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Leonid Yakobson’s Shurale is a colourful ballet fairytale. The music, full of ethnic intonations, was written by the Tatar composer Farid Yarullin, while the libretto is loosely based on wise Tatar fairytales. On stage, birds magically turn into beautiful maidens, while the dense forest is crawling with all kinds of evil spirits – genies, shaitans, and witches – who entertain the evil master of the woods, Shurale, with dances. Meanwhile, the nearby Tatar village is hosting a grand wedding celebration…All the characters speak different choreographic languages: the world of Shurale and his monstrous subordinates in the forest kingdom is expressed through grotesque elements, the fantasy world of the bird-maidens is based on classical dance, while the folk scenes are mostly told using the expressive means of character dance.
Ballet and Orchestra of the Tatar State Academic Opera - Kazan; Syuyumbike Kristina Andreeva; Byltyr Mikhail Timaev; Shurale Oleg Ivenko; La sorcière du feu Olga Alekseeva; Shaitan Alessandro Kaggedji
Musical Direction and Conductor Renat Salavatov; Choreography by Leonid Jakobson; Designer/Scenography/Costumes : Andrey Knoblok
French
French
Production compagny : Telmondis
Coproduction compagny : Mezzo
Running Time : 91’
Production Year : 2019
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : 16/9