Presenting the contemporary charm of ballet, top dancer Zakharova "Shanghai exclusive" husband and wife share the stage

Release time:May 14, 2024 15:53 PM

"Four years ago, we paid attention to "The Legend of Chanel" and are full of expectations for the two plays performed in Shanghai." At the media meeting on May 14, Zhang Xiaoding, general manager of the Shanghai Grand Theater, said. From May 15th to 19th, the world's top ballet dancer Svetlana Zakharova will appear at the Shanghai Grand Theater and join hands with the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Theater to perform "Legend of Chanel" and "On Pointe" to start her China tour First stop in Mainland China.

Zakharova will share the stage with violinist Vatin Repin in "On Pointe" as husband and wife. This is the premiere and only stop of "On Pointe" in mainland China. Zhang Xiaoding said with a smile, "Zakharova looks like Chanel in costume, and the husband and wife team is even more sugary."

Zakharova, Repin and his wife attended the media meeting with Bolshoi Theater principal dancers Mikhail Lobkhin, Artemy Belyakov and Denis Savin

Zakharova was born in 1979. She joined the Mariinsky Theater Ballet, known as the "Ballet Carrier", at the age of 17 and became the principal dancer in her second year. When she was 20 and 21 years old, she won the Golden Mask Award, the highest honor in the Russian theater industry, for "Serenade" and "Sleeping Beauty". Since 2003, she has been the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet and has been awarded the titles of Meritorious Artist and People's Artist of Russia.

Zakharova's relationship with the Shanghai Grand Theater began in 2014. At the Shanghai Grand Theater's closing performance of the 2013-2014 season "Mona Lisa Kiss", a night of dance performances by world ballet stars, Zakharova brought her The solo dance "Unattainable Love" created by him attracted a large number of audiences.

"I have been to Shanghai several times, and this time I feel that Shanghai has changed a lot." Zakharova was deeply impressed by Shanghai. "Shanghai is a beautiful city with modern architecture and delicious food. Shanghai Grand Theater It was spectacular, and the enthusiasm of the audience was so vivid in my memory that I felt like I had never left.”

The young audience in Shanghai asked curiously how Zakharova overcomes the nervousness before going on stage. Zakharova admitted that she still gets nervous every time she goes on stage. "Everyone is like this. It is impossible to overcome it. Only after entering the role will the tension slowly disappear. Unlike film and television dramas that can be replayed, performances only exist in the moment. The audience can feel the energy delivered during the performance, and every energy transfer is unique. Dance and music are living and vital arts.”

Mikhail Lobkhin and Artemy Belyakov, principal dancers of the Bolshoi Theater, like Shanghai’s food and parks. “The high-rise buildings and busy traffic form a strong contrast with the quiet tree-lined parks. " Another principal dancer, Dennis Savin, revealed a little secret. His son asked hard to come to Shanghai, "I stipulated that he should get a score of 5 in the math midterm exam and reach the level of a third-level athlete in swimming. He did it all, so he did it. Only this time can you follow me.”

Repin also praised that Shanghai is one of the most beautiful metropolises in the world, and the enthusiasm and diversity of the Shanghai audience are rare in other places. As the youngest laureate in the history of the Queen Elizabeth Competition, Repin was praised by violin giant Houdi Menuhin as "the best and most perfect violinist I have ever had the opportunity to hear." In "Pointe", the couple will join hands with the Bolshoi Theater's principal dancer and the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra to present an original half-concert, half-dance form.

The "Legends of Chanel" staged from May 15th to 16th consists of two one-act dance dramas "Like Breathing" and "Legends of Chanel". "Like Breathing" is a work by Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti. It premiered at La Scala in 2017. George Friedrich Handel's piano suite sets the musical tone for the dance drama. "The Legend of Chanel" is a perfect fusion of ballet, music and fashion, telling the growth process of this famous fashion designer through several scenes.

Repin said, "In the selection and performance of "On Pointe", we specially made some adjustments for the Shanghai audience. Because there is a new stage and a new audience, we hope to bring some surprises."

"On Pointe" includes Zakharova's representative contemporary work "Revelation", an early modern ballet work "Death of the Swan" specially adapted for violin performance, and the baroque style "Handel's Rhapsody" prologue composed by Bigonzetti and pas de deux, "Elf Dance" that combines technicality and fun.

During the performance, the Shanghai Grand Theater carefully organized the "Store Manager for a Day" event, where the audience had the opportunity to communicate closely with the artists. TheGreenRoom Cafe at the Shanghai Grand Theater launches a specialty drink "MODANSE". The chestnut-flavored Montblanc is called "Legend", symbolizing "The Legend of Chanel"; the creamy snow-topped coffee oulay is called "Breath", which is called "Pointe Strings". 》Designed.

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