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Moscow Ballet to Perform
Cinderella
Season finale at Lyndon Institute
Kingdom County Productions and Burklyn Arts Council will present The Moscow Festival Ballet's performance of Cinderella, 7pm, Thursday, April 17th at Lyndon Institute Auditorium. Tickets are now on sale at the Catamount Arts box office-or by calling 802-748-2600. Online sales are available at KingdomCounty.org.
Cinderella's music was composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing Prokofiev broke off to write his opera War and Peace. The premiere of Cinderella was conducted by Yuri Fayer on November 21, 1945, at the Bolshoi Theatre with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov. Galina Ulanova danced the title role. Cinderella is notable for its jubilant music, lush scenery, and for the comic double-roles of the stepsisters, more mad than bad in this treatment.
The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded during the late 1980s, when many of Russia's great dancers and choreographers were exercising newfound creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies. The 50-member Russian troupe incorporates graduates from the leading choreographic schools of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Perm. The principal dancers come from the upper ranks of the great companies. Artistic director Sergei Radchenko, a 25-year veteran of The Bolshoi Ballet, leads the company, which brings together the highest classical elements of the Bolshoi and Kirov ballet companies.
For more information about Cinderella, contact KCP series producer Jay Craven ( jcr...@marlboro.edu). |
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Moscow Festival Ballet is produced and presented
by Kingdom County Productions and Burklyn Arts Council working in association with Lyndon State College, Passumpsic Savings Bank, Catamount Arts, and St. Johnsbury Academy.
Sponsors include:
Priestley Lightning Protection, Jake and Cathie Wheeler, VSECU, Bill and Pam Eddy, Jerry and Judy Rankin, Abel Toll and Ronny Lyster of the Autosaver Group,Moose River Lake and Lodge, Sunshine Boutique, Lyndon Institute, and St. J. Food Coop.
Media Sponsors: Vermont Broadcast Associates, Vermont Public Radio, and Point FM.
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