"Provincial
Dances" Theater
“Provincial Dances” Theatre
showed its first performance in 1990. Today the repertoire of the company
consist of 12 productions along with independent plastic miniatures. 5
dancers work on the regular basis, several people are invited in certain
stagings.
In their performing art
the company synthesizes of various European and American dance schools
combining choreography, jazz, folk, plastic art and dramatics which creates
the unique, easy recognizable and individual style of the group. The theatre
has gained prominence as an original avant-garde dance company in Russia
and abroad.
“Esthetics of Provincial
Dances is based on direct dependence of outer movements upon inner motions.
One significant creative idea governs a synthesis of music, artistic plastics
and expression, light, costumes. This is what is the company based on.
The theatre is one of first avant-garde troupes at post-reform Russia.
Now, this is the most vivid representative of Russia theatre avant-garde".
(From weekly magazine «Kulture», sept., 1999) .
"Provincial Dances" actively
collaborates with famous Russian painters, fashion designers, musicians,
music composers. A season of the company usually includes 3 or 4 performances
in Yekaterinburg (1 or 2 premieres among them), 2 or 3 tours, 3 or 4 international
festivals and contests.
The troupe has culture relation
and contacts with France, Germany, USA, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia.
A German choreographer and dancer Christin Brunel worked with the company.
The theatre showed her stagins on tour in Germany. It also was on training
in American Dance Festival (Darem) twice, where the performances were given
too.
Tatyana Baganova, the choreographer
of the theatre, takes part in international projects, stages shows abroad:
France-Spain, 1997 (project "Europe-Dance-Europe" by Karine Saporta`s Company);
the Netherlands, 1998; USA, 1999 (program «International Choreographers»
by ADF).
"Provincial Dances" Theatre
is a winner of numerous contemporary dance contests and festivals of high
prestige, home and abroad (France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland,
Lithuania, Byelorussia); a holder of several awards including the Prize
«For Modern Plastic Thinking», 1997, from the Department of Culture of
Sverdlovsk Region Government. In 1999 one of the performances was called
"The Best Musical Show" at the Regional Contest on Best Theatrical Show.
In 1999 the production "Man
in Waiting" (choreography by T.Baganova) became a nominee for the Russian
National Theatre Prize «Golden Mask» along with the productions of the
Bolshoi Theatre and Boris Eifman`s Company at the nomination "The Best
Ballet Show".
In 2000 the production "Svadebka"
(choreography by T.Baganova) a nominee for the Russian National Theatre
Prize "Golden Mask" at the nomination "Contemporary Dance".