| has gloss | eng: Laurencia: Vakhtang Chabukiani’s masterpiece Laurencia, based on a play of Lope de Vega Fuente Ovejuna, belongs to the tradition of classical ballet. Music by Alexander Crain. Created at a time when “choreodrama” was considered in the Soviet Union the only acceptable form of contemporary ballet, it harks back to a genuine drama, wherein movement was a vehicle for meaning, and dance could serve as divertissement as well as dramatic purpose. At the same time, the story of a peasant revolution was obviously the ideal subject for a Soviet ballet. Vakhtang Chabukiani was one of the first to create a new choreographic language by means of his own particular blend of folk dance and classical dance. He asserted once and for all the importance of male dance, furthering in particular the notion of “heroic” male dance. |
