BALLET CLEOPATRA

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Ballet “CLEOPATRA” : A night of love at the cost of life

Music by Polad Bulbuloglu and Ethnic Music

Story by Alexander Pushkin

Choreography and Libretto by Liliya Sabitova

Prologue

Cleopatra and Mark Antony parted because Anthony must return to Rome. Antony promises to return soon.

A feast is taking place in honor of Cleopatra. Guests admire the beauty and charm of the Queen.

In the midst of the feast, Cleopatra is dancing in front of the delighted guests. They are in love and are drawn to her with adoration. Emotions run high and Cleopatra offers a night of love to whoever is willing…but the price of this love, is the life of the lover. At dawn, he will die.

Death appears behind Cleopatra. All are amazed. Among the guests three men stepped forward to Cleopatra, the choice is made - they bought their love for a night, and the bed of "death" is calling them.

Cleopatra spends a night of love with each one wished to buy her love, but with the rising of dawn, the lover was killed.

The last of the three men was so young and beautiful that Cleopatra felt pity and tenderness for him. But Cleopatra vowed and to disrupt her vow she cannot. Sorrow about the destruction of the life of the young man is haunting Cleopatra. She feels the loneliness and sadness.

Epilogue

Fanfare heralds the return of Mark Antony and Cleopatra happily greets him. Hope for new victories to reign in the new lands gives her strength and confidence.

CHOREOGRAPHER LILIA SABOTIVA

People’s Artist of Russia Lilia Sabitova, founder of the Ballet Theatre, graduated from Tashkent State Academic Choreography College, later, as post-graduate, - from Moscow State Academic Choreography College.

She is Laurel of the following competitions : All-USSR Ballet Master Competition (Moscow), All-USSR Modern Dance Performers Competition (Leningrad), All-Russia Ballet Competition (Moscow; 1st Prize for M. Fokine – Saint-Saens's Dying Swan), Havana International Art Festival (Cuba Republic), Argentina International Art Festival. Lilia participated as Guest Principal dancer with Stars of Bolshoi Ballet company in their tours around the globe, and she also participated in numerous international tours with many others Russian ballet companies and theatres.

As Guest Principal, Lilia participated in productions with State Theatre Ballet of Russia, where she danced leading parts in Giselle, Paxita, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Valpourge’s Night, Blue Beard, and many modern dance productions as well. As Guest artist Lilia performed the Principal female role in Dame Agnes De Mille’s a famous Rodeo ballet production with artists of both American Ballet Theater and New Jersey Ballet Company. Since 1990 Lilia Sabitova became an Artistic Director of newly-founded Moscow State Ballet Theatre. As choreographer and dancer, Lilia took part in the Bolshoi Theatre celebration of Feodor Chaliapin Anniversary. During celebration of Igor Stravinsky Anniversary, she assisted the production revival of Petrushka and Firebird in Moscow.