Ildar Gaynutdinov in the lead role
“Labyrinth” included not only the best Russian dancers of the Bolshoi Theater, but also the star of television shows Ildar Gainutdinov. Already at the age of 8 she became the soloist of Todes, at 16 she became the youngest participant of the Russian show “Dance” on TNT, and only a year later she took part in Eurovision. In 2022, Ildar, despite not receiving classical ballet training, first appeared on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater with the Bolshoi soloist Anastasia Denisova in the Postscript 2.0 project, and immediately won the hearts of the audience and critics with her incredible plasticity. and charisma. In “Labyrinth”, Ildar plays the main role in the ballets “Shine” and “Minotaur”.
Costumes from Igor Chapurin
Igor Chapurin is a successful Russian designer whose clothes are worn by Natalia Vodianova, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Toni Braxton and Sheryl Crow. Also, the name of Chapurin is well known in the ballet environment – he created costumes for productions in the best theaters of Russia and the world. One of his last works was the costumes for the ballet Swan Lake directed by Angelin Preljocaj and the ballet Initium starring Ildar Gainutdinov. While working on the “Minotaur”, the designer was inspired by images of ancient Greece and the Vikings and created bright costumes that highlight the movements of the dancers as well as reveal the characters’ characters more deeply.
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“Bull’s Head” Statue by Dashi Namdakov
Dashi Namdakov is a jeweler, artist, graphic artist and one of the most unusual and famous sculptors in our country. The author works in a modern style, but remains faithful to the Buryat traditions of his ancestors. Its amazing objects are majestic mythical creatures, images of spirits and artifacts that seem to come from other worlds. Dashi Namdakov tries himself for the first time and immediately on the main theater stage of the country as a theater artist. For the project “Labyrinth” he creates the sculpture “Bull’s Head”, which will be the center of the stage design of the ballet “Minotaur”. The huge statue made of Karelian birch symbolizes bad fate and formidable natural elements, very close to the sculptor.
Choreographer Patrick de Bana
World-renowned dancer and stage director Patrick de Bana from Hamburg worked with Maurice Béjart, one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century. Following in the footsteps of her mentor, de Bana tries to rethink the art of ballet. He also calls Vaslav Nijinsky, who discovered a new understanding of the role of men in ballet, as his idol. This is not the first time De Bana has performed in our country: he choreographed the performances of “Before It Rained” with Svetlana Zakharova in the lead role and “Cleopatra” with the Kremlin Ballet artists at the Bolshoi Theatre. Now Bana will be performing the ballet “Minotaur”, the final part of the “Labyrinth” trilogy.
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project team
His production company MuzArts realized projects at the Bolshoi Theater with the participation of Svetlana Zakharova, Olga Smirnova and other famous dancers. Despite the difficult times, the organizers managed to assemble a truly stellar team in the Labyrinth: the aforementioned Patrick de Bana, the winners of the Golden Mask National Theater Award, young choreographers Olga Labovkina and Anna Shchekleina, composers Ilya Dyagel and Vasily Peshkov worked in the ballet program (in the last part, the brilliant British minimalist Max Richter), as well as costume designer Galina Solodovnikova, lighting designer Ivan Vinogradov and others.
Source: Gazeta
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