Red Gisele Stills
In September 2019, the Eifman Ballet from St. Petersburg was touring several major cities in China.
In Russia, which has many historical ballet troupes, this young dance troupe named after the founder's surname and only performs the works of the founder's founder Mr. Efman. It has amazed the eyes of art lovers all over the world in just 20 or 30 years, and has continuously attracted outstanding young dancers to yearn for it.
What is the unique charm of Efman’s ballet?
Today, let Feifei introduce to you the masterpiece that made the Efman team famous in one fell swoop - "Red Giselle ".
NO.1 Classical ballet "Giselle"
"Giselle" This pinnacle of romantic ballet tells the story of a innocent girl named Giselle falling into a tragedy of madness and destruction due to the disillusionment of love. The highlight of Giselle's crazy drama in the drama is a very difficult test of the ballet actress' acting skills, and Giselle's image has also become a classic symbol of sadness and beauty in ballet.
So what is the relationship between the modern dance drama "Red Giselle" and the ancient ballet image of "Giselle"? Why is Giselle here described as "red"?
NO.2 Modern ballet "Red Giselle"
"Red Giselle" tells the biography of a ballet dancer. This dancer is Olga Spessivtseva, regarded as one of the best "Gisel" performers in ballet history.
Olga is a student of Master Vaganova, a popular ballet superstar in the early 20th century. She is regarded as the representative of romantic ballet with her classical technical style and delicate interpretation. At the peak of her career, the role of "Gisel" was pushed to a height that was recorded in history.
Regrettably, Olga's peak is splendid and short. Born in a turbulent era, Olga experienced the climax of the Bolshevik Revolution and the years of wandering away from home and leaving home, the uneasy torrent of the times took away the peace that artists longed for.
In 1934, her mental problems began to arise. At first, she wanted to return to the stage through treatment adjustment, but she finally ended her stage career in 1937 and spent the rest of her life in the next 50 years under this mental torture...
drama is like life, fate arranged such a ruthless coincidence. She interpreted the perfect Giselle, and eventually became a madman like Giselle.
1992, Efman completed his most famous choreography work "Red Gisele" with Olga's life as the main line. The life of a dancer is composed in the language of dance, showing the fateful relationship between a ballet dancer and a ballet character.
"Red Giselle" is a dance drama that shows the dancer's spiritual world. Whether it is the structure of the play in the play or the presentation of the crazy psychological state of the characters, it is a rare piece in ballet choreography.
Efman believes that ballet narratives are not only a biography for historical figures, but also a tool to dig out the secrets deep in the characters' souls. The work "Red Giselle" not only shows the fate of Olga Spessivtseva, but also shows the fate of thousands of exiles who were the same as her in that surging era.
Red is the color of the times and the color of the painful soul of the artist.
As one of the most prestigious choreographers today, using dance works to portray a certain historical or literary figure is Efman's characteristic. In addition to "Red Giselle", which is based on the dancer Olga, his representative works include "Tchaikovsky" and "Rodan". Efman said: "I see life as a collection of emotions, experiences, and conflicting souls."
In his eyes, the external world limits the passion of the spiritual world, and Olga's tragic fate lies in her complete integration with the characters in her play, leaving life in the hallucination forever.
"My dance works can be called emotional dance. I create them in a new dance language. It is an interweaving and mix of classical ballet and modern dance with countless spiritual impulses." Speaking of his artistic philosophy, Mr. Efman said this.
