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
DANCING TOWARDS EACH OTHER
Choreography Adrian Ducin, Stanislav Marišler
Music Antonín Dvořák
ANNA KARENINA
Choreography Anželika Cholina
Music Alfred Schnittke
OJ DO SADU DIVČATA
Choreography Marek Grega
Music Peter Jantoščiak
I TAK ŠE DA
Choreography Marek Grega
Music Stano Palúch
ARE YOU AS BIG AS ME?
Choreography Roman Novitzký
Music Hazmat Modine
VYHADZOVANÁ Z MYJAVSKA
Choreography Laco Cmorej, Stanislav Marišler, Ján Ševčík
Music Stano Palúch
PAS DE QUATRE FROM SWAN LAKE
Choreography Rudolf Nureyev
Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
QUARTET FROM CARMINA BURANA
Choreography Edward Clug
Music Carl Orff
interval
ESMERALDA PAS DE DEUX
Choreography Nicolas Beriozoff
Music Riccardo Drigo, Cesare Pugni, Romualdo Marenco
SALAŠ
Choreography Ján Blaho, Stanislav Marišler
Music Stano Palúch
TWO
Choreography Lukáš Timuľak
Music Henry Vega
NAČUMIDE, MAN PRO DROM
Choreography Ervín Varga
Music Štefan Molota
ROMEO AND JULIET/BALCONY PAS DE DEUX
Choreography Jakob Feyferlik, Nina Poláková
Music Sergei Prokofiev
DANCING TOWARDS EACH OTHER - FINAL
Choreography Nina Poláková, Stanislav Marišler, Marek Grega
Music Antonín Dvořák
Performers include soloists and the choir of the Slovak National Theatre Ballet, the Slovak National Theatre Opera Orchestra conducted by Marián Lejava, a dance ensemble, folk music and the SĽUK singing group.
* SND and The Slovak State Traditional Dance Company are state-subsidised organisation of the Slovak Ministry of Culture.