Kyiv Modern Ballet premieres the dystopian ballet “1984.Another”
January 21 — premiere of the one-act dystopian ballet “1984.Another” to music by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Hauschka, staged by “Kyiv Modern Ballet” soloists Illia Miroshnichenko and Kateryna Kuznetsova.
The performance will be shown on the stage of the Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth (2 Mezhyhirska St).
“1984.Another” is a dystopian ballet based on George Orwell’s novel, built on a completely new reading of the well-known story — different characters, a fresh understanding of global social issues. If you are in the minority — even alone — it does not mean you are mad. But will you be able to resist an entire system whose scale knows no borders? Will you manage to prove to everyone around you and, above all, to yourself, that the world is not only a thirst for power, cynicism and complacency? Will you find in the hearts of others that long-forgotten feeling — love?
People are ghosts, people are empty shells leading their aimless existence on the edge of reality and the dictator’s imposed will. Their life is a self-sacrificing deception in which they find their salvation, their faith, their truth. But what will become of them if the deception is suddenly revealed? Whose side will they choose?
“In his novel ‘1984’ George Orwell gave us his answer. And our dystopian ballet is ready to give its own. ‘1984.Another’ is, above all, our response to the eternal problems of the individual’s existence within the social order and society as such,” say Illia Miroshnichenko and Kateryna Kuznetsova.
Light, in the new production, becomes the main antagonist of the performance. Audiences can expect new movement solutions combining body percussion, physical theatre and contemporary choreography. The dystopian ballet “1984.Another” is set to music by Icelandic cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir (author of soundtracks to HBO’s “Chernobyl” and the film “Joker”, an Oscar nominee) and the German composer-pianist Hauschka (a Golden Globe nominee for the music to “Lion”, author of the music for the series “Patrick Melrose”). The stage design is accompanied by unusual sets (materials: paper; 300 m of chains; 65 sq. m of agrofibre; 45 sq. m of metal mesh, used for the most unusual purposes). Scenographer — Volodymyr Chumachenko.
Nine “Kyiv Modern Ballet” artists take part in the show: Illia Miroshnichenko (He), Kateryna Kuznetsova (She); All: Vladyslav Dobshynsky, Kateryna Kurman, Roman Kushnerevych, Oleksandra Maksymchuk, Valeriia Melnychuk, Violetta Petrolai, Dmytro Pohribnichenko.
The preparation for the premiere was accompanied by the video project “From the Inside”, in which the authors revealed the secrets of working on the new performance.
The creators promise an unexpected finale to the ballet.
Photo: Marian Morey
