TOUCH OF ILLUSION

Biography

One act ballet

Music - Sergei Rachmaninoff. Libretto and choreography - Ricardo Amarante. Scenography and costumes - Rene Salazar. Light - Jordan Tuiman.

The production was staged for the Astana Ballet Theatre; the premiere took place on September 2, 2017.

Characters and performers: Natalia Satina: youth - Dilara Shomayeva, despair - Aizhan Mukatova, overcoming - Celine le Grelle, triumph - Tatyana Ten; Sergei Rachmaninoff: youth - David Jonathan, despair - Farkhad Buriyev, overcoming - Ilya Manaenkov, triumph - Kazbek Akhmedyarov; Doctor Nikolai Dal - Bauyrzhan Mekembayev; Alexander Glazunov - Marat Abdrakhmanov; Mother - Ansagan Kobentai.

The history of the creation of one of the greatest musical works - Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 inspired the choreographer to create the ballet. "Touch of Illusion" is a ballet about how a person's fears and self-doubt often become an obstacle to achieving a goal. In order to overcome internal resistance, the fate sends people and circumstances to us that can awaken our resources and talents, expand our consciousness and defeat prejudice, free ourselves from anxieties and phobias.

The eternal struggle between good and evil takes place in us every minute. And its result depends, among other things, on whom we open the door to our subconscious, whom we let into our hearts.