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Sverdlovsk State Academic Theatre of The Musical Comedy production
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Sverdlovsk State Academic Theatre of The Musical Comedy production
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NOVAT presents
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NOVAT presents
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Rostov State Opera and Ballet presents
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The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
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Rostov State Opera and Ballet production
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The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
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The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
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The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre production with participation of the Bolshoi Theatre Opera Soloists, Choir, Extras Ensemble & Orchestra
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre production with participation of the Bolshoi Theatre Chorus & Orchestra and Bolshoi Opera Company Soloists on some days
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Leonid Gatov Krasnodar creative association “Premiere” presents
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Gombozhar Tsydynzhapov Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre production
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Mariinsky Theatre (Primorsky Stage) production
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Zazerkalye Saint Petersburg State Children’s Music Theatre production
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Zazerkalye Saint Petersburg State Children’s Music Theatre production
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Zazerkalye Saint Petersburg State Children’s Music Theatre production
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Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre production
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Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko presents
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Alisher Navoiy Bolshoi Theatre of the Republic of Uzbekistan production
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Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko presents
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“Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.” These words of Fyodor Dostoevsky perfectly match the task of describing the ballet life of Boris Eifman who in each of his works intently and earnestly studies the most complicated aspects of life and spirit.
The Beyond Sin ballet is a new choreographic interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. By having fundamentally rethought and reworked his own earlier world renowned production The Karamazovs of 1995, also based on this timeless masterpiece of Russian literature, Boris Eifman created an emotionally rich and full of philosophy psychodrama ballet.
Beyond Sin is a modern in technical and artistic-expressive respects scenic creation which broaches age-old “accursed” questions. In the context of the almost universal value crisis of the early XXI century, the choreographer turned to the non-negotiable, secure ethical foundations and staged a ballet on the subjects of theomachy and God-seeking, of faithlessness and faith, of the nature of sin and of spiritual salvation.
Premiered on April 29, 2013.
Presented with one interval.
Based on The Brothers Karamazov novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Choreographer: Boris Eifman
Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
Lighting Designer: Boris Eifman
Friday, 19:00
Act I
For all the multitude of differences which divide them, Dmitri, Ivan and Alyosha are linked to each other by invisible threads: for the ‘stinking, sinful’ blood of their father, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, runs in their veins. The monk Alyosha tries in vain to soften the impact of passions which have got out of hand. He is an observer of the bitter rivalry between his father and brother Dmitri for the favors of Grushenka, of his father's constant drunken orgies, of his willingness to entangle everyone in a sin of lust.