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Mixed Bill
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About the Performance
Chaconne
George Balanchine Choreography
Christoph Willibald Gluck Music
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.
Duo Concertant
George Balanchine Choreography
Igor Stravinsky Music
Lela Mtchedlidze Violin
Tamar Matchavariani Piano
Stravinsky's starkly beautiful work for violin and piano provides a fitting soundscape for a sinuously unfolding relationship between two dancers.
UK Premiere
Bizet Variations (Pas de Six)
Alexei Ratmansky Choreography
Georges Bizet Music
Tamar Matchavariani Piano
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.
UK Premiere
Sagalobeli
Yuri Possokhov Choreography
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.
Reviews
The State Ballet of Georgia's Mixed Bill began with the simple flowing movements in the opening of Chaconne. It progressed through the more formal dances later in that piece, the interesting couple dances in Duo Concertant and the complex interweaving of the six dancers in Bizet Variations. However it was during Sagalobeli that I felt myself transported to another country. When the dancers were silhouetted against a bright backdrop it was as if they were dancing along the crest of a hill in the moments after sunset. When fully lit, the striking brown and fawn costumes strongly evoked the folk tradition and the exuberant dancing delighted the audience. It was an energetic climax to the evening.
Photo: State Ballet of Georgia
Performance Details
State Ballet of Georgia
With Nina Ananiashvili
Booking Information
Performance Dates:
- Tue 12 Aug - 7:30 pm
- Wed 13 Aug - 7:30 pm
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- From £10Tickets:
- Approx 2 hours 15 minutesDuration:
- The Edinburgh PlayhouseVenue:
