BALLET EVENING: Gala Ballet | How Long is Now?
13/10 - 19:00
Duration: 1 30min
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TOUR OF THE STATE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE “ASTANA OPERA”
12 | 10 | 2021
7 p.m.
BALLET EVENING
Gala Ballet
How Long is Now?
(one-act ballet by Raimondo Rebeck)
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | with one intermission
Ballet dancers of the Astana Opera House present a BALLET EVENING, consisting of two parts.
The first part is a Gala Ballet, which includes pas de deux from classical ballets and miniatures by contemporary Kazakhstani and foreign choreographers.
The second part is a one-act ballet How long is Now? by contemporary German choreographer Raimondo Rebeck.
Artistic Director of the Astana Opera Ballet Company: Altynai ASYLMURATOVA, People’s Artist of Russia.
GALA BALLET PROGRAMME
Adam. Trio from Le Corsaire. Choreography by M. Petipa
Anel RUSTEMOVA, Honoured Figure of Kazakhstan,
Yerkin RAKHMATULLAYEV, Honoured Figure of Kazakhstan,
Olzhas TARLANOV
Minkus. Gypsy dance from Don Quixote. Choreography by M. Petipa
Natalya KONDYA, Kuat KARIBAYEV and ballet dancers
R. Drigo. Pas de deux from Harlequinade. Choreography by M. Petipa
Shugyla ADEPKHAN, Serik NAKYSPEKOV
Duet from The Call of the Steppe to music by R. Gaisin. Choreography by P. de Bana
Anastasia ZAKLINSKAYA, Daler ZAPAROV
Adam. Pas d'esclave from Le Corsaire. Choreography by M. Petipa
Moldir SHAKIMOVA, Aibar TOKTAR
Steppe Sons – Qorqyt. Choreography by A. Sadykova
Yerkezhan ZHUNUSSOVA, Sultanbek GUMAR
Minkus. Grand Pas from Don Quixote. Choreography by M. Petipa
Aigerim BEKETAYEVA, Honoured Figure of Kazakhstan,
Bakhtiyar ADAMZHAN, Honoured Figure of Kazakhstan, ballet dancers
to buy a ticketCharacters and Actors:
How long is now?
One-act ballet
Choreography: Raimondo Rebeck
Scenography (to the sketches by Raimondo Rebeck): Victor Carare
Lighting Design: Carlo Cerri
Costume Design (to the sketches by Raimondo Rebeck): Arassel Dosmuratova
The ballet How Long is Now? by the German choreographer R. Rebeck is a philosophical reflection on time and its distinct moments.
How long can Now last at different moments of life? It seems to the one who is in love that a kiss is as long as eternity, and the memories of suffering can last forever or disappear without a trace... Time flows differently for a person who is painfully passing away, and for people who love this person.
Today is tomorrow’s Yesterday, because what has just happened, immediately becomes the past. Thus, you can answer the question “How long is Now?”, as the White Rabbit answered a similar question of Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, “Now, like Forever, sometimes lasts just one second”.
In Raimondo Rebeck’s ballet, three pairs of ballet dancers will illustrate the different stages of a person’s life. By means of art of dance, the talented choreographer makes an original attempt to investigate time, its flow and perception.
The ballet features music by Max Richter, Harry Escott, Ezio Bosso, Olafur Arnalds and Ludovico Einaudi, who gained special acclaim for his soundtrack to the film The Intouchables, as well as by Les Tambours du Bronx (“the Drums of the Bronx”) percussion band.
ROLES AND PERFORMERS
Time – Arman URAZOV
Youth – Shugyla ADEPKHAN, Aibar TOKTAR
Adulthood – Anastasia ZAKLINSKAYA, Olzhas TARLANOV
Maturity – Moldir SHAKIMOVA, Rustem SEITBEKOV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
BALLET DANCERS OF THE ASTANA OPERA HOUSE
Management reserves the right to substitute performers