March, 3, 2014. Issue No. 5
February 25 - 28 - the Bolshoi Theatre presented the productions that have been nominated for "The Golden Mask" Russian National Theatre Award in the "Contemporary Dance" section
February 25 - debuts in the ballet "Kvartira": Chinara Alizade - Pedestrians; Strange Game; Alexander Vodopetov - Waltz, Door, Bidet; Yulia Lunkina - Door
March 1 - debuts in the opera "The Fiery Angel": Elena Popovskaya - Renata; Vladimir Redkin - Ruprecht
March 1 - debut in the ballet "Don Quixote": Anastasia Stashkevich - KitriMass media about the TheatreVladimir Matorin will give a solo concert in Moscow
On April 9 the famous bass singer Vladimir Matorin will give a solo concert at the Moscow House of Music Chamber Hall; the program will include ancient Russian romances and songs.
For many Vladimir Matorin are a model and a live illustration of the idea of the "Russian bass".
He is one of the brightest Bolshoi Theatre soloists and a public idol as well; he performs the parts of Boris Godunov, Ivan Susanin and King René better than anyone else in the world.
The singer says: "Russia is called the country of bass singers. Even the opera repertory has more bass parts. You would not find as many main opera parts written for basses anywhere else in the world. Priests also are mostly basses. Who were the Russian romances written for? What about folk songs? There is power, bravery and scale. How can one fail to become part of it? "
Mr. Matorin rarely gives solo concerts in the capital. He gives concerts more often in the provincial cities. Being the founder and the chair of the Foundation for Support of Culture in the Small Towns of Russia, the singer gives many solo and charity concerts in Russian provincial cities, including Zaraisk, Kineshma, Yeln, Vologda and Vladimir.
The program of the coming concert will include Russian songs and romances. Vladimir Matorin will perform famous romances "Shine, Shine, My Star", "Foggy Morning", "Coachman,Do Not Rush The Horses", etc.Vladislav Lantratov and Diana Vishneva. The ballet "Lost Illusions" on big screens. The recording of the production was transmissted in 25 cities of Russia and 3 cities of
Kazakhstan on March 2Tatiana Baganova has had successful experiences staging productions far away from Yekaterinburg as well: she worked in Moscow ( at the Bolshoi Theatre, for example, where she created choreography for S. Prokofiev opera "The Fiery Angel"), Novosibirsk, Vladikavkaz, and Perm and abroad. Her productions and performances excited audiences in America, France, Austria and Poland. The company of "Provincial Dancers" that Tatiana Baganova is the artistic director of presented 8 productions that received awards at international competitions in Hannover (1994), Paris (1995) and Vitebsk (1995, 1997, 1999).
In the year 2000 the collective was awarded the prize of the 7 International Choreographic Meetings in France for the production of "Les Noces". Tatiana Baganova has been a member of the jury and has conducted master-classes at international and national choreographic competitions and festivals numerous times.For her successful creative career she was awarded the prizes of the Sverdlovskaya Oblast Governor and The Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation Sverdlovsky Office. In 2000 and 2001 she was a laureate of "The Golden Mask" National Theatre Award in the section "The Best Choreographer". In 2008 her production "After Involvement. Diptych. Part 2" also received "The Golden Mask" award in the section "Contemporary Dance/Best Production".
Today one can see Tatiana Baganova and her theatre "Provincial Dances" perform at the Municipal Culture Center "The Urals" where her collective is based and rehearses, but also at the Yekaterinburg Municipal Theatre and the Municipal Ballet Theatre with the production "The Nutcracker".
Tatiana Baganova
On the Bolshoi Theatre official pages in the social networks we published the
announcement of the production of "Lost Illusions" that was broadcast on March 2 in Russia and Kazakhstan for the second time. We also uploaded the video about the transmission.Wayne McGregor: "The bodies of Russian artists are a wonderful instrument"
Selected quotes:
- When you were working on the ballet "Chroma" at the Bolshoi Theatre, you could often be seen in the audience at classical performances.
- Yes, I have a lot of respect for classics. /.../
- They say at the Bolshoi Theatre that soon you will come to work on a production and have even met with the new director…
- I was happy to have such a productive time with the Bolshoi Theatre artists when we were working on the production of "Chroma". I hope we will continue our cooperation. We did meet with Mr. Vladimir Urin in London and had a wonderful conversation. But there are no exact dates yet. All I can say is that it will happen in 2015.
- Will you stage "The Rite of Spring" they waited for you to come and work on?
- No, it will be another production. The Bolshoi already has its "Rite of Spring" (in 2013 Mr. McGregor cancelled the production of "The Rite of Spring" to the music by I. Stravinsky at the Bolshoi; however, the ballet premiered on time - the choreographer Tatiana Baganova saved the situation - "Kultura" note).
Yekaterinburg mass media:
People of the city: Tatiana Baganova - a choreographer, a ballet master and the artistic director of the theatre "Provincial Dances"
The official Yekaterinburg portal continues a series of publications in the column "People of the City". Here we talk about people whose talent, creativity and hard work make our city easy to recognize, memorable and unique. Today we proudly present Tatiana Baganova - the famous dancer, choreographer and the founder of the unique dance collective that made the Urals capital famous all over the world.
Tatiana Baganova was born in Tyumen Oblast. Since her childhood she has had wonderful plastique and sense of rhythm; she has always loved dancing, too. She graduated from the Moscow Culture Institute where she majored as a choreographer and a teacher of choreography. She went on long internships in the USA twice, studied eurhythmy with Julian Kooiman, studied stage directing and attended the master-classes of many European and American pedagogues. She worked as a dancer in productions of such choreographers as Monica Runde (Spain), Donald McKayle (the USA), Anouk van Dijk (Netherlands), Christine Brunel and Joakim Schlemmer (Germany).
In 1990 Tatiana Baganova joined the Yekaterinburg theatre "Provincial Dances"; she started working there as a dancer and then as a choreographer, she now creates productions for this collective and continues to dance there herself.
At present Tatiana is the artistic director of the theatre "Provincial Dances" and influences its development and creative policy a lot. At the same time she has staged production at other theatres of Yekaterinburg (the Opera Theatre, the Music Comedy Theatre, the Youth Theatre, the Experimental Theatre and the Music Theatre) numerous times.Newsletter The Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet
March, 32014
Analysis of articles published February 27, 2014
The Orange County Register (USA) writes that classical music is alive and well in Russia and the writer speaks positively about the Bolshoi Theatre and the Mariinsky.
Radio Aldebaran (Italy) reports that the Bolshoi's Jewels will be screened in cinemas.
Theatre Jones the North Texas publication for the performing arts is running a competition to win tickets to the upcoming screening of Lost Illusions in cinemas there.
The Hereford Times reports that local people celebrated Christmas by visiting a screening of the Bolshoi's Sleeping Beauty in the local cinema.
Der Tagesspiegel writes a long report about the Alexei Ratmansky working on setting his ballet Namouna with dancers of the Staatsballett Berlin. The article says that Ratmansky is the most sought after choreographer in the world right now.Newsletter Digest has been compiled by The Bolshoi Theatre Press Office
Photos: Damir Yusupov and Mikhail Logvinov
Design layout: Vladimir AndrusenkoAll materials used in the digest are the public domain of information agencies, mass media, civil society organizations and government The close-ups in this transmission give the audience the opportunity to enjoy not only Diana Vishneva's beautiful dancing, but her remarkable acting as well; the recording also features a wonderful cast and outstanding pas de deux with Vladimir Lantratov.
There were six cameras filming the production; on March 2 the audience had a chance to enjoy the transmission in HD on big screens at the cinemas.
"Prince Igor" at the Metropolitan Opera
On March 1 a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera (New York) took place in Moscow and St. Petersburg at 9 p.m.
The project "Theatre Cinema Season 2013-
2014", carried out by the art-union CoolConnections, proudly presents legendary productions at the cinemas. The project also includes transmissions of drama productions from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Royal National Theatre, as well as productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Bolshoi Theatre.
This time the audience could enjoy the transmission of the opera "Prince Igor", the epic piece by Alexander Borodin that was performed at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time since 1917. Back then the famous opera was
performed in Italian; it was only on March 1, almost a hundred years later, that the American audience has a chance to listen to this opera in its original language. The new production was carried out by a famous Russian director Dmitry Chernyakov, who made his debut at the Met with it.
Gianandrea Noseda conducted the orchestra that performed this piece, which is famous for the "Polovtsian Dances"; the main part of the 12th century Russian prince was performed by Ildar Abdrazakov. The cast also starred Oksana Dyka (Yaroslavna), Anita Rachvelishvili (Konchakovna), Sergei Semishkur (Vladimir), Mikhail Petrenko (Prince of Galich) and Stefan Kocan (Khan Konchak). Many of the singers made their debut at the Met with this production, just like the director himself.
Dmitry Chernyakov: "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" is a literary monument of the Russian Middle Ages. But the opera is an example of the Russian 19th century. Igor in the opera is very much different from Igor in "The Tale". For me Igor is a tragic character. Like a character of the 19th century Russian literature he engages in self-
reflection, suffers and feels bad about what he has done. He also tries to find answers to eternal questions. He wants to gain understanding of the world and the universe and to understand what it is that we live for. As he is looking for these answers, he changes".
The production runs for 4 hours and 30 minutes.In brief
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