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Rite of Spring
This ballet evening presents two short productions – Almost Air, created by Vanemuine Ballet Director Jevgeni Grib on Béla Bartók’s music, and Igor Stravinski’s Rite of Spring, as interpreted by Edward Clug, a highly in-demand contemporary choreographer.
Almost Air
Director Jevgeni Grib
Music Director and Conductor Risto Joost
Conductor Aleksandr Bražnik
Music by Béla Bartók
Librettist Siret Campbell
Set and Costume Designer Tanel Veenre
Video Designer Alyona Movko-Mägi
Lighting Designer Priidu Adlas (Estonian Drama Theatre)
Music Designer Sander Mölder
Cast Irina Pähn (guest), Ana Maria Gergely or Selma Strandberg, Alain Divoux or Bradley Handley Howell, Sayaka Nagahiro or Maria Engel, Elena Troisfontaines or Ilona Voloshko, Maarja Praks or Mallika Aithala, Sarah Ross or Caroline Maquignon, Aino Louhivaara or Natalie Barbis, Mariko Ackermann, William Halton or Yuta Irikura, Vladyslav Kalys or Noah Wheatley, Jack Fielding or Benjamin Newman, Akihito Shimogata or Tono Ferriol, Isaac Calstar-Fisher or Spike Frobisher, Gustavo Pedro or Hodaka Maruyama
The short ballet Almost Air explores a universal phenomenon – aging – through the perspective of a dancer at the end of their career. This is a stage of life where the physical body and presence seem to fade, whereas one’s inner world becomes even clearer. A maturity emerges that no longer seeks validation. Transparency is not disappearance but rather a transition onto another level. The production, created on the colourful and emotion-filled music of Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, gives performers from different generations a chance to dance and speak. This is Jevgeni Grib’s first production as Artistic Director of the Vanemuine Ballet, and a creative reunion with dramaturge Siret Campbell who collaborated with Grib on his first full-length ballet Ash White.
Director Edward Clug (Slovenian National Theatre Maribor)
Music Director and Conductor Risto Joost
Conductor Aleksandr Bražnik
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Set Designer Marko Japelj (Slovenia)
Costume Designer Leo Kulaš (Slovenia)
Lighting Designer Tomaž Premzl (Slovenian National Theatre Maribor)
Cast Caroline Maquignon or Sayaka Nagahiro, Selma Strandberg or Elena Troisfontaines, Mariko Ackermann or Ana Maria-Gergely, Natalie Barbis or Ilona Voloshko, Sarah Ross or Aino Louhivaara, Mallika Aithala or Maria Engel, Akihito Shimogata or Jack Fielding, Hodaka Maruyama or Alain Divoux, Benjamin Kyprianos or Yuta Irikura, Benjamin Newman or Bradley Howell, Gustavo Pedro or William Halton, Isaac Calstar-Fisher or Max Jones
Performers Vanemuine Ballet Company and Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky’s short ballet Rite of Spring is a work with a cult-like reputation, depicting an old Russian folk legend where a young virgin must dance herself to death as part of a ritualistic sacrifice to appease a pagan spring deity. Since its scandalous world premiere, directed by Wacław Niżyński in 1913, the composition has inspired acclaimed choreographers like Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, and Edward Clug, whose interpretation of Rite of Spring premiered at the Slovenian National Theatre Maribor in 2012. Since then, the production has featured in numerous festivals across the world. Now, audiences at the Vanemuine Theatre have a rare opportunity to witness the work of a contemporary star choreographer.
