The Flames of Paris
Why see The Flames of Paris?
The Bolshoi Ballet presents the first UK performance of Alexei Ratmansky’s revival of a classic ballet by Vasily Vainonen.
The Flames of Paris depicts the tumultuous era of the French Revolution and contains one of the most stunning pas de deux in the whole of the ballet repertory. The work was first performed in Leningrad in 1932 and features a powerfully evocative score by Boris Asafiev.
Key Information
Run Time
The performance will last for about 2 hrs 10 minutes | Including one interval. Act One will last for about 54 minutes, followed by a 30 minute interval. Act Two will last for about 45 minutes.
Dates
Finished 17 Aug 2013
Creative
Book by Alexander Belinsky and Alexei Ratmansky on the basis of the original libretto by Nikolai Volkov and Vladimir Dmitriev.
Choreographer — Alexei Ratmansky
with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen
Music Director — Pavel Sorokin
Scenographers — Ilya Utkin, Evgeny Monakhov
Costume Designer — Elena Markovskaya
Lighting Designer — Damir Ismagilov
Music dramaturgy conception — Yuri Burlaka
Choreographer — Alexei Ratmansky
with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen
Music Director — Pavel Sorokin
Scenographers — Ilya Utkin, Evgeny Monakhov
Costume Designer — Elena Markovskaya
Lighting Designer — Damir Ismagilov
Music dramaturgy conception — Yuri Burlaka
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