THE GOLDEN AGE BALLET by Dmitri Shostakovich
Classic Dance
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1h 43m
The Golden Age or The Age of Gold is a ballet by Dmitri Shostakovich to a libretto by Alexander Ivanovsky. The work was performed eighteen times and was initially censored due to its inclusion of modern European dance styles.
The ballet is a satirical take on the political and cultural change in 1920s Europe. It follows a Soviet football (soccer) team in a Western city where they come into contact with many politically incorrect antagonistic characters such as the Diva, the Fascist, the Agent Provocateur, the Negro and others. The team falls victim to match rigging, police harassment, and unjust imprisonment by the evil bourgeoisie. The team is freed from jail when the local workers overthrow their capitalist overlords. The ballet ends with a dance of solidarity between the workers and the football team.
Shostakovich himself was a very keen football follower, and is said to have coined the expression "Football is the ballet of the masses".
A seaside town in southern Russia; the 1920s. It was the period of the New Economic Policy (NEP) that allowed private enterprise and commerce and, as a result, shady traders and petty criminals flourished. The Golden Age Restaurant is their favorite haunt.
Director: George Petrou (Music Director)
Cast: Yuri Grigorovich (Choreography), Ekaterina Krysanova (Rita), Vladislav Lantratov (Boris), Vitaly Biktimirov (Yashka), Vyacheslav Lopatin (Lyuska)
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