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The Seagull

John Neumeier
A remote estate in the Russian provinces becomes the setting for longing, disappointment and personal conflict. Several generations come together here, each with their own dreams and ambitions. The seagull, free and unattached, becomes a symbol of what everyone strives for – artistic fulfillment, love, freedom – and at the same time of their fragility.

Credits

Ballet by John Neumeier based on Anton Chekhov

World Premiere: Hamburg Ballett, Hamburg, Juni 16, 2002

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Cast

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  • Ana Torrequebrada als Nina
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The Production

  • Venue Main Stage
    • 3.7. /
    • 20.1. /
    • 23.1. /
    • 26.1. /
    • 31.1. /
    • 28.3.
    Staatsoper, Parkett-Foyer
    • 20.1.
    Staatsoper, Foyer II. Rang
    • 20.1.
  • Duration
    150 m,
    • 3.7. /
    • 20.1. /
    • 23.1. /
    • 26.1. /
    • 31.1. /
    • 28.3.
    30 m,
    • 20.1.
    45 m,
    • 20.1.
  • Intermission 1 intermission: 25 Min / 1. Act: 70 Min, 2. Act: 60
  • Age recommendation from 13 years on
While Anton Chekhov's world-renowned play is about theater and literature in Tsarist Russia at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, John Neumeier's The Seagull is about ballet, dance, and choreography of the same era. The young Kostya thus becomes the restless creator of a fictional avant-garde dance, his mother, the prima ballerina Irina Arkadina, the representative of traditional classical ballet, her lover Boris Trigorin the established dancer-choreographer, and Nina a hopeful young dancer in search of herself.

The focus is on the tension between art and love, between aspiration and reality. Neumeier makes visible what is often only hinted at in Chekhov's drama – and what makes this story so timeless: the subtle nuances of power, dependence and desire that manifest themselves in every generation.
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FIRST ACT

In the Country
Kostja has built a stage in the garden of his uncle Piotr Sorin's estate. Nina, a girl from the neighbouring farm, arrives to dance the title role in his creation "Soul of the Seagull". 
Kostya loves Nina. Nina loves Kostya.

Kostya's mother, the famous prima ballerina Irina Arkadina arrives with her lover, the choreographer Boris Trigorin. Among the other guests for Kostja's performances are: Ilya Shamrayev, foreman of Sorin's estate, his wife Polina, their daughter Masha, the physician Dr. Dorn, and the village school teacher, Semyon Medvedenko.
Medvedenko loves Masha. Masha loves Kostya. Kostya loves Nina. Nina falls in love with Trigorin. Trigorin loves Arkadina but is fascinated by Nina. Arkadina loves Trigorin. Polina loves Dr. Dorn.

Kostya's Dance Piece "Soul of the Seagull"

Music from across the Lake – Arkadina recalls one of her famous roles

Arkadina speaks with her son Kostya
Trigorin teaches Nina

Card games and Amusement

Jealousy and Decisions
Kostya's Dream Dances

 
SECOND ACT

Moscow
Revue Theatre: Nina is one in a chorus line

Nina meets a changed Trigorin -
The Revue goes on

Kostya's Sketch Book – Dream Dances

Nina's Polka

Imperial Theatre: Trigorin's Ballet "Death of the Seagull"

Masha decides to marry Medvedenko

Nina's letter to Kostya

Autumn Garden: Sorin faints

Arkadina's Visit – A sad Wedding Celebration

Nina's Appearance – Nina's Farewell

Kostya's Dream Dances end ...

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PREMIERE:
The Hamburg Ballet, Hamburg, June 16, 2002

ORIGINAL CAST:
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina: Anna Polikarpova
Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev: Ivan Urban (for Jirí Bubenícek)
Piotr Nikolayevich Sorin: Lloyd Riggins
Boris Alexeyivich Trigorin: Otto Bubenícek
Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya: Heather Jurgensen
Yevgeny Sergeyivich Dorn:Sébastien Thill
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko: Peter Dingle
Ilya Afanasevich Shamrajev: Yaroslav Ivanenko
Polina Andreyevna: Niurka Moredo
Masha: Joëlle Boulogne

ON TOUR:
2018 Vienna

IN THE REPERTORY:
Finnish National Ballet
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre
The National Ballet of Canada

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The Seagull

John Neumeier

  • Duration
    150 m,
    • 3.7. /
    • 20.1. /
    • 23.1. /
    • 26.1. /
    • 31.1. /
    • 28.3.
    30 m,
    • 20.1.
    45 m,
    • 20.1.
  • Intermission 1 intermission: 25 Min / 1. Act: 70 Min, 2. Act: 60
  • Age recommendation from 13 years on

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