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The beginning of a new epoch in the history of mankind has always been considered a special time, when the people start their life anew. At the same time mankind feels the necessity of coming back to ancient occult knowledge and cultural traditions.
Folk dance and rites connected with it are impregnated with national energy, there is the rhythmic implementation of national mentality. The nation, which forgot its origin, is doomed to spiritual death.
“The Russian National Ballet “Kostroma” is a company that has been taking attempts to preserve the Russian culture, traditions and Russian peoples’ spirit for the last seventeen years. President of the company is the Honored worker of culture of the Russian Federation Elena Tsarenko. The artistic director and balletmaster is the Honored Worker of the Cultural Sphere of the Russian Federation Yuri Tsarenko.
Most of the company members have moved to Kostroma from different parts of Russia. Kostroma is a city where the theatre of the company is located. This is the place that the Ambassadors came to call Michael Romanov, the first Tsar of the Romanovs Dynasty, to the throne.
The first professional theatre of the folk dance – “National Ballet “Kostroma” – was founded in 1991. Such programmes as “To the Holy Rus!” and “The Russian Performance” were staged from 1994 to 1998.
The brightest programmes of the company are “The Mysterious Rus” staged in 1999 and “Once Upon a Time…” produced in 2003. The premiers of both of the programmes took place at one of the biggest concert halls in Moscow “Rossia”.
These shows are unique, first of all, due to the natural synthesis of live fragments of Russian culture and modern equipment. The project widely employs the most up-to-date videoprojection, laser animation devices and other visual effects. The props for the show are hand-made embroidery, which will be changed throughout the performance, and unique slide backgrounds.
Despite the fact that the roots, the training and the theatre of the company are placed in Kostroma, the fame of the ballet has exceeded the scope of the city, region and even Russia. The evidence to this is 17 countries the ballet has toured and the enthusiastic audience reception everywhere the ballet performs.
This creative company is the bearer of the traditional folk culture. Yury and Elena Tsarenko, the founders of the ballet, have managed to carefully carry to the XXI century with its high technologies the ancient folk traditions and customs. From the very beginning their aim was to create something unique on the basis of the folk traditions. They chose to synthesize the folk dance, classical ballet and drama with the elements of show business technologies.
Any performance of the company can be called a blockbuster meaning a global project in which a lot of creative, material and technical assets were put into. Company’s show amazes with the beauty of the conception, the virtuosity of performance, professional attitude and attention to the nuances. This is not a movie with the numerous takes but a live show. There is no violence, terror and tragedies but fine details, connected with the ancient Russian culture, thoroughly thought over, braided in a colorful canvas.
One of the most recent and successful projects of “The Russian National Ballet “Kostroma” is the Summer Tourist Project called “Russian National Dance Show” that presupposes 100 annual performances of the company in the concert hall of Cosmos Hotel (Moscow) during the summer time.
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