The Academic Kyiv Modern-ballet Theatre ( uk, Київ Модерн-балет) (''The Communal enterprise 'Theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture "Academic 'Kyiv Modern-ballet' Theatre'') is a

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theatre of modern

Choreography Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design ...

, which was designed as authorial, with the repertoire and artistic priorities being determined by the production of one, single choreographer. This theatre seeks to create an artistic laboratory of modern dancing with its daring experiments, with the original, unconventional interpretations of world-famous theatrical plots, and with the renovation and enrichment of the form and language of

modern dancing Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th ...

.. It performs on a tour quite a lot, both in Ukraine and abroad. The founder and the head ballet master of the Theatre is

Radu Poklitaru Radu Poklitaru (born 1972 in Chișinău, Moldova) – choreographer-director working in Ukraine and many other countries of the world, the Honoured Worker of Culture of Ukraine (2017), the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine winner (2016), ''The ...

— the Honoured Worker of Art of Ukraine, the winner of the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, the People's Artist of Moldova.

History

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The history of ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' begins on December 19, 2005, with the first night of the production ''Le forze del destino'' ( uk, «Le forze del destino / Сили долі»), commissioned by ''Volodymyr Filippov's Art Foundation'', which involved the main creative resources of the would-be theatre – choreographer

, scenographer Andriy Zlobin, costume artist Hanna Ipatieva, lighting producer Olena Antokhina, sound producer Oleksandr Kuriy, choreographer assistant Anatoliy Kozlov, and a number of performers who later became a part of the permanent company. The one-act production ''Le forze del destino'' reproduced the atmosphere of the old theatre of the 1930s – 1940s, with its diverse soft scenery; in which the new interpretation of the classical opera hits (the arrangement of Pavlo Shevchuk) was performed by Olena Hrebeniuk (

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), and the intense action was described in reviews as follows: "It is difficult to discern the precise contents of the production; the title, however, comes the closest to it. This collage of opera airs is "cemented" by the leit-motif of Verdi's opera ''

La forza del destino ' (; ''The Power of Fate'', often translated ''The Force of Destiny'') is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, ' (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, wi ...

'', which sounds each time in different modifications." The company ''Kyiv Modern-ballet Theatre'' Ltd. with Radu Poklitaru as its head was registered on July 18, 2006, and supported by the patron of art Volodymyr Filippov. In the course of all-Ukrainian casting, 16 young dancers were selected. The academic ballet education was not a necessary criterion for being admitted to the company; however, all the performers were professional modern dancers, knowledgeable about classical dancing and capable of conducting a classical lesson. The two-part ballet ''Carmen.TV'' to the music of

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', whi ...

was first presented on October 25, 2006, at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater. The production was awarded two prizes of ''The Kyiv Pectoral'' contest – in the nominations ''The best production of the year'' and ''The best plastic interpretation of the production''. Olga Kondakova who played the part of Carmen was nominated for ''The best female performer''. In 2008 the Theatre was awarded ''The Kyiv Pectoral'' prize in the specially established nomination ''The event of the year'' for the selection of illustrious new productions: ''The Verona Myth: Shakespearements'' to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, George Handel and the

Renaissance music Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from the early 14th-century '' ars nova'', the Tr ...

(2006), ''Bolero'' of

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

(2007); ''Rain'' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and folk music of the world (2007), and ''The Nutcracker'' of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (2007). In collaboration with the National Opera of Ukraine the ballet-triptych ''The Intersection'' to the music of Myroslav Skoryk was produced; the one-act ballet ''Hereven'' to the music of Vladimir Nikolaev is the co-production with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre (both in 2012). The year of 2013 turned out to be critical for the company when the Theatre found itself on the verge of closing down. The ballet ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' of Pyotr Tchaikovsky was thought to become the last production in the history of the Theatre. For financial reasons (exceedingly low salaries) 9 out of 21 performers of the company had to quit. They were replaced by new ones, and the whole repertoire had to be renewed almost from scratch. The productions were made owing to the patrons' support. The ballet ''Giselle'' was supported by Ludmyla Rusalina (the founder of the ''Petrus-Media'' holding), a number of projects were assisted by

Volodymyr Borodiansky Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Borodianskyi ( ua, Володимир Володимирович Бородянський; born 15 January 1974) is a Ukrainian television manager, public figure, entrepreneur and politician. He has served as Ukraine's ...

(the then Director General of the '' STB (TV channel)'', the head of ''StarLightMedia'' group); the direct participation of the businessman Andriy Demydov made the production of ''

'' possible. In March 2016 the productions of ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' (he ballets ''Swan Lake'', ''Women in D-Moll'', ''The Long Christmas Dinner'' and the ballet-triptych ''The Intersection'') directed by

were honoured with the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in the nomination ''Musical Art''. The application of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine specifically pointed out that ''The semantic polyphony of dancing created by the maestro reproduces the intense dynamics and the vocabulary of "encoded" metaphors and sophisticated symbols, highlighting the dramatic depths of existence in the first place''. From 2009 until 2017 the ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' company was incorporated into the

Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth The Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth ( uk, Київський муніципальний академічний театр опери та балету для дітей та юнацтва) is a theatrical p ...

, with most of the company's ballet productions being performed on its stage. On October 5, 2017, the communal enterprise ''Theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture "Kyiv Modern-ballet Theatre"'' was founded according to the decision of the Kyiv City Council as of June 22, No610/2772 ''On founding the theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture "Kyiv Modern-ballet Theatre" by separating it from the theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture ''

". It was specifically indicated that the theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture '' 'Kyiv Modern-ballet' Theatre'' is the legal successor of a part of property, rights and duties of the communal enterprise the theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture ''The Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth''. In November 2017 the Theatre was assigned the rank of ''academic'' by the order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine No1176 ''On assigning the rank of 'academic' to the company of the communal enterprise "The theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture Kyiv Modern-ballet' Theatre"'' as of November 8. In February 2018 the Theatre was renamed the communal enterprise ''The theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture "The Academic Theatre 'Kyiv Modern-ballet' '' according to the decision of the Kyiv City Council as of February 8 No11/4075 ''On renaming the communal enterprise "The theatrical and entertainment establishment of culture 'Kyiv Modern-ballet' Theatre''. The company numbers 23 performers. Four productions of ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' were shortlisted for the rating poll ''The Kyiv Score'', which promulgated the list of the best Ukrainian productions of the 2000s in January 2021. 15 Ukrainian drama critics took part in the poll and included the productions ''The Long Christmas Dinner'' (2014), ''Carmen. TV'' (2006), ''No 6 Ward'' in ''The Kyiv Score''.

The singularity of productions

; Plots

Theatre reviews describe

as a ''wizard of choreography, who inspires a new life in old fairy tales on the ballet stage – ''The Nutcracker'', ''The Little Prince'', ''Swan Lake''...''. Every new production of the company is based on the original interpretation of some apparently familiar story through the prism of Poklitaru's vision. Thus, only the characters' names are retained from the classical plot of Prosper Mérimée's short novel ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' – a village girl Michaela becomes the central figure: this dreamy blond is captivated by the world of television serials (hence the title of the production ''Carmen. TV''); his ''Giselle is not a sweet country girl, but an unfortunate child of a big modern city''; the first episode of ''Swan Lake'' begins with the murderous shooting of a swan family and the subsequent care of the rescued cygnet by the infernal Lord Rotbar; the story of the ''Nutcracker'' is not focused on a liitle daughhter of wealthy parents – it centers round a teenager, a backfisch who has to go begging in the cold, snow-covered streets of a big city and then has a wonderful dream, falling asleep in the open. The company has no ''inaccessible plots for the ballet''; Poklitaru translates into the language of plastic arts F. Scott Fitzgerald's '' The Mysterious Story of Benjamin Button'' (''Up the River''); he combines, daringly, the story of '' The Little Prince'' by

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with

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's early music аnd

lullabies performed by Maria Pylypchak; he tells Pushkin's story '' The Queen of Spades'' using the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, only not the expected one of the opera of the same name, but his

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and Sixth Symphonies. The productions are exciting, up-to-date, ironic and, at times, comic, even bordering on mockery (''In Pivo Veritas''). ; Artistic interpretation The artistic images of the ballets ''Carmen. TV'', ''Shakespearements'', ''Rain'' and ''Underground'' were developed by the scenic artist Hanna Ipatieva, a graduate of the

National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture The National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture ( uk, Націона́льна акаде́мія образотво́рчого мисте́цтва і архітекту́ри; НАОМА) - is an art university in Kyiv, Ukraine specialis ...

(the class of Professor Mykola Storozhenko). Hanna's scenery for ''Giselle'' is inspired by the prints of graphic works (Mykola Honcharov's) as the imagery language for theatrical costumes. The scenography (''Carmen. TV'', ''Shakespearements'', ''Underground'') is created by Andriy Zlobin, the Honoured Worker of Arts of Ukraine, a graduate of the

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(the class of Eugene Lysyk)]. The scenic interpretation of productions is done in modern style (for instance, the action of the ballet ''Giselle'' is transferred to dilapidated slums of a present-day megapolis). The scenic artist Oleksandr Druhanov used the engravings of Denis Diderot in the scenery of the ballet-triptych ''The Intersection'' (2012) and brought the 3D-animation to the stage. The permanent sound producer of all projects of the Theatre is Oleksandr Kuriy. In 2014, the costume artist Dmytro Kuriata joined the producing group in the ballets ''Women in D-Moll'', ''The Long Christmas Dinner'' (both in 2014), ''Up the River'' (2016), ''The Sleeping Beauty'' (2018), ''Viy'' (2019), ''The Little Prince'' (2020), and ''The Queen of Spades'' (2021). Since 2019, Olga Nikitina has been the art director of video projections; she developed the 3D mapping for the ballets ''Viy'' (2019) and ''The Little Prince'' (2020) and the continuum of ''added reality'' for ''The Queen of Spades'' project (2021), similar to the ''replenished reality'' and ''hybrid reality''. ; Music Scene from the ballet Nine Rendezvous

The musical component of productions has a wide range from canonical ballet scores (''

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'' of

, ''

'' of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...

'' of Adolphe Adam and others), to authorial musical compilations (''Two for the Seesaw '' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Chavela Vargas, ''The Little Prince'' to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and

lullabies, ''In pivo veritas'' to the Irish folk music and the music of Renaissance, ''The Queen of Spades'' to the music of

and the Sixth symphonies of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, etc) and original musical compositions (the ballet ''Viy'' includes the recording of Oleksandr Rodin's opus performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine). Radu Poklitaru puts it like this, ''...in most cases, my choreography is based on the musical material which is generally referred to as "classical music". It can be modern academic classical music, or the Baroque music, or the music of some earlier times. But, in each case, it is classical, even if I sometimes resort to bardic songs and folklore – these are the three foundations for my entire choreography''. The history of ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' registers a few productions the music for which was written specially. Those include the one-act ballet ''Hereven'' to the music of Vladimir Nikolaiev (co-production with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, 2012) and the ballet-triptych ''The Intersection'' to the music of Myroslav Skoryk (co-production with the National Opera of Ukraine). Maestro Skoryk himself was the conductor of his work during the performances of ''The Intersection''. The two-act ballet ''Viy'' (2019) to the music of the Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Rodin also belongs here. ; Choreography ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' is the authorial theatre whose repertoire comprises, by and large, the original productions of its founder Radu Poklitaru, which have become the most valuable possession of the theatre, received prestigious rewards and got the recognition of both experts and spectators. Additionally, ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' is the platform for the artistic quest of young Ukrainian choreographers who are ballet dancers at the same time. The latter produced, at different times, one-act ballets ''The Spectre of the Rose'' (2014) and ''The Seasons'' (2014) by Oleksandr Rodin directed by Oleksiy Busko; ''The Second Floor'' to the music of J.Black, N.Frahm and G.Santaolalla directed by Anatoliy Vodzianskiy (2016); ''Variations of Life'' to the music of Alfred Schnittke,

Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...

, Ólafur Arnalds, S. Anderson and

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, directed by Anna Herus (2017). There are also the productions of Anastasiya Kharchenko, Olena Dolgikh, Olersandr Manshylin, Volodymyr Mitiev, Viktoria Tolstova, Ruslan Baranov, Petro Naku, Vladyslav Detiuchenko and Kateryna Kurman. The repertoire of the Theatre comprises one-act ballets produced by its leading performer Artem Shoshin ''Closer than Love'' to the music of

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George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

, Ezio Bosso,

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(2015), ''Running Through Life'' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach,

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, Max Richter (2016), ''Lovebirds'' to the music of

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and Giacomo Puccini (2019) and the mono-ballet of the leading dancer of the Theatre Illia Myroshnychenko ''A Tree Cannot Run Away'' to the music of Pēteris Vasks,

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

and Eliseo Grenet. llia Myroshnychenko and Kateryna Kuznetsova together produced the anti-utopian ballet ''1984. Different'' to the music of Hildur Guðnadóttir and

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based on

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's novel '' Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (2020). The repertoire includes the divertissements of modern choreography (''Con tutti i strumenti'') in which Radu Poklitaru's experimental miniatures and the début choreographic productions of the company members are performed; this contributes to the high reputation of ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' as a leading centre for the development of modern choreography in Ukraine.

Tours and festivals

Since the first days of its existence ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' has actively participated in various festivals and contests both in Ukraine and abroad. The Theatre is a permanent participant of the biggest theatrical festivals: ''Time to Love Dances'' (

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, France), Bienala Teatrului «Eugène Ionesco» – BITEI, the International Festival of Culture and Dancing ( Bangkok, Thailand), the International Theatre Festival FITO (

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), the International Festival ''The Ballet Summer in Bolshoi'' ( Minsk, Belarus), the International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk (IFMC) ( Vitebsk, Belarus), The International Festival-Contest of Choreographic Art ( Łódź, Poland). The Theatre does not only go on tour to cities and towns of Ukraine, it is frequently invited for active collaboration by foreign representative agencies (for over nine years, the Theatre has collaborated with MTSM.B.V Music Theatre Stage Management owing to whose assistance the KMB productions are presented in the countries of Benelux). Throughout the years of its existence the Theatre has represented Ukraine's art on tours in France, Spain,

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, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal,

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, Thailand, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, South Korea, etc. The tour schedule of 2019 only included

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, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv,

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, Sumy, Vinnytsia,

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, Berdiansk, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Sievierodonetsk,

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, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy. The Theatre showed its productions on the stages of Salle Métropole ( Lausanne), Théâtre du Léman ( Geneva), Theater de Korenbeurs ( Franeker), Theater Veluvine ( Nunspeet), Theater Singer ( Laren), Theater De Hofnar ( Valkenswaard), Theater Voorhuys (Berstadt), Cultuur-En Congrescentrum Van ( Veendam), Schouwburg ( Lochem), ZINiN ( Nijverdal), Cultura Ede (Molenstraat), Posthuis Theater ( Heerenveen), Stadsgehoorzaal ( Кampen). The Theatre participates in the traditional festival ''The Summer in Art Nouveau Style'' which is held in

on the stage of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The first festival was organized in 2016 for the Theatre's tenth anniversary, the seventh took place in 2021. The ''Kyiv Modern-ballet'' Theatre answered the lockdown restrictions of the pandemic period with the online production of ''The Little Prince'', the first performance of which on October 21, 2020 was watched by over 17 thousand people. On New Year Eve, December 31, 2020, the Theatre presented the online version of the ballet ''The Nutcracker'', which was broadcast from the

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in Kyiv.

People of the theatre

; Management *

– the founder and chief ballet master * Volodymyr Melenchukov – executive and art director (since January 2018) ; Choreographers * Vladyslav Detiuchenko * Kateryna Kurman * Illia Miroshnychenko * Artem Shoshin ; Performers ; ''Leading performers'' * Dmytro Kondratiuk (since 2006) * Kateryna Kuznetsova (since 2016) * Olena Saltykova (since 2017) * Artem Shoshin (since 2013) ; ''Soloists'' * Darya Herashchenko (since 2018) * Vladyslav Detiuchenko (since 2018) * Anastasiya Dobrovolska (since 2011) * Illia Miroshnychenko (since 2015) * Michel Fondue (since 2009) ; ''Performers'' * Anastasiya Baird * Gennadiy Baronin * Ivan Zayets * Hanna Karnaukh * Kateryna Kurman * Oleksandra Maksymchuk * Valeria Melnychuk * Kyrylo Moroz * Oleksandr Pavluchenko * Iryna Solovyova * Maksym Usachov * Serhiy Shcherbinenko * Kseniya Yakushenko ; In collaboration with the Theatre ; ''Composers'' * Vladimir Nikolayev * Oleksandr Rodin * Myroslav Skoryk ; ''Artists'' * Hanna Ipatieva – costume artist * Mykola Honcharov – costume print artist * Oleksandr Druhanov – costume artist, scenographer * Viktor Zadvorniy – hair stylist * Аndriy Zlobin – scenographer * Dmytro Kuriata – costume artist * Kateryna Mankovska – costume artist, scenographer * Olga Nikitina – art-director, video-designer * Marianne Hollenstein (

) – scenographer

Repertoire

* Opera-ballet ''«Le forze del destino»'' to the music of

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, Arrigo Boito, Giacomo Puccini,

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

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(

), 2005 * Two-part ballet ''Carmen.TV'' to the music of

(Radu Poklitaru), 2006 * Two-act ballet ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Shakespeareriments) to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, George Handel and the

, based on Shakespeare's plays (Radu Poklitaru), 2007 * One-act ballet ''Rain'' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and folk music of the world (Radu Poklitaru), 2007 * One-act ballet ''

'' of

(Radu Poklitaru), 2007 * Two-act ballet '' The Nutcracker'' of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Radu Poklitaru), 2007 * One-act ballet ''Underground'' to the music of Pēteris Vasks (Radu Poklitaru), 2008 * One-act ballet ''Ward No. 6'' to the music of

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(Radu Poklitaru), 2008 * One-act ballet ''Two for the Seesaw '' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Chavela Vargas based on William Gibson's

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(Radu Poklitaru), 2009 * One-act ballet ''Quartet-à-tête'' to the music of Ad Maas (Radu Poklitaru), 2010 * Divertissement of modern choreography ''Con tutti i strumenti'' (Radu Poklitaru and the performers of the company), 2010 * One-act ballet ''In pivo veritas'' to the Celtic folk music and the

(Radu Poklitaru), 2011 * The ballet-triptych ''The Intersection'' to the music of Myroslav Skoryk (Radu Poklitaru. Co-production with the National Opera of Ukraine), 2012 * One-act ballet ''Hereven'' to the music of Volodymyr Nikolaiev (Radu Poklitaru. Co-production with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre), 2012 * Two-act ballet ''

'' of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Radu Poklitaru), 2013 * One-act ballet ''Seasons'' by Oleksandr Rodin (Oleksiy Busko), 2013 * One-act ballet ''Women in D-Moll'' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (Radu Poklitaru), 2014 * One-act ballet ''The Spectre of the Rose'' to the original music of Oleksandr Rodin, a re-interpretation of Michel Fokine's ballet '' Le Spectre de la rose'' to the music of Carl Maria von Weber produced in 1911 and based on the poem ''Le Spectre de la Rose'' by Théophile Gautier (Oleksiy Busko), 2014 * One-act ballet ''The Long Christmas Dinner'' to the music of

, based on Thornton Wilder's play (Radu Poklitaru), 2014 * One-act ballet ''Closer than Love'' to the music of

, Ezio Bosso,

(Artem Shoshin), 2015 * One-act ballet ''Running Through Life'' to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach,

, Max Richter (Artem Shoshin), 2016 * Two-act ballet ''

'' of Adolphe Adam (Radu Poklitaru), 2016 (The project was carried out with the support of the patron of arts Ludmyla Rusalina. Sponsor General: STATUS) * One-act ballet ''Up the River'' to the music of Oleksandr Rodin, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (Radu Poklitaru), 2017 * Two-act ballet '' The Sleeping Beauty'' of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, based on the fairy-tale by Giambattista Basile (Radu Poklitaru), 2018 (The project was carried out with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine) * Monoballet ''A Tree Cannot Run Away'' to the music of Pēteris Vasks,

, Eliseo Grenet (Illia Miroshnichenko), 2018 * One-act ballet ''Lovebirds'' to the music of

and Giacomo Puccini (Artem Shoshin), 2019 * Two-act ballet ''Viy'' of Oleksandr Rodin, based on

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's of the same name (Radu Poklitaru), 2019 (The project was carried out with the support of the Department of Culture of the

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) * Anti-utopia ballet ''1984. Different'' to the music of Hildur Guðnadóttir and

based on

's novel '' Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (Illia Miroshnichenko, Kateryna Kuznetsova), 2020 * Two-act ballet ''The Little Prince'' to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and

lullabies performed by Maria Pylypchak, based on the

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(Radu Poklitaru), 2020 (The project was carried out with the support of the

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and the Department of Culture of the

) * One-act ballet ''Nine Rendezvous'' to the music of

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(Radu Poklitaru), 2021 (The project was carried out with the support of the patron of arts Volodymyr Filippov) * Two-act ballet ''The Queen of Spades'' to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (the

and Sixth Symphonies) based on Alexander Pushkin's short novel of the same name (Radu Poklitaru), 2021 (The project was carried out with the support of the

and the Department of Culture of the

)

Awards and acknowledgement

Literature

* Елена Узун. Свободный танец Раду Поклитару. / Elena Uzun. The Free Dance of Radu Poklitaru. —

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: «Elan INC» (типографія «Elan Poligraf»), 2012. — 158 p. — ISBN 978-9975-4251-2-4

References

External links

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