"Opera, Ballet & Concerts" Films on Music from India and Abroad at Main Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 1st June 2012

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre ( IIC ), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Details : 'Opera, Ballet and Concerts' Films on Music from India and Abroad 
Igor Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes
(85 min; dvd; 2008; English subtitles)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Mariinksy Orchestra and Ballet
Director: Denis Caïozzi
Reconstructions of ballets whose premières in 1910 and 1913 were landmarks in the development of modernism
The Firebird
With Ekaterina Kondaurova (Firebird); Ilya Kuznetsov (Ivan Tsarevich); Marianna Pavlova (Princess)
Based on Russian legends about a magical firebird, this visually sumptuous ballet evoked for a contemporary critic the longing for the open spaces of folk mythology, and is remarkable for its orchestral textures
The Rite of Spring
With Alexandra Iosifidi (The Chosen One); Elena Bazhenova (300-Year-Old Woman); Vladimir Ponomarev (Wise Elder)
Choreography after Vaslav Nijinsky
Scenes from pagan Russia, praised for its original synthesis of the folkloristic and modernistic traditions in Russian art music. Sets are minimalist, while the footwork is said to mark the birth of contemporary ballet.

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