La Mouette
(1896)
d'Anton P. Tchekhov (1860-1904)
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Ballet - The Seagull - 13/03/2008
Chekov's rich and densely woven account of the struggle in love and art has been brought to life by the ballet troupe of The Moscow Stanislavski Theater. An audacious venture, the ballet is now a year into its run and looks comfortably established. The Moscow News went to inspect how the oeuvre has adapted in Moscow.
The ballet is the brain child of the American-born John Neumeier, the Director and Chief Choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973. It takes Chekhov's intense portrayal of love and friction and recalibrates it for ballet, with choreographers and dancers replacing directors and actresses. "I saw the Seagull in Hamburg and I wanted to bring it to the Stanislavski," the Stanislavski's Head of International and Public Relations, Irina Chernomurova, told The Moscow News. "I saw something special in the performance and I eventually persuaded John to take the ballet to Moscow."
Neumeier took a lot of convincing. "Foreigners see the very structured Russian approach, with its set code and language, and think that they will never be able to mix classical and modern styles," Chernomurova continued. Her persistence paid dividends and Neumeier's approach, which imitates natural movement and conveys the feeling between each gesture, has been suavely embraced by the Russian dancers.
Alexei Lyubimov and Anastasia Pershenkova, as Kostya and Nina, are bewitching. Beautiful lines and graceful intensity present the full drama of the play in captivating style. Neumeier's devotion to internalized emotion and his play director approach use the full vocabulary of both theater and dance. The opening scene, to the well chosen Second piano concerto by Shostakovitch, sets the tone for the whole piece - with rich character portrayals and the relationships between them presented with crystal clarity.
By Tom Washington
http://mnweekly.rian.ru/theater
en 2005, Nina à Coufouleux (81)
Stanislavski dans le rôle de Trigorine
La Mouette de A. P. Tchekhov
mis en scène par Philippe Adrien
La Mouette de A. P. Tchekhov
mis en scène par Arthur Nauzyciel
La Mouette de A. P. Tchekhov
mis en scène par Thomas Ostermeier
