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Women in d-moll

music by J.S. Bach, Concerto № 1 for the clavier and orchestra d-moll

ballet in one act

Duration: 0:30 (30 хв)
Acts: 1
Age: 12+
Staging: Radu Poklitaru — Honoured Arts Figure of Ukraine

The premiere of the production took place on June 18 2014

About the show

In this production, inspired by the polyphonic music of the great Johann Sebastian Bach, choreographer Radu Poklitaru reflects on the paradox inherent in the notion of female friendship and on the nature of envy. This ballet fresco, this multi-voiced choreographic tapestry - at times detached, at times tinged with a sorrowful smile-mirrors the inner architectonics of Bach’s musical thought and the coexistence of individuals within a timeless human tribe.

The costume designer Dmytro Kuryata succeeded in solving the choreographer's task set before him - he managed to reproduce the atmosphere of the age of Bach. According to the plot, the production features seventeen principal heroines, with the female roles performed by male dancers.

Premiered on the stage on June 18 and 19, 2014

Radu Poklitaru

The ballet "Women in d-moll" is permeated with the admiration of J.S.Bach's genius. It is Bach's polyphony that was the source of the choreographer's inspiration: "The whole plastic texture of the ballet is entirely polyphonic. The tragic story of a non-existent women's friendship is but a pretext for the unfolding of sophisticated multi-figural compositions and poignant duets