Having worked for the Kirov and the Maly Ballets, Boris Eifman left to found his own company in 1977. Eifman proceeded to confound Soviet authorities by systematically breaking every tenet of the Russian classical dance canon. His work, standing apart from his contemporaries in its constant emphasis on theatre, drama, spectacle, narrative and literature was, of course, an instant hit. Eifman's work now regularly plays to packed houses in New York.Up & Down - T827376629Eifman Ballet returns to the London Coliseum this December with the UK premiere of Artistic Director Boris Eifman's awe-inspiring ballet Up & Down featuring the invigorating music of George Gershwin, Franz Schubert and Alban Berg. This special visit will also be a celebration of the internationally renowned Company's 40th anniversary. Based on the 1934 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel ?Tender Is the Night', Up & Down follows the rise and fall of a promising young psychoanalyst and one of his patients; presenting the bizarre kaleidoscope of obsessions, fears and fragments of patients' minds. The characters' own ups and downs masterfully recreated by Boris Eifman and his dancers. Set in the Jazz Age - the piece evokes the unstoppable feast of life; the era of freedom, sensuality, and hedonism.Design Zinovy Margolin. Costume Olga Shaishmelashvili. Lighting Gleb Filshtinsky. Lighting Boris Eifman. | |
| 6 Dec 16 to 10 Dec 16 | London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L1665540164 |
Anna Karenina - T0556912867Boris Eifman's astonishing choreography tells the tale of Tolstoy's famous literary figure with a visceral energy which makes this production unforgettable.Choreographer Boris Eifman. | |
| 19 Apr 14 | London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L1364665654 |
| 3 Apr 12 to 4 Apr 12 | London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L0183690996 |
Rodin - T1609872581Design Zinovy Margolin. Costume Olga Shaishelashvili. Choreographer Boris Eifman. Lighting Boris Eifman. Lighting Gleb Filshtinsky. Music Maurice Ravel. Music Camille Saint-Saens. Music Jules Massenet. Performer Yulia Manjeles. Performer Dmitry Fisher. Performer Aigerim Beketayeva. Performer Yulia Manjeles. Performer Oleg Gabyshev. Performer Lyubov Andreyeva. | |
| 15 Apr 14 to 17 Apr 14 | London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L1208526420 |
Tchaikovsky - T01695211342In the second programme, Tchaikovsky explores the dilemma of the Russian composer, craving acceptance and regard, yet irresistibly drawn to inner desires which appall and enthrall him. The swans, demons and wicked fairies of his own creation turn against him leading him inexorably to face his own desires in the shape of a beautiful doppelganger. | |
| 14 Feb 03 to 15 Feb 03 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L0931554539 |
Red Giselle - T01361616817Set against a brutal backdrop of Soviet revolutionary artistic oppression, Red Giselle charts the rise and fall of a gifted, doomed ballerina forced into exile and eventual madness by her art and by the society around her. Based on the true story of Olga Spessivtzeva, Red Giselle was created in 1997 to a score by [Adam], [Bizet], [Tchaikovsky] and [Schnitke]. | |
| 10 Feb 03 to 13 Feb 03 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L01437787783 |
