Music: Igor Stravinsky

SNG Maribor Ballet Ensemble

Assistant Choreographer: Gaj Žmavc
Set designer: Marko Japelj
Costume designer: Leo Kulaš
Lighting designer: Tomaž Premzl

LES NOCES
Cast:
Solo voices:
Andreja Zakonjšek Krt, soprano
Dada Kladenik, alt
Tim Ribič, tenor
Janko Volčanšek, bass

Dancers:
Bride: Monja Obrul
Bridegroom: Tamas Darai
Bride’s Mother: Evgenija Koškina
Bridegroom’s Father: Sergiu Moga
False Bride: Sytze Jan Luske

Tea Bajc, Beatrice Bartolomei, Olesja Hartmann Marin, Tijuana Križman Hudernik, Asami Nakashima, Ema Peric, Mirjana Šrot, Mina Radakovic, Davide Buffone, Tomaž Viktor Abram Golub, Matteo Magalotti, Lucio Mautone, Yuya Omaki, Andrea Schifano, Christopher Thompson, Maro Vranaričič*

*Conservatory for Music and Ballet Maribor

Pianists: Sofia Ticchi, Stefan Pajanović, Kristina Golob & Tomaž Zamuda

SNG Maribor Opera Choir

Chorus master: Zsuzsa Budavari Novak

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS
Sound designers: Gregor Mendaš

Cast:
The Chosen One: Evgenija Koshkina

Tijuana Križman Hudernik, Catarina de Meneses, Asami Nakašima, Mirjana Šrot, Tea Bajc

Davide Buffone, Tamas Darai, Tomaž Viktor Abram Golub, Sytze Jan Luske, Matteo Magalotti, Yuya Omaki

SNG Maribor Symphonic Orchestra

The premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring by composer Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1913 was considered scandalous. Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography, with which he depicted human primeval nature and its mysterious connection with the earth, seemed awkward and utterly absurd to the audience at the time with its rhythmic beats, full of dissonance. The spectators were more enthusiastic about Stravinsky’s ten years younger ballet Les Noces, whose content also deals with the ritual of a bride leaving home and getting married. Stravinsky depicted the folklore of rural Russia in a vocal-instrumental work, and the first choreography for the ballet was created by Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky. These two performances were choreographed by Edward Clug, a recipient of many awards (including a nomination for the Russian Golden Mask award for the project Quattro) whose work has been enriching Slovenian culture for a number of years. Clug’s creations originate from Nijinsky’s hermetic choreographies and their “disturbing” progressiveness, with which the internationally acclaimed Romanian dancer and choreographer paid tribute to Nijinsky and his role in the development of contemporary dance.