Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
The long-awaited event on the main stage of the country is the Lviv National Opera at the Ukraina Palace!
This fall, the Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater will embark on a major tour to Kyiv, representing contemporary Ukrainian ballet art.
Ivan Nebesny's ballet "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" is a story about earthly and heavenly love based on the legendary story by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, with music by Ivan Nebesny and libretto by Vasyl Vovkun.
A poetic tale on the verge of reality and legend, reality and fantasy will appear before the audience in a modern vision of an international team of directors. The famous love story of Ivan and Marichka from two warring clans will be embodied in the neoclassical choreography of ballet master Artem Shoshin. The spectacular scenography of the Lithuanian artist Arvydas Buinauskas transports the heroes to the modern postmodern world and is a philosophical rethinking of the place of man among nature. The artistic images of the ballet characters will be completed by the costumes of Natalia Mishchenko, which recreate Hutsul clothing from authentic to modern models.
Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Solomiya Krushelnytska strives to give Kyiv residents its support and light, so that together they can find solace in true art. This is our way of embracing every viewer and giving them moments of aesthetic pleasure, which are so important to experience today. We are waiting for you!
- When: see current dates in the schedule
- Where: Kyiv, Palace of Ukraine
- Genre: Ballet