“It’s a catastrophe, what happened, in all aspects – cultural, moral, economic, everything.' On the day the Russian invasion began, Alexei Ratmansky was in Moscow choreographing a new ballet– he left immediately. ukraine russia russiaukrainewar
Alexei Ratmansky is clearly distracted. Sitting in the Australian Ballet’s Southbank studios during a break in rehearsals, the acclaimed choreographer has a lot on his mind. Not only is he in the process of conveying his vision of, the “lost ballet” created in 1900 and resurrected by him in 2018, but his thoughts are with family and fellow artists in Ukraine.
On the day the invasion began, Ratmansky was in Moscow choreographing a new ballet for the Bolshoi Ballet – he left immediately to return to his adopted home of New York, where he is artist in residence for American Ballet Theater. He says he will not return to Russia until the invasion has ended and those responsible have been tried for war crimes.
His is a flying visit to instruct the local dancers in his version of the ballet, which he originally choreographed for American Ballet Theater. Whilehas a love story as its foundation, it is primarily a comedy in the style of commedia dell’arte, an improvised style of theatre popular in Italy in the 16th to 18th centuries.
was a set of notations written out in the Stepanov system, made up of lines, dots, arrows, Xs and Os, across three staves, each corresponding to a different part of the body. After the Revolution the notations were spirited out of the country.
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