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This is a return to the big stage of the legendary production by Yuri Grigorovich, which first saw the light back in 1957 at the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Theater.
Ballet "Stone Flower", based on the Ural fairy tales of Pavel Bazhov to the music of Sergei Prokofiev, became the personification of a new stage in the development of Russian ballet art. The “choreographic drama” was replaced by a new innovative direction, which reflected the avant-garde acrobatic discoveries of the 20s, the St. Petersburg classical school and the principles of “symphonic dance” developed by Fyodor Lopukhov.
Ballet "Stone Flower" became the first work of the new era, which later served as a guide for musical theater directors in our country. This production began a long-term collaboration between Yuri Grigorovich and the wonderful theater artist Simon Virsaladze.
In “The Stone Flower” Simon Virsaladze was the first to apply the principle of a “single installation”, in which the entire semantic space is concentrated in one scenery that changes during the course of the action. In the depths of the stage there is a malachite box and its open side turns into a carousel, the upper room of a hut or the domain of the Mistress Copper Mountain.
In 1957, audiences were surprised by the boldness of the original concept, but this approach was later developed by musical theater artists and became the main one in Russian scenography in the second half of the last century.
Two years later, in 1959, the production was moved to Moscow, to the stage
Bolshoi Theater. At various times, almost all the stars of Russian ballet danced in the “Stone Flower”: Irina Kolpakova, Maya Plisetskaya, Alla Osipenko, Ekaterina Maksimova, Yuri Vladimirov, Vladimir Vasiliev and many others.
For many years, until the early 90s, ballet "Stone Flower" was successfully performed on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, and in St. Petersburg it still remains in the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theater.
In 2008, the legendary production returned, and Moscow audiences had the opportunity to see the updated ballet, now on the stage of the Musical Theater. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko.
After 50 years, Yuri Grigorovich returned to his first production and, together with the theater troupe, revived ballet " Stone flower», which caused real delight among the capital's public. At the premiere of the living classic of Russian ballet, there was a standing ovation and a standing ovation.
Today in “The Stone Flower” Natalya Somova (Katerina) and Sergei Manuilov (Danila) brilliantly perform their parts, Olga Sizykh (Mistress of the Copper Mountain) and Victor Dick (Severyan) perform the most complex acrobatic performances.
Ballet “Stone Flower” at the Musical Theater named after. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko- This new meeting with the legendary production by Yuri Grigorovich, which is decorated with magnificent scenography, an orchestra conducted by the talented Felix Korobov and the high skill of the performers.
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Legendary Ural tales P. Bazhov, embodied in the dance and magnificent music of S. Prokofiev - all this is the ballet “The Stone Flower”, which for 10 years has been part of the repertoire of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater.
The famous performance was created by the famous domestic choreographer Yu. Grigorovich. In the second half of the last century, millions of fans were able to see this production. classical ballet in Russian and foreign cities. Today, the play “The Stone Flower” once again delights the audience with its colorful scenography and excellent choreography.
Ballet “Stone Flower”: the difficult history of the famous performance
In 1950, S. Prokofiev, inspired by P. Bazhov’s tales about Danila the Master and the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, completed his famous work. And after another 4 years, the capital’s public was able to see Yu. Grigorovich’s production, innovative for ballet of the mid-last century. Combination great music and incredible, dynamic, polished dance made the production famous. It was shown at the Kirov (Mariinsky) and Bolshoi Theater, but in 1994 the performance was closed.
In 2008, the long-awaited premiere of the ballet “The Stone Flower” took place at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater. Classic choreography of the dance master, magnificent light that turns the stage into a box with precious stones, luxurious music with elements of folklore - this is how the audience saw the ballet in which Maya Plisetskaya, Irina Kolpakova, Alla Osipenko, Yuri Solovyov, Maya Plisetskaya, Ekaterina once shone. Maksimova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Nina Timofeeva. The troupe involved in the play “Stone Flower” 2018 is no less professional and interesting. The main roles in the ballet are performed by N. Somova, G. Smilevski, O. Sizykh, N. Krapivina, O. Kardash.
The play “Stone Flower” at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater
The play “The Stone Flower” is very popular in Moscow. Fairy tale, a friend from childhood talks about the master stone cutter Danil, who dreams of creating a flower out of stone, similar in its perfect beauty to the real thing. He makes many attempts, but the result disappoints the young man every time.
A true dreamer, Danila finds himself in the depths of the Ural Mountains, surrounded by precious stones, and comes to the Mistress of the Copper Mountain - the owner of untold wealth and incredible creative talent. How will the relationship between the young master and the formidable beauty develop, and will he be able to make his dream come true? These questions will worry the young viewer throughout the performance.
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Plunge into the world of brilliance and radiance of precious stones and the amazing romance of Ural fairy tales. After attending the performance, you will get an incredible experience from luxurious music, magnificent dance and unique scenography, which will make you forget about the existence of the real world for two hours.
“Stone Flower” is the revolver with which Yuri Grigorovich, young and early, burst into the sanctuary of Soviet ballet, in the middle of which the almost motionless “dram ballet” lay like a carcass, put the barrel in the monster’s ear and fired. As you can imagine, the hardest part was daring to enter.
It was 1957, the ice was cracking due to the thaw, the choreographer-reformer was already expected as a messiah, but they were still worried about what would happen to him. And then the ballerinas’ skirts were taken off. Instead of scenery, they installed giant panels in malachite stains - the best ballet set designer of the USSR, Simon Virsaladze, with the unscrupulousness of a genius, created “Flower”, after decades of decorating lush drama ballets with ruffles. In the Soviet Union, “Western art” arrived for one evening, as it was imagined by artists who had not yet begun to tour abroad. Although the libretto is domestic Bazhov, the Urals and all that.
When I first saw “Flower”, I was struck by how... ummm... calm it was. You expect more passion from the manifesto. For a manifesto, he has too steady a pulse and an almost zero level of aggression. This is how people behave in their right - it is not known whether this calmness was feigned (so that the theatrical hyenas would not tear it to pieces ahead of time) or whether Grigorovich really believed in his star.
At the same time, his calmness is very understandable: Grigorovich was setting up a large “classical” performance, with arches and buttresses, and tried not to let his hand tremble. A strange idea, considering that the natural modernist format is the one-act (and all the important texts of the 1960s were one-acts, from Balanchine’s ballets to the illegitimate Soviet masterpieces of Igor Belsky and Leonid Yakobson). But Grigorovich upped the ante, because the “drama ballet” also worked in a large format. Yes, of course, at the same time he enlarged the target for enemy fire. However, the risk paid off; the star did not deceive, eventually becoming the star of the laureate of everything that was in the USSR.
This high-stakes game affected the “Stone Flower” like the alcoholism of parents (or, without judgment, like their lifestyle) - on children. The impression it leaves is some kind of flickering, as if someone is burning matches in the wind. Flash: stunning scene fairs. Then, smoothly empty, like the tundra, and the same cold dances of gems. Then there’s a flash again... But what can you do! Of all the spectacles, Soviet ballet lovers preferred a big fire in the taste of “drama ballet,” and Grigorovich tried very hard to please them.
Perhaps this is what made “The Stone Flower” Grigorovich’s most controversial masterpiece. In any case, the least popular. It eats up a hell of a lot of human energy from the theater and performers, but returns much less in the form of simple-minded audience feedback. And, apparently, that’s why there is nowhere else to see Grigorovich’s “Stone Flower” except at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater. He definitely has plenty of energy.
In general, in ballet there is a very developed sense of who is in charge. Ballet is hierarchical in nature. Everyone clearly knows who the boss is and keeps an equal footing. This instinct must be what helps ballet people keep the line in their dance, like migratory geese keeping a strict wedge even in a storm over the Himalayas. In the 19th century, the authorities sympathetically understood this: in each of the capitals there was only one ballet theater. And in Soviet times We were very surprised when, having studded the empire with ballet theaters, we soon discovered a plot of pale toadstool copies of the Bolshoi or Mariinsky Theater. I’m explaining from afar so that you understand how fantastic what the Stanislavsky Theater is doing today is. Either he stages Neumeier’s “The Seagull” or he revives the old Soviet “Snow Maiden”. Here it is - “Stone”. In connection with the reconstruction of the main building (with horses on the roof), the Bolshoi stands with “Stas” now, in general, on the same street, on Dmitrovka - the longer the shadow it casts on its younger brother. So this “Flower” only appears to be made of stone. To grow this fragile little thing in the middle of Moscow required the courage of imagination and faith in one’s individuality, worthy of the gardeners of Israel with their drip irrigation of the desert. Incredible.
