Ballet & SĽUK/ Dancing Towards Each Other

Ballet & SĽUK/ Dancing Towards Each Other

Ballet

Academic and staged folk dance in a friendly confrontation – dance medley

The new SND building, Opera and Ballet hall

Schedule of performances

Saturday 8. 3. 2025
19:00 h 21:00 h
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Sunday 9. 3. 2025
19:00 h 21:00 h
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We can think of dance as an artistic – communicating phenomenon that can communicate with people without words, regardless of nationality, language skills, gender or age. No matter whether it is an academic or a folk dance. Driven by an effort to bring the beauty of various genres of dance , two professional dance ensembles – the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre and the The Slovak State Traditional Dance Company (SĽUK) – offer the best of their repertoire in a joint dance medley. The SND Ballet will present popular choreographies from the classical repertoire, such as Swan Lake, Esmeralda. SĽUK, will bring in the most beautiful dance fragments that represent Slovakia’s rich folklore heritage. Side-by-side, the soloists and members of both ensembles will show their interpretive brilliance, and a wide movement and genre range in choreographies that are bound to delight dance aficionados.

Programme
BLACK SWAN PAS DE DEUX FROM THE BALLET SWAN LAKE
Choreography: Rafael Avnikyan after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky
 
BEŤARE
Choreography: Marek Grega
Music: Peter Mikulec
 
LIPTÁČKY
Choreography: Stanislav Marišler
Music: Peter Mikulec
 
DUET FROM BALLET MURMURATION
Choreography: Edwaard Liang
Music: Ezio Bosso
 
ARE YOU AS BIG AS ME?
Choreography: Roman Novitzký
Music: Mazmat Modine
 
VYHADZOVANÁ Z MYJAVSKA
Choreography: Laco Cmorej, Stanislav Marišler, Ján Ševčík
Music: Stano Palúch
 
Break
 
SALAŠ
Choreography: Ján Blaho, Stanislav Marišler
Music: Stano Palúch
 
THAÏS
Choreography: Nina Poláková
Music: Jules Massenet
 
ZBUJNICI V ŽINČICI
Choreography: Stanislav Marišler
Music: Marek Pastirík
 
ESMERALDA PAS DE DEUX
Choreography: Nicolas Beriozoff
Music: Riccardo Drigo, Cesare Pugni, Romualdo Marenco
 
DANCING TOWARDS EACH OTHER
Choreography: Nina Poláková, Marek Grega
Music: Antonín Dvořák
 
Featuring the SND Ballet soloists and corps de ballet, SND Opera orchestra, SĽUK dance ensemble, folk music and vocal group.
 
* SND and The Slovak State Traditional Dance Company are state-subsidised organisation of the Slovak Ministry of Culture.
 
The production is suitable for audiences aged 8 and over.
 
Running time: 2 hours with one interval
 
Première October 2, 2021
 
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