Souvenir

G.Bryars Ballet 12+

One-act ballet to Bryars’ Les Fiançailles

The ballet was first staged in Perm in 2011. Running time: 25 minutes

Douglas Lee, a product of the British school of ballet, composed Souvenir while wandering along the corridors of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, inspired by its profound history. The choreography is staged to music by the British minimalist composer Gavin Bryars and is full of nostalgic allusions — to the ballets of past masters like Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan, to the age of cinema goddesses, and to his own professional past: Douglas Lee composed this ballet when he finished his career as a soloist in the Stuttgarter Ballett. The ballet features various calligraphic supports and networks twisted around the main character, danced by the theatre’s prima ballerina Natalia Moiseeva.