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Triple Bill by Nacho Duato
The Mikhailovsky Theatre is presenting the Triple Bill by Nacho Duato three times in April. |
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The ballets received their première in March. It took the Spanish choreographer who lead the Mikhailovsky Ballet company in January 2011 about two months to revive the productions Without Words and Duende for his new company and to create the new work Nunc Dimittis. After their St Petersburg première the works were presented in Moscow in the out-of-competition programme of the Golden Mask Festival to great public acclaim: the house was full; the tickets had been sold out long before the performance.
According to the critics, the ballets by Nacho Duato at the Mikhailovsky Theatre are a major event of the theatre life. Kommersant newspaper claims that ‘the Mikhailovsky Theatre opened a new chapter in its history’ with the première (Kommersant, 17 March). Vedomosti newspaper makes a note of the great interest in the productions and mentions that Nacho Duato ‘has soon become a favourite of Russian ballet fans’ (Vedomosti, 18 March). Izvestia newspaper offers the analysis of the artistic method of Nacho Duato: ‘the famous choreographer deeply explored the mysteries of his art. He doesn’t appeal to literature – there’s no plot, no intrigue, no characters. There’s minimal use of costumes and sets. Music is the only substance feeding the dance. And the main point of the ballets is the infinite change of movement and sound. Anyhow, the works by Duato manage to keep the public in suspense and give a lot of associations – both emotional and narrative’ (Izvestia, 18 March). Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper offers its own view: ‘The ballets by Duato seem to be lyric poems told in the language of choreography and despite the absence of the plot they are surprisingly rich in images’ (Moskovsky Komsomolets, 20 March). Novye Izvestia newspaper, in its turn, calls the choreographer the great master and admits that ‘the beauty of his ballets takes the breath away’ (Novye Izvestia, 22 March).
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