LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE

Comic ballet in 3 acts with prologue
Premiere in Saint Petersburg

Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Stage version: Sergey Vikharev
Music: Peter Ludwig Hertel

Alexandrinsky Theatre
12+

April 2, 2018
20:00

The charm of a «vintage» antiquity is incredible: it breezes a special, incomparable flavor of time and is truly endowed with an almost invincible appeal.

The ballet about a poorly guarded daughter roams around the world scenes for more than two centuries: when a Bordeaux company was preparing the premiere of «La Fille mal gardée», the Bastille in Paris was just about to be stormed. Since then both music and choreography have changed many times, but the cheerful and a bit piquant spirit of the rural comedy remained unchanged making this performance a rare and always welcome guest for every ballet stage.

So, the widow Marceline wants her daughter Lisa to marry a rich, but dimwitted farmer’s son. Helas, the stubborn daughter is in love with a nice-looking peasant Colas. And in the most crucial moment — oooups! — the mother finds lovers together…

The production by the Yekaterinburg Ballet is a fine mix of reconstruction and stylization: according to the original notations Sergei Vikharev has restored the choreography of Petipa’s version staged in St. Petersburg in 1885, while the decoration and costumes look as if in the same year the Directorate of Imperial Theaters ordered the design of the production to Vincent Van Gogh.

Light, brilliant, ironic and cheerful.

Screen and Scene

In many ways it is a Parisian performance. Full of French humor, French elegance, French brilliance, it also demonstrates features of the so-called French dance school.

Vadim Gayevsky, Colta.ru

For an experienced ballet lover this imitation of the classics is the most exciting feature of the modern-day “La Fille mal gardée”. While novice will be no less inspired by the spectacular scenography and stylish costumes that remind both French paintings and Soviet films about the old France.

Anna Galaida, Vedomosti
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