Plauen's charming Vogtland Theatre, inaugurated in 1898, with its columned portico, and the surging emotions of today are not a contradiction: feelings exist at all times, only their choreographic expression differs. Since 2022, this expression has been the responsibility of Sergei Vanaev, a native of Moscow who, after a fulfilling career as a dancer and 17 years as ballet director in Bremerhaven, was drawn to the Vogtland region. With a double bill, which is now moving on to Zwickau, he brought the premiere audience of the city of 65,000 inhabitants to a standing ovation.
Reviews
Plauen, Zwickau
Sergei Vanaev
Carmen-Suite/Le Sacre du Printemps
A production that won the Maya Plisetskaya Award in 2007, now adapted, forms the opening act. Rodion Shchedrin's compact Carmen Suite doesn't become a racy Spanish cliché in Vanaev's hands, despite the flounced ...
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