BALLET EVENING

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL “OPERALIA”

BALLET EVENING

In two parts

In the first part of the evening, the ballet dancers of Astana Opera House will present a vibrant programme featuring classical, contemporary and national choreography, while the second part will feature the one-act ballet How Long Is Now? by Raimondo Rebeck

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes (with one interval)

Please note that the age limit is 10+

Management reserves the right to substitute performer

GALA BALLET

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How Long Is Now?

One-act ballet by Raimondo Rebeck

GALA BALLET PROGRAMME

 First Part

Toi Bastar. To the musical composition of the same name by the HasSak Ethno-Folk Group. Choreography by Sultanbek Gumar

Ballet dancers

P. Tchaikovsky. Pas de deux from the ballet The Nutcracker

Kamila SHAKHMANOVA

Dias KURMANGAZY

Kemel Adam. To the music by the HasSak Ethno-Folk Group. Choreography by Sultanbek Gumar
Madina UNERBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan

Zaksylyk SAUKIMBEKOV

Gypsy Dance to the music of V. Zhelobinsky. Choreography by K. Goleyzovsky
Gaziza MOLDAKHMET

Mankurt. Music by A. Raimkulova, arranged by the TURAN Ethno-Folk Ensemble

Choreographer: Sultanbek Gumar

Kamilla ORMANOVA

Serik NAKYSPEKOV

R. Drigo. Pas de deux from the ballet The Talisman. Choreography by M. Petipa
Kamila SHAKHMANOVA

Dias KURMANGAZY

Second Part

How Long Is Now?

One-act ballet by Raimondo Rebeck

How Long Is Now?

One-act ballet

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Choreography: Raimondo Rebeck

Conductor: Yerbolat Akhmedyarov

Scenography (to the sketches by Raimondo Rebeck): Victor Carare

Lighting Design: Carlo Cerri

Costume Design (to the sketches by Raimondo Rebeck): Arassel Dosmuratova

Artistic Director of the Astana Opera Ballet Company: Altynai Asylmuratova, People’s Artist of Russia

Stage Managers: Elmira Sultangazina, Altynganym Akhmetova, Ainur Khalelova

The ballet How Long Is Now? by the German choreographer R. Rebeck is a philosophical reflection on time and its distinct moments.

How long can Now last at different moments of life? It seems to the one who is in love that a kiss is as long as eternity, and the memories of suffering can last forever or disappear without a trace... Time flows differently for a person who is painfully passing away, and for people who love this person.

Today is tomorrow’s Yesterday, because what has just happened, immediately becomes the past. Thus, you can answer the question “How Long Is Now?”, as the White Rabbit answered a similar question of Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, “Now, like Forever, sometimes lasts just one second”.

In Raimondo Rebeck’s ballet, three pairs of ballet dancers will illustrate the different stages of a person’s life. By means of art of dance, the talented choreographer makes an original attempt to investigate time, its flow and perception.

The ballet features music by Max Richter, Harry Escott, Ezio Bosso, Olafur Arnalds and Ludovico Einaudi, who gained special acclaim for his soundtrack to the film The Intouchables, as well as by Les Tambours du Bronx (“the Drums of the Bronx”) percussion band.

LEAD ROLES AND PERFORMERS:

TIME – Serik NAKYSPEKOV

YOUTH (wholeness and understanding of yourself) – Nazira ZAYETOVA, Aibar TOKTAR

ADULTHOOD (love and fidelity) – Madina UNERBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, Arman URAZOV

MATURITY (wisdom) – Moldir SHAKIMOVA, Zhaksylyk SAUKYMBEKOV

Ballet Dancers and the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yerbolat Akhmedyarov

Tickets purchased at the Astana Opera are exchangeable and refundable only in cases of cancelled or postponed performances. In all other cases, no refunds and exchanges are possible.