idea of the male ballet dancers’ benefit; and yet our artists got a chance to prove themselves in a new choreography and circumstances.
The program is composed of four parts. All of them will be shown for the first time in Russia, and two are the world premieres. Among the choreographers are acknowledged Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, aspiring choreographers Andrei Kaydanovsky and Anton Pimonov, as well as the Argentine team, starring Pilar Álvarez, Claudio Hoffmann, Marijó Álvarez. All pieces will be performed in different dance styles from neoclassic to ... tango. All parts of A Play are of course about love, therefore are inconceivable without women, so our female dancers will perform together with the beneficiaries.
P R O G R A M :
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE
World premiere
Choreographer: Anton PIMONOV
Music: Francis Poulenc
Fiancailles pour rire, song cycle for voice and piano. Natalie Dessay (soprano), Philippe Cassard (piano)
Natalie Dessay, Philippe Cassard. Fiançailles Pour Rire. Parlophone Records, 2015
No. 1. Très agité, No. 2. Allegro vivace, No. 4. Violent, No. 5. Andante from 5 Impromptus. Pascal Rogé
(piano)
Poulenc: Piano Works Vol. 3, Decca, 1998
Costume Designer: Elena Zaitseva
Lighting Designer: Konstantin Binkin
Dancers: Vladislav Kozlov
Marc Chino, Dmitry Dorokhov, Jacopo Tissi
Daria Bochkova, Eleonora Sevenard, Margarita Shrainer
FAUN
First repertory production in Russia
Choreographer: Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI
Music: Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Additional music: Nitin Sawhney
Set Designer, Lighting Designer: Adam Carrée
Costume Designer: Hussein Chalayan
Assistants to Choreographer: James O’Hara, Daisy Phillips
Additional Rehearsal Directors: Nicola Leahey, Václav Kuneš
Assistant to Lighting Designer: Nicolas Moens
Dancers: Vycheslav Lopatin, Yulia Skvortsova (25)
Georgy Gusev, Daria Lovtsova (26)
LOVE SONG
Russian premiere
Choreographer: Andrei KAYDANOVSKY
Music:
Dmitry Cheglakov: Electronic compositions and Sound Design
Songs used:
Jacque Brel. Ne me quitte pas. Performed by Nina Simone
Best of Nina Simone, 1969
Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley. Beautiful Land. Performed by Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You, 1965
Composition used:
Ne me quitte pas (J. Brel’s song adaptation). Performed by Mister Cornelius
Ne me quitte pas / Linda, 1960
Costume Designer: Karoline Hogl
Lighting Designer: Vasil Lisichkov
Dancers: Denis Savin, Igor Tsvirko, Ekaterina Krysanova
SUR
World premiere
Choreographers: Marijó ÁLVAREZ, Pilar ÁLVAREZ, Claudio HOFFMANN
Music:
Daniel Binelli. Danza Porteña*
Astor Piazzolla. Oblivion
Daniel Binelli - Sergio Vainikoff. Amanecer Imaginario
Angel Villoldo. El Esquinazo
Feliciano Latasa. Gran Hotel Victoria
Alfredo Bevilacqua. Emancipación
Astor Piazzolla. Final
Astor Piazzolla. Ausencias
Set Designers: Marijó Álvarez, Pilar Álvarez, Claudio Hoffmann
with support of Tristán Mur
Costume Designers: Marijó Álvarez, Pilar Álvarez, Claudio Hoffmann
with support of María Sanz
Lighting Designer: Sergei Shavchenko
Dancers:
Julián: Igor Tsvirko
Maria: Maria Vinogradova
Arnedo: Denis Savin
Vitaly Biktimirov, Artur Mkrtchyan, Georgy Gusev, Erick Swolkin, Sergei Zakharov, Oscar Frame
Ana Turazashvili, Victoria Yakusheva, Anna Balukova, Xenia Zhiganshina, Antonina Chapkina,
Oxana Sharova