OMNIPLEX GROUP & Swan Cinemas would like to announce a live and high definition broadcast and a first in Europe of:
THE BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE FROM MOSCOW
“LES FLAMMES DE PARIS”
At 7pm on WEDNESDAY 31st MARCH 2010
A live evening from the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow!
The Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, internationally known, will broadcast live for the first time in Europe, one of its most prestigious productions: “ Les Flammes de Paris ”. This ballet, never broadcasted in Europe in its entirety, will be visible in 80 cinemas around Europe, live and in high definition.
One of the finest ballets of the Bolshoi repertoire
Ballet in 2 acts
Running time: 2h15 with intermission
Choreographer - Alexei Ratmansky
Composer - Boris Asafiev
Music Director - Pavel Sorokin
Orchestra - Symphonic Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
Scenographers - Ilya Utkin, Evgeny Monakhov
Costume Designer - Yelena Markovskaya
Lighting Designer - Damir Ismagilov
Music dramaturgy conception - Yuri Burlaka
Although this new version is directed by Alexei Ratmanski, “Les Flammes de Paris” was first presented by Vassili Vaynonen at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1933. Each of the projects of the Bolshoi Ballet has its very own character. “Les Flammes de Paris” is one of its most interesting and most unusual ballets. Indeed, this ballet does not belong to the classical ballet repertoire or the masterpieces of the Soviet period.
The Bolshoi Theatre (in Russian : Большой Театр, “Great Theatre”) is one of the most prestigious stage of Russia. The Bolshoi ballet company is composed of Nina Ananiashvili, Nadezhda Gracheva, Galina Stepanenko, Inna Petrova, Svetlana Lunkina, Maria Alexandrova, Anna Antonicheva, Andrey Uvarov, Sergey Filin, Yuri Klevtsov, Dmitry Belogolovstev, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Konstanin Ivanov and Dmitry Gudanov.
“Les Flammes de Paris” was presented on the eve of the anniversary of the October Revolution. The ballet takes place during the great French Revolution and its main character is the revolutionary people.