Two wonderful song and dance ensembles appearing on the same stage is a brilliant show that has everything: dances and songs, legends and stories, lyrical poems and comic sketches.
Gzhel is an unusual show which offers to its spectators an exciting musical journey to various corners of Russia. During the 90 minutes of this spectacular presentation intricate acrobatic skits and lyrical circle dances will be presented, along with group scenes of folk festivals in folklore costumes.
The outstanding choreographic production will present the best skills of folk craftsmen as well as the cultural diversity and the richness of Russia's variety of peoples.
Traditional Russian folk crafts will be showcased using the dance idiom providing an insight into their essence and their beauty while multimedia screen will help implement the modern interpretation to the original conception of the dance show creators.
Theatre of Dance "Gzhel" today
is a cultural "visit card" of Moscow.
More than 25 years the Theatre has been celebrating, proclaiming and developing masterpieces of famous Russian craftsmanship in its fantastic, diverse and colorful dances, passing on to younger generations knowledge about the great Russian traditional decorative handicrafts - Gzhel, Palekh, Zhostovo, Pavlovo-Posadsky patterns and others. Sparkling and impressively festive character of Theatre's performances reflects originality of forms and unique ornaments of national decorative folk Art.
Gzhel Dance Theater is a regular participant of gala concerts at the Red Square and in other landmark locations in Russia. The group's creative efforts invariably excite the interest of its audiences gaining recognition and taking by storm the greatest world stages. Ballet performers win over their audiences due to their striking emotional intensity, artistic sincerity, an enormous potential of their means of expression and their insight into the distinctive nature of the dance.
Duration of the event:
Two parts, 50 minutes each