THE SNOW QUEEN  

Erina Takahashi from English National Ballet, has arrived to Vilnius to take over the titelrole in the last second.

Ballet in 3 acts

Music by Sergei Prokofiev, arranged by Julian Philips

The Snow Queen with th Lithuanian National Ballet, Starring Olga Konosenko in the titelrole

. Premiere 16th May 2014.

Choreographer and Director Michael Corder (UK)
Music Director and Conductor Martynas Staškus (LT)
Conductor Alvydas Šulčys (LT)
Designer Mark Bailey (UK)
Lighting Designer Paul Pyant (UK)

At the shortest possible notice Erina Takahashi from English National Ballet, has arrived to Vilnius to take over the titelrole, as OLGA KONOSENKO. (photo.) who was supposed to dance the titelrole sprained her ankle a few days ago, and not are being fresh to dance the titelrole as planned.

Premiere: 16 May, 2014

VILNIUS/LITHUANIA: The British Choreographer Michael Corder is gueting the Lithuanian National Ballet, Vilnius to choreographe, stage and direct The Snow Queen, ballet with music by the Russian Sergei Prokofiev, in arrangement by Julian Philips. Prokofievs two other ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella are wellknown in the world

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As many other great performances also this one is based on a famouse tale, this one is inspired by the famouse danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen´s fairy tale The Snow Queen.

Please enjoy the trailer from English National Ballet from 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfqd-vaFFY

 

The Snow Queen, Koreografi Michale Corder, Starring Olga Konsenko in the titelrole.

Michael Corder’s Snow Queen was ­premiered in 2007 but already it looks set to become an English National ­Ballet company staple. As an alternative to the ubiquitous Christmas Nutcracker, it’s obviously a big box office asset. And unlike the Nutcracker, it has sufficient challenges to flatter most of its cast.

After the 2010 repremiere at the Colosseum in London, the Guardians critic Judith Mackrell wrote: “Corder is famously a man who never runs out of steps, and it’s a pleasure to see the ease with which his ­choreography powers through this ballet’s three acts, from the icily bevelled movement of the Snow Queento the flushed and dreamy dancing of little Gerda in love.”

Cover to Hans Christian Andersens fairy tale the Snow Queen.

Corder uses proper music, the Sergei Prokofiev ballet score The Stone Flower, arranged by Julian Philips with a few additions from other works. At its best, this has the pulse and orchestral drama of Prokofiev’s finest ballet music (echoes resonate from both Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella).