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Nunc Dimittis
 

Nunc Dimittis        


ballet in one act
Music: Arvo Pärt, David Azagra
Choreography, Sets and Costumes: Nacho Duato
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Costume Production Engineer: Alla Marusina
Répétiteur: Kirill Myasnikov
Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh

World première: Mikhailovsky Theatre, 15 March 2011

Running time: 25 minutes

“The inspiration for this work was a composition entitled Nunc Dimittis by Arvo Pärt. The fact that the ballet is set to religious music gives it a mystical, supernatural dimension. Pärt wrote the music to the Canticle of Simeon, but this is an abstract ballet. There are no characters as such, do not expect to see the Virgin Mary, Jesus or Simeon. I would like to stress that this ballet was also inspired by Ekaterina Borchenko (prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky ballet): Nunc Dimittis is being created with her in mind and for her”. Nacho Duato, January 2011.



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