BALLET NATIONAL D’UKRAINE
ORCHESTRE PROMÉTHÉE

SNOWQUEEN
FRENCH PREMIERE
Ballet in two acts
Based upon the tale of Hans Christian Andersen

Aniko Rekhviashvili, Oleksiy Baklan | livret et chorégraphie
Oleksiy Baklan, Viktor Ishchuk | musique (arrangement musical d’œuvres de Grieg, Massenet, Offenbach, J. Strauss, Berlioz)
Stanislav Petrovskyi | décors
Natalia Kucheria | costumes
Igor Samarets | création lumières
Oleksandr Myakushko | pupitreur lumières

DISTRIBUTION

THE SNOW QUEEN | IRYNA BORYSOVA

KAI
YAROSLAV TKACHUK : 21/12, 23/12, 26/12, 27/12, 28/12 (evening), 29/12 (evening), 31/12, 04/01 (morning), 05/01 | OLEKSANDR SKULKIN : 22/12, 24/12, 28/12 (morning), 29/12 (morning), 30/12, 02/01, 03/01, 04/01 (evening).

GERDA

TETIANA LOZOVA : 21/12, 23/12, 26/12, 27/12, 28/12 (evening), 29/12(evening), 31/12, 04/01 (morning), 05/01 | KATERYNA KURCHENKO : 22/12, 24/12, 28/12 (morning), 29/12 (morning), 30/12, 02/01, 03/01, 04/01 (evening).

LA PRINCESSE
MARIIA KIRSANOVA : 21/12, 22/12, 23/12, 26/12, 27/12, 28/12 (soirée), 29/12 (matinée), 29/12 (soirée), 02/01, 04/01 (matinée), 05/01. | TETIANA SOKOLOVA : 24/12, 28/12 (morning), 30/12, 31/12, 02/01, 03/01, 04/01 (evening).

THE PRINCE

OLEKSII SHVYDKYI : 21/12, 22/12, 23/12, 26/12, 27/12, 28/12 (evening), 29/12 (morning), 29/12 (evening), 02/01, 04/01 (morning), 05/01 | CLÉMENT GUILLAUME : 24/12, 28/12 (morning), 30/12, 31/12, 03/01, 04/01 (evening).

LITTLE ROBBER GIRL
KATERYNA DIDENKO : 21/12, 22/12, 24/12, 26/12, 27/12, 28/12 (morning), 29/12 (morning), 30/12, 31/12, 02/01, 03/01, 04/01 (evening) | TETIANA SOKOLOVA : 23/12, 28/12 (evening), 29/12 (evening), 04/01 (morning), 05/01.

THE ROBBER
MYKYTA KAIGORODOV : 21/12, 22/12, 24/12, 26/12, 27/12, 28/12 (morning), 29/12 (morning), 30/12, 31/12, 02/01, 03/01, 04/01 (evening) | CLÉMENT GUILLAUME : 23/12, 28/12 (evening), 29/12 (evening), 04/01 (morning), 05/01

THE RAVEN | IVAN AVDIJEVSKYI

THE CROW | OLENA KARANDIEIEVA

THE TROLL | DENYS TURCHAK

THE MISTRESS OF THE SECRET GARDEN | OLESIA VOROTNIUK

THE GRANDMOTHER | NATALIA YAKYMCHUK

With the Stars and Corps de Ballet of the Ukrainian National Opera
Prométhée Orchestra : ConductorSergii Golubnychyi

ABOUT THE SHOW

The return of the Ukrainian National Opera Ballet and the magical Snow Queen based on Andersen for the Christmas and New Year period.

The visit by the ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine in December 2022 was one of the highlights of recent seasons of TranscenDanses The artists, teams and audiences were overwhelmed with emotion at every performance. Despite the difficult living and working conditions, the company is making a special return to Paris for the festive season with The Snow Queen, a ballet in two acts based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Written in 1844, The Snow Queen still fascinates young and old audiences worldwide. The numerous international adaptations have only added to the popularity of this beautiful story, written in just five days! Based on the original tale, this choreographic version by Aniko Rekhviashvili relates a story of friendship and bravery as young Gerda embarks on an epic journey to find her friend. An initiatory and philosophical experience, The Snow Queen promises an evening of magic, action and suspense in snowy settings and magical costumes. A festive and family show, an enchantment for all ages!

Gerda and Kay, two childhood friends, live peacefully in their snowy village. One day, Kai receives a fragment of an evil mirror that makes him cold and insensitive, like ice. Gerda powerlessly attends to his transformation. When he disappears, the girl starts a long journey, filled with adventure and encounters, to find her friend. Her unfailing determination leads her to the coldest parts of the northern kingdom, beyond the Arctic Circle, where the mysterious Snow Queen lives in her ice palace…

Co-production with the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées