19 april 2024 Prima Ballerina Daniela Turtumanova With Her Debut In "Bayadere"
On April 22, Monday, at 7 p.m. on the stage of the State Opera House - Burgas, the ballet classic "Bayaderka" with music by Ludwig Minkus will present an original and exciting reading of the dramatic love story - staged and directed by Vesa Tonova, the long-time prima ballerina of the Sofia Opera and ballet, ballet director and teacher.
The scenography is by the world-famous artist Ivan Tokadzhiev, and the costumes are the work of one of the best costume designers - Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova. The assistant ballet master is Galina Kalcheva, a tutor of the ballet troupe at the Burgas Opera, and assistant director - Petar Tiholov. In the sumptuous ballet production, astonishing attractive scenography, emotional directorial reading, and interesting choreographic decisions, all artists will tell a sad story about the emotional dilemma between the call of the heart and the long and all-conquering power of love, which is stronger even than the inexorability of the end of the earth. Dramaticism, tearing jealousy, fateful tragic love - under the sign of the blessing of the gods, who connect souls doomed to each other even in death - diverse and strong feelings and emotions will be conveyed through the means of ballet art on April 22 in the hall of the Burgas Opera House.
Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova, who recently became the prima ballerina of the State Opera - Burgas and has in her repertoire major roles in: "Swan Lake" /Odette/Odilia/, "The Nutcracker" /Masha/, makes her debut in the role of the dancer in an Indian temple Nikia. "Sleeping Beauty" /Princess Aurora/, "Cinderella", "Bad Girl" /Lisa/, "Pahita", "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Doll Fairy" and others. Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova made her brilliant debut as Odette/Odilia in another ballet classic - "Swan Lake", in November 2023 in the city of Shumen, following an extremely successful national tour with her participation, in partnership with Theodore Tsakov and Daniel Tichkov, with whom he will also dance at the Bayaderka performance on Monday - in Razgrad, Dobrich, Sliven, Blagoevgrad, Haskovo, Vratsa, Pernik, Botevgrad.
Premier ballet dancer Daniel Tichkov takes on the role of Solor, whose love Nikia and Gamzati fight for - the role of the daughter of the influential Raja will be performed by Jana Berduta, a soloist of the ballet ensemble. The two ballet dancers were a wonderful tandem in the main roles in "The Nutcracker" - in December 2023, both on the stage of the Burgas Opera and on tour with the ballet troupe in Haskovo.
In the images of the Golden God and Magadaveya, the soloist of the ballet troupe Teodor Tsakov enters, Francesco Russo will be the Great Brahmin, Maid of Gamzati - Sofia Lovdzhieva, Dugmanta Raja - Branimir Nedkov. A trio of shadows will be Nanako Sato, Natalie Ivanova, and Ilina Konstantinova. Natali Ivanova, Kircho Zhelyazkov, and Teodor Tsakov will perform in the attractive Hindu dance. Pas d'action features: Ilina Konstantinova, Nanako Sato, Laya Ramon, Raphaela-Maria Kul, Kiril Filipov and Stoyan Furtunov. Friends of Solor will be Kiril Filipov and Stoyan Furtunov. Bayadere women in I and VII pictures: Natalie Ivanova, Anelia Ivanova, Gergana Georgieva, Gergana Kozarova, Alexandrina Arabska, Mina Yalamova, Laya Ramon, Polina Pasha. In the characteristic Dance with scarves in the II picture, the following will take part: Kalina Nedelcheva, Ivana Fialkovska, Mina Yalemova, Maria Gabarova, Gergana Georgieva, Mila Vasileva, Polina Pasha, Gergana Kozarova. In Waltz with parrots in the III picture, Gergana Georgieva, Anelia Ivanova, Maria Gabarova, Gergana Kozarova, Bianka-Helen Giovanelli, Alexandrina Arabska, Polina Pasha, Mila Vasileva will dance. Shadows in the emblematic ballet art scenes from the afterlife in "Bayaderka" will be: Ilina Konstantinova, Natalie Ivanova, Nanako Sato, Anelia Ivanova, Laya Ramon, Ivana Fialkovska, Maria Gabarova, Alexandrina Arabska, Mina Yalamova, Gergana Georgieva, Gergana Kozarova, Bianka - Helen Giovanelli, Kalina Nedelcheva, Mila Vasileva, Polina Pasha.
Bayaderka will present an original and exciting reading of the beautiful love story of the Indian temple dancer Nikia and the warrior Solor. Their love angers the Great Brahmin, secretly in love with the beautiful dancer, and Princess Gamzati, in love with Solor. Rajata, Gamzati's father, has promised his daughter Solor as a husband. The vengeful princess hides a snake in a basket of flowers meant for Nikia. During the bayadera dance at a temple celebration, she is fatally bitten by a snake. The Brahmin offers Nikia an antidote in exchange for her love, but she refuses. Dying, she reminds Solor of his oath of eternal fidelity. Solor is devastated by the death of his beloved. Under the influence of opiates, he is transported to the Shadow Realm, where he meets the spirit of Nikia. Back in reality, he can't shake the memory of the encounter. At Gamzati and Solor's wedding celebration, before the exchange of fealty vows, the temple is collapsed by an earthquake. Everyone perishes, and the spirits of Nicia and Solor are finally reunited in the afterlife.