For one evening, the Bolshoi takes on a new challenge with audacity in an exhilarating encounter with the masters of contemporary choreography. The result is A Contemporary Evening, which will be screened at Nouveau cinemas from 22 April for limited screenings, and at the Fugard for one screening on 7 May.
This innovative production forms part of the current season of seven wonderful ballets from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet company – one of the world’s great powerhouses of classical ballet – currently being screened at Ster-Kinekor’s Nouveau theatres and the Fugard.
Close encounters
Don’t miss the encounter between some of the best dancers in the world and the masters of contemporary choreography in the form of Hans Van Manen’s Frank Bridge Variations, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s Short Time Together and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons. There’s also The Cage by Jerome Robbins, and Harald Lander’s Etudes.
This results in an outstanding synthesis bringing Van Manen’s formal beauty, León and Lightfoot’s intensity, Robbins`s energy, Lander`s virtuosity and Ratmansky’s witty brilliance to a new level.
This exciting once-off production was filmed live from the Bolshoi on 19 March for broadcast into cinemas worldwide, including here in South Africa. With music from Benjamin Britten, Max Richter, Ludwig van Beethoven and Leonid Desyatnikov, the ballet features the Bolshoi principals, soloists and corps de ballet.
What: A Contemporary Evening
When and where: 22, 26 and 27 April at 7.45pm and on 23 April at 2.30pm at Ster-Kinekor Nouveau in Cape Town and 7 May at the Fugard Theatre. The running time of this ballet production is 2 hours 40 minutes, including two intervals.
Book: For Ster-Kinekor at www.cinemanouveau.co.za or www.sterkinekor.com or TicketLine on 0861 Movies (668 437). For the Fugard at Computicket
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