TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Nutcracker (The) [Ballet] (National Opera of Ukraine Ballet, 2018)
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Ballet Company: National Opera of Ukraine Ballet Company
Choreographer: Kovtun, Valery
Chinese Doll: Hodyna, Mykyta
Clara / Their Daughter: Moskalenko, Iuliia
Columbine: Muromtseva, Ganna
Drosselmeyer / Russian Doll: Tkachuk, Iaroslav
French Doll: Bilokrynytskyi, Maksym
French Doll: Romashchenko, Vladyslav
French Doll: Sira, Oksana
French Doll: Volodina, Lina
Fritz / Brother to Clara / Chinese Doll: Gogidze, Ielizaveta
Harlequin / Indian Doll: Kliachin, Sergii
He-Devil: Kutuzov, Volodymyr
His Wife: Melnyk, Liudmyla
Indian Doll: Shevchenko, Anastasiia
She-Devil / Russian Doll: Nelen, Mariia
Spanish Dolls: Betancourt, Raisa
Spanish Dolls: Shapoval, Oleksandr
Stahlbaurn / Medical Councillor: Kovalenko, Oleksiy
The Mouse King: Avramenko, Ruslan
The Nutcracker-Doll: Cherniak, Ielizaveta
The Nutcracker-Prince: Sukhorukov, Mykyta
Orchestra: National Opera of Ukraine Orchestra
Conductor: Baklan, Oleksiy
Television Director: Normand, Bertrand
Lighting Designer: Samarets, Igor
Set Designer: Levytska, Mariia
Costumer Designer: Levytska, Mariia
Date of Production: 05-2018
Venue: National Opera of Ukraine, Kiev
Playing Time: 01:36:26
Catalogue Number: BAC161
UPC: 3760115301610
On Christmas Eve, a young girl has a dream... Emotional awakening, physical transformation, childhood that slowly merges into adulthood... behind what seems to be a tale for children slowly emerges a danced initiatory journey. And while children revel in Drosselmeyer's magic tricks and enjoy a good scare with the apparition of the Mouse King, the adults notice all the finesse that pervades this narrative and admire the virtuosity of the choreography.
A first class company, the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine has toured all around the world : from the United States to Europe and Asia. Thanks to its rich classical heritage, the Company has managed to win the hearts of its audience thanks to its amazing technique and artistic maestria, and as in every good dance company, the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. The Company has also, over the years, establised itself as a unique talent pool, that has nurtured first class dancers such as Iana Salenko (Staatsballet Berlin), Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet), Maxim Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko (American Ballet Theater); and the young gifted dancers that make the Ballet's reputation ensure the preservation of the classical heritage of this historical and world-renowned company.
