Svetlana Zakharova
AMORE
14 | 15 October
Teatro Comunale
Svetlana Zakharova, the best dancer of her generation, opens the new dance season of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.The prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow and étoile of La Scala, Milan, is presenting her latest project Amore comprising three pieces: the romantic Francesca da Rimini, the enthralling Rain Before it falls and the light-hearted Strokes through the tail.Works by outstanding choreographers for a thrilling evening with the Russian star, soloists and principal dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet.
Orchestra Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Francesca da Rimini
CHOREOGRAPHY
The choreographer Yuri Possokhov brings to the Teatro Comunale di Bologna the story of Francesca da Rimini, the muse who has inspired writers, painters and musicians since the time of Dante.
The two characters really did exist. Reading the stories of Guinevere and Lancelot together, Paolo and Francesca fall in love, but are discovered by her husband, who kills them both. Dante sends them down to the Second Circle of hell for the lustful, for eternity.
cast
PAOLO
Denis Rodkin
DAME DI CORTE
Ana Turazašvili
Anastasija Ermolaeva
Anna Balukova
Anna Grigoreva
Oksana Šarova
GIOVANNI
Michail Lobuchin
Music Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Duration 26 minutes
STAGE
Marija Tregubova
VIDEO
Oleg Serebrjakov
Costumi DESIGN
Igor’ Čapurin
LIGHTING DESIGN
Sergej Ševčenko
MON | 14 | OCT | Turno E | H: 20.30
TUE | 15 | OCT | Turno F| H: 20.30
Libretto
Jean Francois Vazelle
Rain before it falls
CHOREOGRAPHY
What I was hoping to find was just a dream, an illusion, a chimera: like rain before it falls.
“Being with Svetlana Zakharova in the studio gives you the impression that you have walked into the Forbidden City and the last empress of China invites you to dance. That is how it feels.” Patrick De Bana
CAST
Music Johann Sebastian Bach, Ottorino Respighi, Carlos Pino-Quintana
Duration 23 minutes
Strokes through the tail
Costum DESIGN
Stephanie Baeuerle
CHOREOGRAPHY
Marguerite Donlon brings to the Teatro Comunale di Bologna a choreography inspired by Mozart’s Symphony no. 40.
Intrigued by Mozart’s technique of musical notation, Marguerite Donlon has created a choreography in which the dancers embody the structure of this notation, revealing all the genius and sense of humour of the composer.
CAST
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duration 18 minutes
CostumE DESIGN
Igor’ Čapurin
LIGHTING DESIGN
Sergej Ševčenko