Sunday, 3rd November 2019 at 7:30pm

Greenwood Theatre 

55 Weston Street

London
SE1 3RA

Come to witness the famous scenes from ballet masterpieces, reenacted for audiences in search of timeless storytelling.

This is a tribute not only to the CLASSICS of ballet, but to its fans - old and new, the experienced and the curious, the teachers and its students.

Everyone is welcome on this journey across the ballet canon. A breathless dance from the classic to contemporary, from West to East, from the iconic to the newly imagined.

The production consists of six parts, combined to capture the universe of emotions, themes and styles inside the evolving art of ballet:

1. Classical Ballet

Relieve some of the most captivating scenes from the great heritage of Western artistic dance, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.

Celebrate the elaborate choreography of Don Quixote, Le Cosaire and La Bayadère that push dancers to their limits.

2. Dramatised Ballet

Ballet Romeo and Juliet is originally Shakespeare's play. Frederick Ashton, then artistic director of the Royal Ballet,  he first suggested the subject to composer Sergey Radlov, in September 1935 to their scenario which followed the precepts of "drambalet" (Dramatised Ballet).

Dance and drama were combined to tell the unforgettable story of love and hate. Our tribute revisits the famous balcony duet that captures the spontaneity of triumphant love.

3. Contemporary Ballet

We revisit Antony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free - two landmark achievements in the development of ballet as a universal language.

JARDIN AUX LILAS(Lilac Gaeden)  is considered to be the first of the genre of psychological ballets

And a passionate pas de deux from FANCY FREE,  there are some lifting moves, it is test the dancer's technique.

4. Neoclassical Ballet

Neoclassical Ballet is the style of 20th-century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine. 

The term "neoclassical ballet" appears in the 1920s with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in response to the excesses of romanticism and post-romantic modernism.

It draws on the advanced technique of 19th-century Russian Imperial dance, but strips it of its detailed narrative and heavy theatrical setting. What is left is the dance itself, sophisticated but sleekly modern, retaining the pointe shoe aesthetic, but eschewing the well-upholstered drama and mime of the full-length story ballet.

5. Musical Ballet

The Dying Swan fuses the inspirational power of poetry with the graceful beauty of nature. For over a hundred years now, this short ballet continues to fascinate and inspire dancers, compelling them to imbue their performance art with a preciousness of the final expiration. Inspiration gets dramatised through the choreography in 

Chopin's Nocturne - an original scenario by Terrie Tai that depicts an enthralling meeting between the composer and the Muse. New creative impulses ensue.

6. Chinese Ballet

A scene from the classic Red Women Army will be performed to recreate the charismatic energy of camaraderie united by a single purpose. Imagine an army of dancers preparing to conquer the audience with a charm offensive.

For a production dedicated to making ballet easily accessible to all, this is a fitting finale. A tribute to the essentials - individual skill, teamwork, authentic vision - which make the whole of ballet a force for good. 

Pas de quatre

Sophie, Lolita, Claire, Natasha

Solo

Chloe

Solo

Yassaui

Solo

Sophie

Pas de deux

Sugar Plum fairy: Natasha

Prince:  Thomas

Solo

Lolita

Corps de Ballet

Sophie, 

Chloe,

Natasha,

Claire,

Laura,

Casey,

Lolita, 

Ebony

Pas de deux

Romeo:

Orlando

Juliet:

Casey 

GROOM:

Yassaui

BRIDE:

Laura

MALE LOVER:

Thomas 

FEMALE LOVER:

Ebony

0:05 – 1:01 Bride and Groom standing in the middle of the stage

Exit

1:01 – 1:25 Female lover Enter, Bride Enter

Female lover Exit, Male lover Enter

1:25 - 1:59 Bride and male lover Duet

1:59 - 3:16 Female lover Enter, Trio, Lovers Exits

3:16 - 4:35 Bride Solo

4:35 - 5:00 Male lover Enter, Duet,  They Exit

5:00 - 5:54 Fmale lover Enter, Groom Enter, Duet, They Exit

5:54 - 6:42 Bride Enter, Male lover Enter, Duet ,They Exit

6:42 - 7:23 Groom Enter, Bride with Groom Exit, 

Male lover, Exits

Female lover Enter Solo

7:23 – 7:46 Bride Entes,

Male lover Enters

Duet, All Exit

7:46 - 8:10 Groom Enters, Female lover Enters

 Groom lifts the F lover,  Duet

8:10 – 8:57 M lover lifts Bride to the Groom, 

Groom lifts Bride, 

All stayed for a while

8:57 – 11:13 All dance together.

Pas de deux

Sailor:

James

Girl:

Chloe

Solo

Yassaui

A solo piece choreographed and performed by Yassaui Megaliev.

The joyous feeling of welcoming a  precious new day is captured and immediately channeled into a new art form. 

Inner inspiration is translated into a physical spectacle. Classical and contemporary dance movements are combined.

By shedding all narrative scaffolding, the performance invites the audience to immerse themselves in the mystery. 

You are encouraged to freely use your own imagination as you find your way to appreciation and understanding.

Solo

Claire

Character

Chopin:

Thomas

Muses:

Chloe,

Sophie,

Natasha,

Lolita,

Claire, 

Laura,

Casey

Ebony  

Lighting On

0:03 - 1:34 CHOPIN Enters with a sheet music Solo

He is composing the music

thinking hard about notes and inspiration

He feels tired and fell asleep

1:34 - 4:28 MUSES Enter Corps

They giving Chopin the divine inspiration

MUSES Exit

4:28 - 7:08

Chopin wakes up

He has the strong creative impulse

Lighting Off

Character

Leader:

Yassaui

Soldiers:

Sophie,

Natasha,

Lolita,

Claire,

Chloe,

Casey,

Laura,

Ebony