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Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" is known to anyone, even the most unenlightened spectator. This ballet is special: in order to stage it on the ballet stage, the troupe must have an impeccable mastery of technique. classical dance, a large number of artists and, not least, technical means for the embodiment of a ballet extravaganza on stage, which is sometimes forgotten even on state academic stages. In general, the presence of this name in the repertoire of the theater should indicate the level of the troupe.
Now in summer period, when a large number of foreign guests arrive in the capital, ballet products are in demand as never before - well, what kind of guest of Moscow does not want to admire Russian ballet, known, until recently, for its achievements throughout the world, and even if the poster is "Sleeping Beauty “So you definitely need to get into it. During the "Summer Ballet Festivals", which take place several "pieces" per summer (every self-respecting producer decides to arrange not just performances for foreigners, but calls it, no more, no less - "Ballet Festival"), then go to " Sleeping", or any other famous name- no problem; You can even buy a ticket on the day of the performance. In the Soviet-era 70-80s, it was impossible to imagine that you could come to the Bolshoi or Mariinskii Opera House, and an hour before the start to buy a ticket. Today, even if you bring a company of soldiers, they will put you in jail. "Sleepers", "Swans", and "Giselles" have bred incredibly - all of different tailoring, different versions and different, far from high, levels. Only such ballets should be watched on large, academic stages, and such titles for medium-sized ones should not be allowed for a cannon shot. ballet companies. I went to such performances, for the sake of interest. "And here's an opinion for you": destroying everything and everything is not enough! But, to my recent surprise, there are exceptions.
So, the performance I saw, within the same " summer festival ballet", which takes place these days on the stage of the capital " Youth Theater"- I was pleasantly surprised. The well-known troupe in Moscow under the direction of E. Melikov rarely shows its performances in Moscow itself, and even at such a festival the team began to participate not so long ago. Their version of "Sleeping Beauty", albeit with large bills, though and with unusual interpretations of some characters, it made a pleasant impression on me. The performance, as befits such, is very beautiful. True, in the production there is not that very "Panorama" without which the performance cannot be, but the artistic part is quite suitable for contemplation. in the first picture, the second act, and weighs a backdrop from "Giselle", well, yes, which of the foreigners knows about this, and these performances are their favorite, solvent ones.
The main thing is that the soloists did not dishonor the performance of the Russian ballet. Avrorachka was more than delightful, and even if she was over 30. If at such performances: she doesn’t fall from an arabesque, she pulls her knees in, she doesn’t come to a knee-elbow position with a fouette - and thank God. The prince, however, was at first a little amorphous, but in the third act he already began to dance "for real." In the "hunting" scene, against the background of that same backdrop from "Giselle", he was so lonely, wandered around in a raincoat, either looking for something, or lost in the forest. Known to all, the first appearance of the prince in a swift jet was not. The prince went out on foot, waved his hands, all the guests fled for some reason, and he was left alone among the green spaces. The faithful courtiers do not like him in this production, they were too busy with their own business: they played hide and seek - they played so much that they left the prince alone, then the peasants suddenly jumped out to dance a dance, for absolutely no reason, well, they walked, walked in a crowd through the forest, let they think we'll dance, after - they also dumped; no guards, no courtiers, next to the prince, all alone and alone - unfortunate. Further, of course, everything is according to the scenario: the Lilac Fairy appeared, etc.
I confess that the performance may well be presented abroad on tour representing Russian ballet. (After all, they carry such performances on behalf of Russia - "Chely's mother ...".) The level is average, but good: of course, they fell at the performance, and pirouettes with shortened stops were twisted (I met this for the first time), but the beauty of the action helped "close to such eyes". Even if the strange King in this production is like a clown character: with a strange gait and strange emotions, well, not everyone can be stiff and arrogant - let it be like that, dear little king, only they forgot to put on the crown for the artist. A king without a crown, like "a world without love - there is no such thing"! From this we can conclude that the rich, some thread, harrow, arranged a holiday, on the occasion of the coming of age of his daughter, with all royal honors, calling all the Fairies of the local district to him ..., well, something like that. The main thing is the soloist, who was very technical in places, that she bribed the whole auditorium theater.
That's who spoiled the seemingly tolerable work of ballet dancers, so it's the orchestra. The immortal creation of Pyotr Ilyich was executed horribly. And it would be better if the conductor did not stick out of the deep orchestra pit for a bow before the start of the third act. At first, I was pleasantly surprised that live music, but having listened only to the prologue, Svetlanov's recording would have been better. There was just trouble with the wind instruments, the piano was not "in the bushes", so all the phono parts strummed on the harp - the sound, of course, is completely different. Usually, at such festivals, "hack-work" is allowed in the performing capacity of artists, but in this case there was an orchestra "not exciting" with its playing. Moreover, they performed this music far from the first time, and before the performance it was orchestral ... It is difficult to expect such performances of a high level and good quality. It is we, the audience, who exalt such ballets and such music, but the artists themselves, whether in the orchestra or ballet, roll their eyes when they hear only the first chords for an introduction or overture.
And yet, summing up my not the first story about the ballet performance of the annual "Summer Ballet Festival": surprisingly for myself - I would advise you to watch it. Seeing a good "Sleeper" is a rarity. This performance is no longer in the Bolshoi, and the new one will be in the second half of December (the premiere is on December 18), in Stasik this ballet is not in the repertoire, and there is nowhere else to watch it. Thus, Moscow, with its academic state opera houses were left without Sleeping Beauty (for the next four months, at least). Although the duration of this ballet in the troupe of E. Melikov lasts two and a half hours, instead of the prescribed four, although the scenery from other ballets is used in the design of the performance, although the orchestra is sometimes terrifying, but the visual beauty and good soloists leave hope for a good impression from ballet performance, provided that the orchestra corrects itself, and picking up the instruments, will perform great music on a "spiritual uplift". For the whole world, the Sleeping Beauty ballet is considered an unsurpassed highlight of ballet art, in which everything is important: from appearance stage scenery, to the spiritual filling and intelligence of the performers, all without exception.
In 2000 he graduated from the Academy of Russian Ballet. A. Ya. Vaganova, specializing in ballet dancer.
From 2000 to 2006 he worked at the Ballet Theater under B. Ya. Eifman. He performed leading roles in ballets: Tchaikovsky (Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky's Double), Russian Hamlet (Paul the First), Red Giselle (Chekist), Moliere and Don Giovanni (Molière), etc.
Since 2006 he has been working as a video designer and VJ with Petersburg musical teams: Ole Lukoye, RAGGAPOP Genossenschaft, ELECTRO DUB COMPANY.
In 2007 he entered the St. Petersburg State University Film and Television for the specialty Director of television programs.
Since 2010 has been working in Dance Theater Sasha Kukin.
Participates in the dance projects "Seasons" (choreographer Vera Arbuzova), "Vegetables and Fruits" (choreographers Artem Ignatiev, Anastasia Kadruleva).
In 2015 he works with choreographer Vladimir Varnava as a dancer in the performance Passenger (FRiNGE FESTIVAL RECKLINGHAUSEN). Participates in various television projects, competitions, private performances. Dancing in the dance-puppet show "Swan Lake" (directed by Tatiana Weinstein).
In 2016 he entered the Studio of Individual Directing B. Yu. Yukhananov (MIR-5)
Pedagogical experience
2013 - teaches at the dance school TSEKH and as part of the "Dances" project on TNT. Prepares ballet dancers for international competitions as a choreographer and teacher.
2017 — teaches modern dance and stage movement at the Moscow Art Theater School and Studio of Individual Direction B. Yukhonanova.
2018 - teacher modern dance at RATI GITIS.
WORK AS A CHOREOGRAPH
2015 - makes productions for the Choreodrome at the Moscow Ballet Theater, Dance Night in Moscow (Meyerhold Center), Dance Night in St. Petersburg (Skorokhod Site).
2016 — puts numbers for All-Russian competition ballet dancers and choreographers "Arabesque", for the International Ballet Competition in Varna.
2016 — staging of the number "Paradise" for Diana Vishneva's Context Festival.
2016 – Works as an assistant choreographer in the play “Psychosis” (director A. Zeldovich, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre). Creates modern dance performances. Participates in the workshop of young choreographers "Dance-platform" (Yekaterinburg State theater opera and ballet).
2016 — works as a choreographer and teacher in the project "Dancing" on TNT.
2017 — choreographer in the play "Andromache" (director L. Faizulina, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre).
2017 - assistant choreographer in the opera "Octavia" (director B. Yukhananov Stanislavsky Electrotheatre).
2017 — choreographer of the play "Measure of Fear" (Ballet Moscow).
2017 choreographer in the play “Andersen. In search of a fairy tale (directed by S. Chernikova, Vs. Meyerhold Center).
2017 - choreographer and performer in the project "9 languages of modern dance" (CONTEXT Diana Vishneva & ARZAMAS).
2017 - staging one-act ballet“Memoriae”
2018 - staging a dance performance "Apples & Pies. NOSTALGIA" for the dance troupe of the Voronezh Chamber Theatre.
2018 — staging miniature “AHEYM” for Perm Theater Opera and Ballet.
2018 — staging of the play “DQ Universe. By releasing endorphins” (OPEN LOOK XX).
2018 — TV project choreographer Bolshoi Ballet» (CULTURE).
2018 — participates in the production of the performances "Orpheus" and "Prometheus", as a choreographer and dancer, together with the Trickster Theater for the London Philharmonic Orchestra p / r V. Yurovsky.
2018 - choreographer ice show Evgeni Plushenko "Swan Lake"
2019 - staging a dance performance "Bolero" for the College of Musical and Theater Arts. G.P. Vishnevskaya.
2019 - Stages the ballets "AHEYM" and "ANIMA" for the Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theatre.
2019 — staging of the dance performance "SUPERminimal" for the Studio Theater contemporary choreography, Moscow city.
2019 - participates as a choreographer and dancer in the Gala performance " Theatrical tales Ilze Liepa.
2019 - as an independent choreographer, he released the play "IshTab".
2019 - choreographer in the play "GRIFON" together with the theater "TRIKSTER" and the fund "My History" (Sevastopol, Khersones).
2019 — production of the two-act ballet Cinderella for the Moscow State Ballet
The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet staged by the Classical Choreography Ballet Theater "La Classique" Moscow Ballet under the direction of Elik Melikov.
Music by P.I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography by M. Petipa
Edited by V. Kovtun
The art of the theater artists, organized by Elik Melikov in 1990 under the Union of Theater Workers of the USSR (last year the Theater celebrated its 25th anniversary), is well known to ballet lovers around the world. This is the only Moscow theater that deals with ballet classics. The theater troupe constantly tours, because the main goal of the team is to popularize Russian classical ballet outside of Russia.
In June 2015, the ballet dancers of the Theater of Classical Choreography "La Classique" visited the city of Kaliningrad for the first time, where they gave four amazing performances for the most demanding audience of our city with great success.
A distinctive feature of the theater "La Classique" is the unsurpassed costumes and scenery, which are made in a single copy, they are completely unique. Elik Melikov is a certified artist, one of the first in the country to establish a theater workshop. He created scenery, costumes and shoes for the most famous theaters- Bolshoi, Moscow Ballet Theater under the direction of Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov, Royal Ballet Denmark, Boston Ballet Theatre.
In addition to Italy (Rome, Milan, Florence) and Great Britain, this time the theater's tour route will pass through Poland, Germany, France, Australia (Sydney), New Zealand. The troupe's repertoire includes the world's classical ballets - primarily the immortal works of Tchaikovsky.
The residents of Kaliningrad and guests of the city have a great opportunity to see stunning and unparalleled in their scope ingenious ballets P.I. Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake" at the most modern and one of the best venues in Russia "Yantar Hall" accompanied by Kaliningradsky Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of the Honored Art Worker of Russia Arkady Feldman. Conductor of the Moscow Academic Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater Yaroslav Tkalenko (Moscow).
A real celebration of ballet with absolutely live accompaniment, more than 100 ballet dancers and musicians will be involved in these unique productions.
Anastasia Chumakova Lithuanian prima ballerina national theater opera and ballet, the best ballerina in 2009, winner of international competitions.
Premier soloist Academic theater Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, winner of the gold medal at international competition in Hong Kong 2015 Sergey Kuptsov.
Detailed information by phone: 300-111
On March 10, Australia began a big tour of the already familiar Australian audience the famous Moscow Ballet Theater classical choreography La Classique directed by Elik Melikov. This time we have a great opportunity to become eyewitnesses of a real ballet celebration. The very music of the great Tchaikovsky and the amazing choreography of Petipa will help the audience immerse themselves in this fabulous Magic world"Swan Lake". What is even more striking about the La Classique production is the unsurpassed costumes and scenery. Read about the history of the theater and its tour of Australia in an interview with Russian Radio Australia with Elik Melikov, the founder and leader of the troupe.
Elik, in preparation for the conversation, I found out that you are a certified artist, member International Union artists. And you started by participating in the creation theatrical costumes. If I understood correctly, then you worked at the Bolshoi Theater then?
No, not really. I have two educations. I danced and finished more art school. In the late 80s, I had the idea to create a cooperative. Then they were just getting started. And so I created a cooperative for the creation of theatrical costumes. There were many fears, the time was hard ... We made one-off costumes, then we started making shoes and scenery. At first there was an order from one theater, then from another, a third ... and so it went.
- And how did it happen that you came from the workshops to ballet? After all, you were the founder of your theatre.
Our theater is state. It was created (in 1990, Ed.) with the participation of the Union of Theater Workers and its organizations helped a lot famous people of this Union, helped us with their experience and, of course, connections. We have selected artists from major theaters Kyiv, Tbilisi, Odessa, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Saratov and other Russian cities. At that time, it was difficult with finances, and we had to help ourselves in this, the cooperative "Theatre Workshops" at that time already existed at the theater. The theater team began touring both in Russia and abroad.
-Your theater is the only Moscow theater that deals only with ballet classics.
This is true. We are close to Russian classics. We dance it with pleasure.
Don't you think that in today's world of speeds, in order to attract young people, maybe you should turn to modernity?
We have an excellent troupe that can dance modern as well, but classical is closer and more important to us. The repertoire of our theater includes "Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "Sleeping Beauty", "Romeo and Juliet", "Don Quixote", "Giselle". I think we will not take on modern. I would like to do my own thing.
Do you yourself take part in the creation of performances, or do you have to deal more with administrative activities?
As an artist, I sometimes participate in the creation of new scenery or costumes ... But, basically, I have to deal with management, as well as artists and teachers. Performances are staged by choreographers. We have a lot of guest choreographers. For example, the ballet Don Quixote was staged by a guest choreographer from Belgium.
Your theater tours a lot. You have been to Italy and Great Britain, Poland and Germany, France and New Zealand. And your forthcoming tour in Australia is the fourth in a row.
Yes, our team has traveled to a large number of countries and cities, and we are extremely happy about this. For the first time we came to Australia with the stars Bolshoi Theater. And our independent tour in this country will be the third.
- And this time you are bringing Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake", choreographed by Petipa...
Yes, we bring the full ballet. We try not to break away from the origins. Happy stage life gave " Swan Lake» the illustrious Marius Petipa and his assistant Lev Ivanov, together with Tchaikovsky in 1895.
