In the Night & Others by The Mariinsky Theatre Ballet: Festival Castell Peralada 2019
About the Event
Be carried away by the otherworldly grace of the extraordinary Mariinsky Ballet, as the company comes to Peralada for the first time. This legendary company, perhaps the greatest in the world, presents a triple bill of works choreographed to the music of Liszt and Chopin — a perfect symbiosis of Romanticism in the warm night air of Peralada's Castle Gardens Auditorium.
Fokine's 'Chopiniana', Robbins' 'In the Night', and Ashton's 'Marguerite and Armand' — as much as 'Mariinsky', these are magical names for balletomanes the world over. Each provides a perfect vehicle for the dancers of this iconic company to display the combination of technique and lyricism that has made the Mariinsky a hallmark of balletic excellence.
Cast / Production
Programme
CHOPINIANA
Music by Frederic Chopin
Story by Michel Fokine
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1908)
Revised version by Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches by Orest Allegri
Dancers: MARIA SHIRINKINA, XANDER PARISH, XENIA Fateyeva, YANA SELINA
IN THE NIGHT
Music by Frederic Chopin
Choreography by Jerome Robbins (1970)
Stage design by Ben Huys
Costumes by Anthony Dowell
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Recreation by Nicole Pearce
Dancers: MARIA SHIRINKINA, VLADIMIR SHKLIAROV, KRISTINA SHAPRAN, YEVGENY IVANCHENKO, EKATERINA KONDAUROVA, YURI SMEKALOV
MARGUERITE AND ARMAND
Music by Franz Liszt (piano sonata in B minor)
Orchestration by Dudley Simpson
Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Production instructor at the Mariinsky Theatre
Set and costume design: Cecil Beaton
Original lighting: John B. Read
Principals: KRISTINA SHAPRAN, TIMUR ASKEROV
Dancers: ANDREI YAKOVLEV, DMITRY SHARAPOV, LIRA HUSLAMOVA
