ETERNAL FLAME

Biography

Ballet in 2 acts with prologue and epilogue.

Composer - Serik Erkimbekov. Libretto - Dyusenbek Nakipov. Choreography and staging - Mintai Tleubayev. Production designer - Nurlan Rymzhanov. Production conductor - Balari Akitayev.

The premiere took place in 1985 at the Abay SAOBT in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Characters and performers: Unknown soldier - Yerbolat Asylgazinov; Mother - Raushan Baiseitova; Beloved - Mayra Kadyrova; Peers - Bakhyt Abdrakhmanov, Samat Askarbekov, Vadim Bogomolov, Akhmedgali Burkitbayev, Vyacheslav Goncharov, Ulan Mirseidov, Askar Nusupov, Kairat Chuzhetov, Renatas Shidlovskas, Amirzhan Shakhanov; Peers - Leyla Akylbekova, Gulnar Aliyeva, Alla Burakanova, Mansia Karakulova, Lyudmila Makartseva, Raviya Makhmutova, Saule Mirzabekova, Mayra Mukhametkalieva, Alma Temeshpayeva, Marina Tsymbal; sorrow, light sadness, defenders of the Motherland, winged young men - ballet dancers.

The epic direction of the ballet prompted the introduction of images of sorrow and light sadness. “The theme of the feat, as the essence of the human moral nature, sounded convincingly in the performance. Gradually, from picture to picture, the process of becoming a hero, gaining strength of mind, which in the end will lead him to a feat, goes on. The hero is shown in a variety of relationships - as a son, lover and just a soldier ... ".

New edition.

Ballet-oratorio.

Music - Serik Erkimbekov. Choreographer - Vyacheslav Goncharov. Production designer - Vyacheslav Okunev. Video art specialist - Victoria Zlotnikova. Conductor - Aidar Abzhakhanov. Choirmaster - Yerzhan Dautov.

The ballet was staged for the troupe of the K. Baiseitova NOBT, premiered on May 4, 2010.

Characters and performers: Mother - Gulfairus Kurmangozhayeva, Aizhan Mukatova; The son of an earthly warrior - Eldar Sarsembayev, Olzhas Makhanbetaliev; Blue hope - Tatiana Ten, Madina Unerbayeva.

The new version of the ballet is fundamentally different from the performance staged by M. Tleubayev. The ballet is built in the form of memories, where there is no consistent development of the events, the struggle is generalized through the clash of dark forces with the Light army and the new generation. Through a poetic vision and plastic solution, the desire of the bygone generation to win the war and preserve the memory of the fallen heroes is conveyed.

The passage of time is incomprehensible,

But there is another immutable law,

It is stronger than the war flame, -

This is our eternal memory

And the eternal fire over the ashes of the heroes.

Bibliography

• Жумасеитова Г.Т. Страницы казахского балета. – Астана: Елорда, 2001. – 144 с – С.23-26.
• Программка спектакля «Вечный огонь». Архив.