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Dance Europe's "Up & Down" Review soon! http://www.danceeurope.net/sites/default/files/magazine_contents/de_en_0193.pdf

Photo report by Evgeny Matveev from the presentation of the album "Another Realm for the Word" dedicated to the Boris Eifman's ballets based on the masterpieces of Russian literature. The event was held in the Bukvoed bookstore on February 25. The album was presented by the choreographer and Tatiana Boborykina, author of the included essays. https://vk.com/eifmanballet?w=wall-175940_4317

The Saint Petersburg audience had a chance to see the ballerina Ekaterina Shipulina (Moscow) onstage at the Alexandrinsky Theatre on 2 and 3 of March 2015. The Bolshoi Theatre’s prima and an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation performed the main part in the ballet “Anna Karenina” staged by the St. Petersburg Eifman Ballet.

Up & Down's new unofficial trailer https://vk.com/eifmanballet?w=wall-175940_4307

Eifman ballet finished European tour and is getting ready for a series of performances in St. Petersburg In March and April Eifman Ballet will give a series of 9 performances at the Alexandrinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg). The following productions to be danced: Anna Karenina (March 2 and 3), Up & Down (March 16 and 17), Rodin (March 18), Beyond Sin (March 23), Requiem (24 March) and Onegin (April 6 and 7). For the first time in recent years the Company within a series of performances will present virtually its entire current repertory. Each of the ballets comprising the spring series enjoys the well-deserved love and rather popular among the audience, but, of course, special attention will be focused on the performance of the new ballet by Boris Eifman Up & Down. The first night of this work took place in St. Petersburg on January 27 and 28, 2015, and due to high excitement not everyone could see it at that period of time. This ballet triumphed among the St. Petersburg lovers of the art of dance. Later Up & Down was highly appreciated by the foreign audience. Its European premiere was held on February 9, 10 and 11 at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris. The French spectators gave a standing ovation to the Petersburg dancers and the famous ballet resource Dansomanie said about it: “What a magnificent performance and outstanding dancers (what lifts!)”. The performance received high praise of the authoritative newspaper Le Figaro. “Dance is a jewel, expressive and delicate, playing with the classics and Charleston; artists are handsome, beautiful and well-proportional like supermodels ...” – writes dance critic of Ariane Bavelier about Eifman's new ballet. Nice French audience was not weary in sharing their enthusiastic impressions about the performance via the Internet: “Amazing!”, “Brilliant!”, “Bravo, Eifman!” – such comments were left by lovers of the art of dance on the official Companys Facebook page. In mid-February Up & Down was premiered in Bratislava not less successfully. Over the past six months the Company was performing in the capital of Slovakia for the second time, and again the audience of Bratislava showed respect to the Eifman Ballet, honouring choreographer and his dancers with the standing ovation. Between the series of March performances to be held in St. Petersburg the Company will continue touring. For instance, Eifman Ballet will present Rodin on March 7 at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus. Belarusian audience will see the ballet devoted to the life and work of great French sculptor for the first time. On March 9 and 10 the Company will premiere Up & Down in Riga.

Riga, Latvian Nashional Opera, Latvian National Opera: 19:00 09.03.2015 Latvian National Opera: 19:00 10.03.2015 Boris Eifman's new ballet "Up & Down" was inspired by "Tender is the Night", by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The rise and fall of the characters takes place in wake of the so-called Jazz Era - a period of unstoppable celebration of life, freedom, sensuality and hedonism - depicted by virtuoso Boris Eifman and his company. Stage design created by the winner of Russia's top theater award - the "Golden Mask" - scenographer Zinovy Margolin, and lighting designer Gleb Filshtinsky, as well as music by such geniuses as George Gershwin, Franz Schubert and Alban Berg. Indulge in the most secret mysteries of the lead characters. http://www.liveriga.com/en/7609-boris-eifman-s-ballet-up-down

The 2014 Boris Eifman Review Contest organized by the Eifman Ballet in St. Petersburg exstended untill 23 of February. You can find more information about the Contest on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1559999767578179/?ref=98

Slovak language media about Up & Down premiere in Bratislava Very big artical in Opera Plus magazine: http://operaplus.cz/up-down-eifman-ballet-v-bratislave/?pa=1 RTVS report about Bratislava premiere: (since 43:26) http://www.rtvs.sk/televizia/archiv/7600/59301#

Last French reports about Up & Down Paris premiere: http://m.critiphotodanse.e-monsite.com/blog/critiques-spectacles/ http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10447

Up & Down photo report http://fr.rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2015/02/10/up_and_down_lart_du_ballet_psychologique_32739.html

You can find here some Valentin's day greeting from Eifman's Dance Academy students! https://vk.com/eifmanballet?w=wall-175940_4271

France 2 report about Up & Down premiere on Tele Matin programm

Dear Amour, You can find some information about Up & Down, in this group: http://balletalert.invisionzone.com/index.php?/forum/315-eifman-ballet/ I collected some photos and reviews about the premiere

Dear Jayne, Eifman ballet will come to USA with two performanses: "Up & Down" and "Rodin"

After touring in France, the Company will go to Bratislava, where it will present ballet Up & Down at the Slovak National Theatre (new building). Saturday 14. February 2015 - 19:00 Sunday 15. February 2015 - 19:00

https://twitter.com/dansomanie/status/564913893899001859

Ballet "Up & Down" will be performed for the first time ever in Paris (Théâtre des Champs Elysées) on February 9, 10 and 11. The ballet starts on 8 P.M.

Eifman Ballet goes on a tour to Europe with a new production Up & Down St. Petersburg Eifman Ballet is preparing for a European tour with the ballet Up & Down. The production will be performed for the first time ever in Paris on February 9, 10 and 11. On February 14 and 15 the Slovak premiere of the performance will be held in Bratislava. The Company’s tour is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The premiere of Up & Down took place on January 27 and 28, 2015 at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. A new work of Boris Eifman created a furor among connoisseurs of the ballet art: after the end of the performance the full house exploded with ovations and did not let the dancers and creators of the production go from the stage. “It can be arguable that: a national, and perhaps the world ballet has not done things like that before – the subconscious is described by the language of choreography... There is no applause – just ovations,” – wrote a columnist of Moskovsky Komsomolets Marina Raikina. The European premiere of Up & Down will be held at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, where the Company has performed many times. In particular, in December 2010, the ballet Anna Karenina was successfully performed on this venue. The performances marked the closing of the France – Russia Year. In March 2013 the French premiere of the ballet Rodin at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées has been greeted with great eclat. Critics highly praised the performance, having noted “expressive choreography” and “powerful dramaturgy”. Boris Eifman admits himself that he is looking forward to see the Parisian audience. “The tour in the French capital is always a momentous event for our theatre. I hope that the ballet Up & Down, where a psychoanalysis and psychological art of ballet fused, will be welcomed with open arms by the Parisian spectators.” After touring in France the Company will go to Bratislava, where it will present the new ballet at the Slovak National Theatre. This venue is also well known to the Eifman Ballet dancers: in October 2014 the Slovak premiere of Rodin took place there. The performance about the French sculptor was enthusiastically greeted by the audience and media outlets. On March 9 and 10 Up & Down will premiere in Riga. In May and June the American audience will be able to appreciate Boris Eifman’s new work making the auditorium feel the enchanting atmosphere of the Jazz Age. The performances will take place on the stages of Chicago, New York and Costa Mesa. UP & DOWN A ballet by Boris Eifman Music: George Gershwin, Franz Schubert, Alban Berg Sets: Zinovy Margolin Costumes: Olga Shaishmelashvili Light: Gleb Filshtinsky, Boris Eifman Boris Eifman is justly called a “choreographer-philosopher”. However, a much more subtle definition that accurately captures the aesthetic individuality of the Maestro would be a “choreographer-psychoanalyst”. Rightly believing that ballet tools open truly unlimited research opportunities before a dance creator, Eifman plunges into the unknown depths of his characters’ inner worlds and penetrates into the most hidden places of the subconscious. The quintessence of the choreographer’s psychoanalytic research has become the ballet Up & Down. The semantic space of the performance encompassed between two oppositely directed vectors of the plot (the degradation of the talented young doctor and the ascension of his wife and patient), is turned into a field for surrealistic experiments. With the help of the original plastic vocabulary Eifman depicts the disintegration of characters’ consciousness, bringing their nightmares and delusions to the surface. The choreographer emphasizes rather ironically: the ballet Up & Down is not just a full point but a blot in his many years of psychiatric ballet epic. The characters’ ups and downs take place in the magnificent Jazz Age – the unstoppable feast of life; the era of freedom, sensuality, and hedonism, masterfully recreated by Boris Eifman and his dancers. “Our fate is woven of cruel ironies. Wealth can be more unbearable than the most terrible poverty, and a clear and sharp mind is vulnerable to the chaos of the unconscious. The ballet Up & Down is a tragic and bright chronicle of a person’s spiritual death. The story about how a dream of happiness turns into a disaster, and an externally beautiful and carefree life flowing to the rhythms of jazz – into a nightmare. The ballet’s main character – a charming socialite and talented psychiatrist – has everything to realize his gift and make a great academic career. However, in the world enslaved by money and dark instincts a true harmony is impossible. The kingdom of luxury, in which the doctor immerses, turns out a perilous morass. An attempt to find a balance between his inner world and reality goes into collapse. Concession after concession – and the character loses his identity, actually leaving the profession and becoming a nurse for his half-mad wife. His mind, charisma, and career fall into pieces. Having lost everything, the doctor becomes an outcast in the society where there is no place for the weak. A person that forgets his mission and destroys his talent is doomed, and a compromise with the treacherous world full of temptations is always wrecking. The ballet Up & Down is to remind of the fatal consequences of a man betraying himself.” Boris Eifman

Eifman Ballet goes on a tour to Europe with a new production Up & Down St. Petersburg Eifman Ballet is preparing for a European tour with the ballet Up & Down. The production will be performed for the first time ever in Paris on February 9, 10 and 11. On February 14 and 15 the Slovak premiere of the performance will be held in Bratislava. The Company’s tour is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The premiere of Up & Down took place on January 27 and 28, 2015 at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. A new work of Boris Eifman created a furor among connoisseurs of the ballet art: after the end of the performance the full house exploded with ovations and did not let the dancers and creators of the production go from the stage. “It can be arguable that: a national, and perhaps the world ballet has not done things like that before – the subconscious is described by the language of choreography... There is no applause – just ovations,” – wrote a columnist of Moskovsky Komsomolets Marina Raikina. The European premiere of Up & Down will be held at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, where the Company has performed many times. In particular, in December 2010, the ballet Anna Karenina was successfully performed on this venue. The performances marked the closing of the France – Russia Year. In March 2013 the French premiere of the ballet Rodin at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées has been greeted with great eclat. Critics highly praised the performance, having noted “expressive choreography” and “powerful dramaturgy”. Boris Eifman admits himself that he is looking forward to see the Parisian audience. “The tour in the French capital is always a momentous event for our theatre. I hope that the ballet Up & Down, where a psychoanalysis and psychological art of ballet fused, will be welcomed with open arms by the Parisian spectators.” After touring in France the Company will go to Bratislava, where it will present the new ballet at the Slovak National Theatre. This venue is also well known to the Eifman Ballet dancers: in October 2014 the Slovak premiere of Rodin took place there. The performance about the French sculptor was enthusiastically greeted by the audience and media outlets. On March 9 and 10 Up & Down will premiere in Riga. In May and June the American audience will be able to appreciate Boris Eifman’s new work making the auditorium feel the enchanting atmosphere of the Jazz Age. The performances will take place on the stages of Chicago, New York and Costa Mesa. UP & DOWN A ballet by Boris Eifman Music: George Gershwin, Franz Schubert, Alban Berg Sets: Zinovy Margolin Costumes: Olga Shaishmelashvili Light: Gleb Filshtinsky, Boris Eifman Boris Eifman is justly called a “choreographer-philosopher”. However, a much more subtle definition that accurately captures the aesthetic individuality of the Maestro would be a “choreographer-psychoanalyst”. Rightly believing that ballet tools open truly unlimited research opportunities before a dance creator, Eifman plunges into the unknown depths of his characters’ inner worlds and penetrates into the most hidden places of the subconscious. The quintessence of the choreographer’s psychoanalytic research has become the ballet Up & Down. The semantic space of the performance encompassed between two oppositely directed vectors of the plot (the degradation of the talented young doctor and the ascension of his wife and patient), is turned into a field for surrealistic experiments. With the help of the original plastic vocabulary Eifman depicts the disintegration of characters’ consciousness, bringing their nightmares and delusions to the surface. The choreographer emphasizes rather ironically: the ballet Up & Down is not just a full point but a blot in his many years of psychiatric ballet epic. The characters’ ups and downs take place in the magnificent Jazz Age – the unstoppable feast of life; the era of freedom, sensuality, and hedonism, masterfully recreated by Boris Eifman and his dancers. “Our fate is woven of cruel ironies. Wealth can be more unbearable than the most terrible poverty, and a clear and sharp mind is vulnerable to the chaos of the unconscious. The ballet Up & Down is a tragic and bright chronicle of a person’s spiritual death. The story about how a dream of happiness turns into a disaster, and an externally beautiful and carefree life flowing to the rhythms of jazz – into a nightmare. The ballet’s main character – a charming socialite and talented psychiatrist – has everything to realize his gift and make a great academic career. However, in the world enslaved by money and dark instincts a true harmony is impossible. The kingdom of luxury, in which the doctor immerses, turns out a perilous morass. An attempt to find a balance between his inner world and reality goes into collapse. Concession after concession – and the character loses his identity, actually leaving the profession and becoming a nurse for his half-mad wife. His mind, charisma, and career fall into pieces. Having lost everything, the doctor becomes an outcast in the society where there is no place for the weak. A person that forgets his mission and destroys his talent is doomed, and a compromise with the treacherous world full of temptations is always wrecking. The ballet Up & Down is to remind of the fatal consequences of a man betraying himself.” Boris Eifman

St Petersburg Sinema and TV Academy published artical about video for Up & Down ballet. You can find few interestig photos and also alternative version of "Ceaser and Cleopatra" video. The text is in Russian but photos and videos undestandable without translation. http://www.gukit.ru/news/2015/01/na-fakultete-ekrannyh-iskusstv-sozdali-videoryad-k-novomu-baletu-borisa-eyfmana

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