Speed Dating

Быстрые свидания

Perhaps for the first time in world history, a single ballet has been created by 12 co-authors—six choreographers and six composers. "Speed Dating" is the result of the "Write a Ballet" ("pishi balet") laboratory, conducted by the Ural Opera Ballet Theatre and the Union of Composers of Russia with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture and the international festival "Diaghilev P. S.". Six finalist composers and a representative of another rare profession—a lighting designer—were selected in a major competition.

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Actors

Mikhail Volkov

Miki Nisiguti

Anna Domke

Evgeniy Balobanov

Maria Mikheeva

Gleb Sageev

Alessandro Caggegi

Aleksandr Merkushev

Elena Vorobyova

Hideki Yasumura

Tomoha Terada

Mana Kuwabara

Crew

Music by

Claude Debussy, Dmitriy Mazurov, Anatoliy Korolyov, Gleb Lukomets, Roman Tsypyshev, Andrey Chernyshyov, Aleksandr Belousov, Rigel Vinskaya, Lidiya-Maria Koshevaya

Music Director

Ivan Zhudyakov-Vedenyapin

Conductor

Maksim Kozlov

Choreography

Maksim Petrov, Anton Pimonov, Aleksandr Merkushev, Alessandro Caggegi, Konstantin Khlebnikov, Hideki Yasumura, Evgeniy Balobanov

Costume design

Lev Khlebnikov (MARÉM), Elena Trubetskova

Lighting designers

Dmitriy Vikulov, Nina Indrikson, Ksenia Kotenyova

Executive producer

Anastasia Kvashnina

About

The title reveals the structure and essence. Six duets, brief encounters and long farewells: dramatic, comic, frantic, quiet, and tender. The ballet's synopsis can be summed up by the old wisdom of choreographer George Balanchine: "A man and a woman on stage already constitute a plot." In turn, the audience encounters new composers—none of them have written for ballet before—and these, too, are brief encounters with the hope of continuation.

Summary

Act I
25 min.

"Noon"
Ballet to the music of Claude Debussy

"Hands"
Music by Dmitri Mazurov
Text by Maya Plisetskaya

"Quiet"
Music by Dmitri Mazurov
Text by Bogdan Korolyok

Choreographer: Maxim Petrov

Costumes: Elena Trubetskova, Lev Khlebnikov x MARÉM

Lighting: Nina Indrikson, Ksenia Kotenёva

Symphony Orchestra of the Ural Opera Ballet Theatre
Soprano: Elena Biriuzova
Conductor: Ivan Khudyakov-Vedeniapin

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Act II
20 min.

"SIX RUSSIAN SONGS"
Ballet to the music of Anatoly Korolyov

Choreographer: Anton Pimonov
Costumes: Elena Trubetskova
Lighting: Ksenia Kotenyova

Piano part: German Markhasin

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Act III
30 min.

"SPEED DATING"
Ballet

A co-production of the Ural Opera Ballet Theatre and the Union of Composers of Russia; the result of the "Write a Ballet" ("pishi balet") laboratory

Music and Choreography:
I. Rigel Vinskaya – Anton Pimonov
II. Roman Tsypyshev – Alexander Merkushev
III. Lydia-Maria Koshevaya – Hideki Yasumura
IV. Andrey Chernyshov – Alessandro Caggeggi
V. Alexander Belousov – Evgeny Balobanov
VI. Gleb Lukomets – Konstantin Khlebnikov
VII. Rigel Vinskaya – Anton Pimonov

Text by Leonid Aronson

Costumes: Lev Khlebnikov x MARÉM, Elena Trubetskova

Lighting: Dmitry Vikulov

Symphony Orchestra of the Ural Opera Ballet Theatre
Soprano: Elena Biriuzova
Conductor: Ivan Khudyakov-Vedeniapin