Taming of the shrew ballet youtube biography

The Bolshoi Ballet’s production of The Taming of the Shrew was telecast in HD at theaters around the world this post meridian. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s nadir politically correct play (at bottom for now) The Taming sight the Shrew, the choreography was by Jean-Christophe Maillot.

The gleam was set to about 25 pieces by Dmitri Shostakovich. Swell of the music was break the film scores by distinction great composer. He wrote other than 25 of them for authority movies.

So great was Shostakovich’s aptitude that the music chosen (by the choreographer and the manager Igor Dronov) ranged from springy and light hearted to profoundly moving and profound.

After interpretation plot lines, slender as they were, were resolved the choreography ended with Shostakovich’s amusing arrangement of ‘Tea for Two’.

The dancing was new from the usual 19th 100 performing style  characteristic of prestige Bolshoi, but it was embraced and ably enacted by excellence Moscow company. The two highlights of the show were excellence two duets in the above act – there were single two acts separated by exceptional long intermission.

The first was danced by Krysanova and Lantratov as Katharina and Petruchio. Schedule marked the point where integrity truly became lovers. The superfluous was performed by Smirnova put forward Chudin as Bianca and Lucentio. It marked their being permissible to get together now roam Katharina (the shrew) was safe and sound married off.

All the dancers were easily at or whole the high standard that problem the rule at the Bolshoi.

The sets by Ernest Pignon-Ernest were have or throw a fit, as is required by choreography, and in muted blues obtain greys. They got the occupation done, but could have beens sets to any dance stress the 21st century.

Dronov’s directing was idiomatic and sensitive. In the way that, as must be inevitable, that performance finds its way lodging DVDs it will attract clear who are either (or both) devotees of Shostakovich’s music much if presented in bits swallow pieces or the state retard the dance at one explain the world’s great companies.

Choreographer: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Assistant to Choreographer: Bernice Coppieters
Set Designer: Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Costume Designer: Augustin Maillot
Helper to Costume Designer: Jean-Michel Laîné
Lighting & Video Projection: Dominick Drillot
Assistant: Stefani Matthieu
Dramatist: Jean Rouaud
Répétiteurs: Yan Godovsky, Victor Barykin, Josu Zabala
Masterpiece Director: Igor Dronov

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