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Leap into Freedom Performance
Almaty, Lermontov Theatre (43 Abai ave)
October 31, 2019 at 19:00
Numerous questions from enthusiastic spectators who watched the play “Leap into Freedom. The story of Rudolf Nureyev ”, about what happened next to the great dancer, encouraged the creators to make a sequel. A full version of the play is being performed since 2017, in it, It tells a fascinating and very clear story about a star of world magnitude - Rudolf Nureyev.
Viewers will see his thorny path to fame, which began for Nureyev in a forgotten village near Irkutsk, and ended on the world’s best theatrical stages. We will see a different Nureyev: an inexperienced young boy, a brilliant dancer of the Kirov Theater and a great artist, whose popularity was compared to a popularity of the Beatles. His name did not leave front pages of newspapers; he became the first Russian dancer who directed the National French Theater, the Grand Opera. Rudolf Nureyev left a huge legacy behind him, forever changing not only the rules of acting in the best theater of the world, but also the standards of classical dance in world ballet.
Leap into Freedom play is a story about uselessness of wealth and glory in the face of death. At the dawn of his fame, the actor falls ill with a serious and incurable disease.
The main theme of this performance is in the extent of personality, which does not lose its dignity and strength even five minutes before death. This is a story about the last stage exit of a super star.
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