Sagalobeli/Duo Concertant/Bizet Variations (Pas De Six)/Chaconne - T429827285UK Premiere. Sagalobeli - Traditional Georgian music performed live by Changi. The UK premiere of a new ballet by San Francisco Ballet Choreographer-in-Residence and former Bolshoi star Yuri Possokhov, Sagalobeli is a stylish marriage of folk dance and classical ballet. Duo Concertant - Stravinsky's starkly beautiful work for violin and piano provides a fitting soundscape for a sinuously unfolding relationship between two dancers. Bizet Variations (Pas De Six) - Director of Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre, Alexei Ratmansky's new work for the State Ballet of Georgia is a lyrical ballet based on Bizet's masterpiece Chromatic Variations for solo piano. Chaconne - In Chaconne, Balanchine uses his choreography for productions of Orpheus and Eurydice to create a neo-classical ballet of great beauty, set to Gluck's inspirational music. Run time approx. 2 hours 15 minutes.Choreographer Yuri Possokhov (Sagalobeli). Choreographer George Balanchine (Duo Concertant). Music Igor Stravinsky (Duo Concertant). Performer Lela Mtchedlidze (violin - Duo Concertant). Performer Tamar Matchavariani (piano - Duo Concertant). Performer Nina Ananiashvili. | |
| 12 Aug 08 to 13 Aug 08 | Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V602 listing details L1175897103 |
