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23807 PINOCCHIO (Weinberg)

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Warsaw, 4/2024. BALLET. 

Originally conceived by Carlo Collodi, the Pinocchio story has seen adaptations over the eras. Here Polish National Ballet presents a danced version to music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, the Polish-born Soviet composer Mieczylaw Weinberg, who has the dubious honour of having suffered the fury of anti-Semitism in both its Nazi and Stalinist variants. Until recently better known for his symphonies, Weinberg’s works for stage, such as Die Passagerin, are increasingly seen in European theatres. Pinocchio is based on Buratino, a reworking of the original tale by Alexei Tolstoy, a distant cousin of the famous writer. Inspired by commedia dell’arte, burattino is Italian for 'marionette' and the name of a character of those improvised comedies. Written between 1954 and 1955, Weinberg’s piece was meant for children, despite including allusions to the oppressive Soviet realities that only grown-ups could infer. The ballet is a vibrant, multicoloured story full of humour, lyricism, and references to popular dances (waltz, tarantella). Choreographer Anna Hop presents original story fit for the modern age, to be enjoyed by children of all ages and all thanks to: Weinberg’s playful music, the beauty of dance, the magic of theatrical imagery, and the touching story about the triumph of vulnerability over violence, the pursuit of freedom and the necessity to sometimes lose one’s way to grow as a person.

CAST
Pinocchio 1 Anastasiia Bilokon
Pinocchio 2 Diogo de Oliveira
Pinocchio 3 Vladimir Yaroshenko
Geppetto Lukasz Tuznik
Cricket Marko Juusela
The Fox Kristóf Szabó
The Cat Karolina Kiermut
Blue Fairy Evelina Godunova
Green Fairy Mai Kageyama
White Fairy Yuka Ebihara
Red Fairy Yume Okano
Teacher Joanna Drabik
Theatre Director Pawel Koncewoj
Candlewick Ryota Kitai
The Wolf Marco Esposito
Little Pigs Wiktoria Kotlinska/Barbara Derleta/Paulina Magier
Conductor Yana Shtanhei
The Cuckoo Eugénie Hecquet
Clocks Cezary Wasik/Kasper Górczak
Dancers Polish National Ballet
Polish National Ballet Junior
Students of Roman Turczynowicz Ballet School
Orchestra Polish National Opera Orchestra
Music Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Text Anna Hop after the novel by Carlo Collodi
Music editing Anna Hop Marta Kluczynska ‘
Director and Choreographer Anna Hop
Conductor Marta Kluczynska
Set, Lighting and Multimedia Designer Malgorzata Szablowska
Costumes Katarzyna Rott
Make-up Lidia Wajdyk-Szmanda
Film director Ewa Krasucka
Sound director Emilian Rymarowicz

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