Sergej Prokof’ev
ST. PETERSBURG ICE BALLET
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PLAYBILL
Choreography, Artist Emeritus of the Russian Federation – Konstantin Rassadin
Sets and Costumes, Olga Osikovskaia/Tatiana Zaikina
Light designer, Anatoli Gensirovski
Conductor, Arkady Shteynlucht
Opera Carlo Felice Genova Orchestra
Cinderella, Ekaterina Kostromina, Vera Osipenko, Mariia Stapanova
Prince, Aleksei Em, Maksim Kudriavtcev, Danil Vedernikov, Oleg Iagubkov
Stepmother, Inga Ragozina, Palina Aksiutsik
Sisters, Shrew – Ekaterina Filatova, Anastasiia Gusarova
Poseur, Aleksandra Igolkina, Nikol Li
The King, Danil Vedernikov, Sergei Golodnev, Georgii Baranov
Gnome, Iurii Pototckii, Daniil Pushkarev
Fairy, Anastasiia Trifonova, Irina Iasakova
Dance masters, Sergei Golodnev, Viacheslav Vodopianov
Fairy seasons:
Spring –Ekaterina Kostromina, Vera Osipenko, Mariia Stepanova
Summer – Ekaterina Filatova
Cricket – Anastasiia Gusarova
Autumn – Mariia Berezovskaia, Evgeniia Cherpakova
Winter – Evgeniia Cherpakova
Officials, Viacheslav Vodopianov, Daniil Pushkarev, Oleg Kim, Aleksei Em, Georgii Baranov, Vadim Panov, Sergei Golodnev
Shoemakers, Viacheslav Vodopianov, Daniil Pushkarev, Oleg Kim, Aleksei Em, Georgii Baranov, Vadim Panov, Sergei Golodnev
Oriental Dance, Ekaterina Kostromina, Oleg Iagubkov, Ekaterina Filatova, Oleg Kim
Spanish dance, Aleksandra Igolkina, Anastasiia Trifonova
STAFF OF THE STATE ICE BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG
General manager, Mikhail Kaminov
Administrative Director, Olga Esipova
Technical Director, Valerii Gilnich
Costumes, Olga Osikovskaia, Tatiana Zaikina
Make-up, Iuliia Afanasenko, Vera Dadyko, Irina Nikolaeva
Lighting, Anatolii Gensirovskii
Music Editions, Casa Ricordi
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There are many ‘Cinderellas’ danced before Prokofiev’s Cinderella, dated 1945. But the Russian composer’s Cinderella overshadowed them all. Prokof’ev was not one of the many fine professionals who wrote well-crafted music for the use of dance: like Stravinsky, he was an all-round composer, who remained himself even when he put himself at the service of dance. The score of Cinderella could only be by Prokofiev: unmistakably his are the energetic and unpredictable rhythms and the themes poised between romantic passion and twentieth-century irony.
A contemporary ballet classic, in the spectacular version of the St. Petersburg Ice Ballet, which returns to Genoa after last season’s great success with Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. The audience at the Carlo Felice Theatre knows by now: that of the St. Petersburg Ballet on Ice is neither a classic ‘show on ice’ nor a sports performance, but a real classical ballet danced entirely on skates and on ice. A unique case in the world.
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