Ilya Averbukh turned "carmen" into a circus attraction. Ice musical "carmen" Ice show carmen group composition

Yesterday visited the St. Petersburg premiere of the ice musical from Ilya Averbukh - "Carmen".
The performance goes to the SC "Jubilee". Almost all of our stars took part in it - Olympic champions of figure skating, such as Tatyana Navka, Alexei Yagudin, Roman Kostomarov, Tatyana Totmyanina, Maxim Marinin, Oksana Domnina and others...

First, some street beauties, to warm up...

The weather was pleasing, even the meeting with the ice show did not frighten us with cold, but vice versa. Carmen lady is hot, putting her on ice is a kind of risk...))

Soon they gave me a badge and I went to the Ice Palace in search of adventure.

It's logical... to play catch in the women's locker room - too much...

I liked the booklets and programs for the show. Everything is done very stylishly and to the highest standard. I slightly reduce the pictures, whoever wants to read it.

80 artists and more than 200 costumes take part in the performance)))

Who remembers Carmen's story? This is such a Spanish version of "So don't get you to anyone." In short, everyone died because of Carmen, even she, but it’s a pity all the same only for her ...

Now a long version of Carmen

It takes place in the Spanish Seville. There are a lot of military and smugglers. They have a lot of crazy girls, but the star among them is the gypsy Carmen. Temperamental and courageous, she is used to changing men like gloves. Meeting with the dragoon Jose awakens passion in her, and his bride Michaela is not a rival for her. She turns out to be the culprit of a quarrel at the factory, she is arrested and José must deliver and protect her in prison. But the spell of the gypsy is omnipotent, she slept with Jose, deceived him, locked him in the cell instead of herself and fled. He was demoted, but left to serve.

Carmen is connected with crime and smugglers. What is the norm for a gypsy. A relationship develops between her and Jose. And once in a tavern, Jose finds Carmen with his boss. In a fit of jealousy, Jose kills him and the path to return to the barracks is cut off. José stays with Carmen and with the smugglers.

But Carmen has already fallen out of love with him, and her ass requires adventure. When Jose leaves the camp due to her mother's illness, she starts new romances. When Jose finds her with another boyfriend - a bullfighter, he challenges him to a duel, but Carmen Jose stops and rejects his love.

The story ends on a beautiful day in the square in Seville, before the bullfight. Carmen charms the bullfighter, and Jose forgives everything and asks her to return. But she does not want a relationship with him and wants a bullfighter. “So don’t get it for anyone,” thinks (probably) Jose and cuts it in front of a respectable audience, to the delight of married women and the chagrin of men ....

The retelling is free, in general terms ... look for a more detailed version on the Internet)))

A few thoughts from the Internet from critics and great experts: director Ilya Averbukh created all the conditions for showing the maximum possibilities of the ice show genre. And there are no better performers than our prize-winners - figure skaters. This is the best ice show in the world today.

The hall of the Olympic Ice Palace was divided in half. It turned out to be a very cozy hall, because the slope allows even children to see the whole stage, and no one's hair in front is able to interfere, even though Varlamov himself will sit down. Although, that this one, it can already be crossed out of the hairballs.

The growing stars of figure skating also took part in the performance)))

The scene with the suitcase amused))

By the number of actors, the complexity of the performance of the episodes and the stardom of the performers, there are no analogues to this show in the world. At times it really looked like a circus performance, but the nerve and thread of the performance was still not lost.

There is a lot of fire and ice in the show... and they are combined without conflict))

The dynamics of figure skating and the emotionality and plasticity of ballet, including acrobatic elements of circus complexity, are in harmony.

These guys had fun. And slightly walked through the men dressed as women and gay people at the same time)))

Roller skating is cool. And when they put it in, and it also squeaked like a car alarm, it was a masterpiece))

In some places it was humorous ... circus artists even collected change from the audience, that's what it means to dust off Stanislavsky's abstract))

The main role - Carmen in the musical was played by Olympic champion Tatyana Navka. “For me, the role of Carmen is a landmark. 11 years ago, it was with Carmen that Roman Kostomarov and I won gold at the Turin Olympics in 2006. But my Carmen then and today are two completely different characters in character. (C) Tatyana Navka

I don't know what they do, but the audience liked it))

Ilya Averbukh: "Never before the city on the Neva hosted ice shows in the summer, but I am sure that the power of the Carmen performance will bring fans of figure skating and theatrical art with it."

The music of the performance is a separate song! The strength of this show is in the music that everyone knows well from childhood. These are hits. And the soul opens up... and without closing, it opens up again... and so repeatedly, until you feel completely dissolved in this enchanting action...))))

Vocals by Svetlana Svetikova, Sergey Li, and Olga Domenech Terroba, invited from Spain...

Those who once visited the production of the famous director Ilya Averbukh will no doubt tell with delight about every minute of the performance. For many years now, this man has been tirelessly pleasing the eyes of lovers of fine art with amazing works. Last year, "City Lights" literally lit up the audience, not only in Russia, but also in Lithuania, Great Britain, Switzerland and China.

Tickets for the musical "Carmen" sold out long before the premiere, which predicted a successful breakthrough for the entire group. We did not have to wait long, because from the first seconds the audience watched the actions in the arena with interest. There are still 90 amazing performances to come in Sochi, after which the troupe will travel to other cities in Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The amazing work of Prosper Merimee is beautiful in itself, and if you have not read this masterpiece, we advise you to buy tickets to the Carmen show in Moscow. This picture in full will tell an amazing story about a beautiful girl with not the best fate. The role of the main character went to the talented figure skater Tatyana Navka. She amazingly conveyed the image of Carmen - passionate, romantic, frivolous, decisive and many-sided. Male leading roles are played by no less talented actors: Alexei Yagudin became the dizzy womanizer and womanizer Teodor Escalmio, and Roman Kostomarov, who is head over heels in love with the simple policeman Don Jose. All Averbukh's performances impress with the high professionalism of the chosen skaters, who, among other things, have excellent acting skills. They quickly take the viewer into the world of another story, thanks to a real sincere game. With ice, these people are on you from a young age, so performing amazing complex tricks is a real joy for them. To make sure of this, be sure to buy tickets for the musical "Carmen" by Ilya Averbukh and enjoy one of the most impressive shows of the coming autumn!

All artists from Averbukh's creative group are professional figure skaters with many years of experience and impressive career achievements. Only with this director you will be able to see actors, circus performers and masters of ice art on the same arena at once.

The music of Georges Bizet is an invariable accompaniment to the Spanish performance. It is it that is able to accurately convey all the subtleties of an extravagant country with a passionate temperament and a broad soul. This music inspires again and again many authors and directors for new large-scale projects. But Ilya Averbukh went even further, using compositions not only by Georges Bizet in his musical. For his project, he attracted the Russian composer Roman Ignatiev, who, with great joy, also worked responsibly on this production. This allowed both to expand the musical part ice show Carmen and unleash the full potential of a live symphony orchestra. The upcoming event will be worth the candle, because the show is thought out to the smallest detail. One of them is a picturesque arena for a performance. Many viewers have no idea that this is possible, but amazing 3D projections with light laser play will appear in front of you. Magnificent scenery will decorate the main platform and convey the flavor of history. In them you will find a port with a lighthouse and a bell tower. A dizzying bullfight will add a spark to the ice, which will immerse all spectators in the passionate world of Spain.

This show is one of the most expensive and most beautiful productions that even the most sophisticated viewer has ever seen. In an interview, Averbukh (producer and director of the ice performance) said that the production part alone cost three million dollars. As for state support, it was expressed in official letters, everything else is private investment. The show goes on almost daily with full houses and, according to Averbukh, has already reached the daily self-sufficiency. The most expensive tickets cost 3-4 thousand rubles. You can also buy cheaper tickets for a family, one and a half thousand each: the production looks good from anywhere in the hall, because, unlike other ice shows, it is not built according to the "stadium" principle, when the audience sits around the site, but according to the theatrical: half of the stadium is occupied by a stage turned towards the guests, the rest is an auditorium.

Last winter in Moscow there was a record number of ice shows, about which RG wrote: The Snow King by Evgeni Plushenko, Aladdin, Ice Age, etc. Therefore, we have something to compare with - the production of Ilya Averbukh is distinguished by the scope of fantasy. Television ice shows clearly demonstrated that Averbukh can put anyone on skates. In "Carmen" he even brings a horse to the ice, however, an artificial one. By the way, the real one also prances here, but not yet on skates. Ice in the show "Carmen" is poured with water, barrels are rolled on it, flowers bloom and fire burns. Above the main ice stage, a carousel hovers and fireworks splash. But there are a few additional ones: here the podium unfolds, pop and dance teams work - the Sochi ballet does not dance on skates. Cranes are moving across the ice - everything is being rebuilt before our eyes, like Sochi outside the window, and it seems that if it were necessary, say, to launch a rocket, Averbukh would do that too. At least the cathedral bell is ringing here.

Who is he calling for, and what does all this have to do with Carmen? Averbukh says that his show is an improvisation on a classical theme. So the first piece of advice: before you start, read the libretto in the booklet (and save some extra money for it - it's a deluxe edition). The RG reviewer, knowing the plot of Carmen, ventured to watch the show from scratch, and then check with the libretto. It turned out that about half of this show could not be understood without instructions from the libretto. Well, how to recognize in Alexei Yagudin "Rock" and "Black Bullfighter" in one person? Especially since he later turns into "Toreador in blue" and "Toreador in red"? And, by the way, the local Carmen is "a child of the sea, a tiny girl who miraculously survived a shipwreck." This show really lacks either a running line or a voice-over that would explain what is happening.

In addition to the co-author - the compiler of the libretto Ekaterina Tsanava (Alexey Shneiderman also took part in its preparation), Averbukh especially thanks the show's composer Roman Ignatiev: "In the process of work, I felt cramped and I am grateful to Roman Ignatiev for helping us expand the space thanks to his talent composer". In the performance, you can hear the music of Bizet, and Ravel's "Bolero", and Russian songs performed by musical artists. The mixture is amazing and the drops are like slides in Sochi Park. For example, at the beginning of the second act, you just have time to plunge into Bizet's music (the scene in prison, Carmen and José), when the Russian-made composition "I had a dream" almost immediately enters - to put it mildly, it surprises.

If we talk about performers, then Tatyana Navka reminds Carmen very remotely. The Russian heroine does without passions. There is no Spain in Navka, there is no charisma capable of keeping the hall with the one for which "Carmen" was written. The appearance of her young Carmen - a naive girl with a suitcase arrives in the capital - Tatyana succeeds in the best possible way. When she is in a duet with Roman Kostomarov (Jose) - we have Olympic champions in front of us. But as soon as Navka dances the already matured Carmen alone or in a duet with Alexei Yagudin, no bright Spanish costumes, even perfectly made, can save the situation. The role of Carmen would be much more suitable for Margarita Drobyazko, who plays the role of a factory worker in the show - Carmen's rival. That's where the image, energy and passion.

While watching the ice musical "Carmen", comparisons with the show "The Snow King" by Evgeni Plushenko involuntarily arise. Why didn't Averbukh call the performance "Toreador" or "Toreador and Carmen" and didn't make it for Yagudin? Because Yagudin in this production is everything! By the way, let's remember his program "Carmen" (1997), for which the skater received Olympic awards. The RG columnist asked Alexei Yagudin to compare these works. He replied that at that time he paid a lot of attention to technique, because grades were important, and at the show he just rides for his own pleasure. This is evident - it is impossible to take your eyes off the Toreador. Especially when Yagudin dances to the accompaniment of only one drum, which symbolizes bullfighting.

But the duets of the Toreador with Carmen are much weaker. In an interview, Yagudin said that the legendary coach Tatyana Tarasova, who came to Sochi specifically to watch the show, said that I, Lesha, did not believe that the Bullfighter loves Carmen, and that Jose loves Carmen. And indeed it is. Under the words of Tarasova, you can subscribe. It can be seen that Yagudin is more comfortable alone than next to his partner.

Ilya Averbukh made the show emotionally uneven. It was the same in his previous production City Lights. For any musical, the biggest danger is that it can fall apart into separate numbers. This also happens in Carmen. But the strong scenes still outweigh. The dance at the beginning of the show touches the feelings of the viewer, where Alexei Yagudin and a little girl are the soloists. The clown dance of Albena Denkova and Maksim Stavisky impresses with both technique and mood. Alexey Tikhonov and Maria Petrova "hook" the hall with a trick dance at the very beginning and do not let go until the end of the performance. Elena Leonova and Andrey Khvalko were the most successful in capturing the Spanish intonation. Maxim Marinin is incredibly temperamental.

In addition, Ilya Averbukh managed to arrange a kind of "Cirque du Soleil" on skates in this production. The show includes performances by world champions in ice acrobatics Vladimir Besedin and Alexey Polishchuk, who do things that simply take your breath away. Averbukh also uses animals in the show. People give the production a standing ovation, right up to the last artist leaving the ice.

The director did not forget about the philosophical component. In addition to the story of the difficult fate of women, the production traces the theme of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (here it is called "Don Quixote and the White Knight"). This scene is such that one wants to immediately demand from Averbukh to put "Don Quixote" on ice. And, perhaps, he himself should play a lonely hidalgo. After all, he, as a very talented person, feels everything - both broken hearts, and female deceit, and irresistible passions and circumstances. Hence it is flamenco on ice (there are Spanish participants in the show). Flamenco, as you know, helps to "dance" all the experiences of a person. It also includes the windmills of passions, with which only Don Quixote can fight.

Meanwhile

A funny thing happened behind the scenes. Journalists from the capital's press pool before the show rushed to take pictures in the dressing room of Tatiana Navka. But then Yagudin appeared with his daughter Lisa and the dog Varya and drew all the attention to himself.

“Look, everyone is taking pictures of us, but Navka is not,” Yagudin said, laughing, to his daughter.

“Yagudin sometimes replaces me,” Navka retorted jokingly.

The change turned out to be quite strong. After all, in the show, Yagudin draws attention to himself.

By the way

Already in October, at the end of the summer season, the show "Carmen" will come to Moscow for two weeks. Then it will go on tour. In an interview with the RG columnist, which is scheduled to be released before the arrival of the ice show in the capital, Ilya Averbukh said that Margarita Drobyazko would be Tatyana Navka's understudy in the role of Carmen. As they say, the feelings of the viewer and director coincided.

Ilya Averbukh presents the grandiose ice musical "Carmen" in Sochi, which will be held from June 10 to October 2, 2016 at the legendary sports arena of the Iceberg Palace.

One of the main surprises for the audience was the participation in the show of Svetlana Svetikova, the star of famous musicals such as Metro, Notre Dame De Paris, Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet. Together with her family, she moved to Sochi for the whole summer and will perform the main vocal part in the musical Carmen. This is not the first time that Svetlana takes part in the famous productions of Ilya Averbukh. Her magnificent voice always gives a unique fairy-tale atmosphere to everything that happens on stage.


For a long time, a fairly well-defined idea has developed about the image of Carmen. This girl wears a red dress, she has a scarlet flower in her hair, she is swarthy and black-haired. These are often referred to by the epithet "fatal beauty".

But Averbukh went further. And Tatyana Navka, blond and as if porcelain, all in red, looked charming and fresh in the lead role and paired with Roman Kostomarov, who perfectly played Carmen's beloved - policeman José. Although there was a flower in her hair and the skirt was red, for dancing and the purely "Carmen" behavior of the famous figure skater and winner and multiple Olympic, European and world champion was quite readable and easily traced.

The highlight of this production was the children's images of Carmen and her best friend - Frasquita, the daughter of the mayor of a port town in Spain. The girls were charming and very technical. Their pirouettes and figures on the ice were beautiful and professional. You wonder how five-year-olds can do this (they can’t be given more!).


I don’t even know what is more accurate: I was surprised or delighted by the fact that all heroes, and even episodic ones, have some kind of regalia. When Ilya Izyaslavovich introduced the actors at the end, some titles sounded continuously, and even the teacher of two wonderful five-year-old beauties had it. Many and even very many were multiple champions of the world, Europe, and even all at once.
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On June 12, the most anticipated premiere of the year took place at the Iceberg Olympic Sports Palace in Sochi. The production company of Ilya Averbukh presented to the public a completely new ice show "Carmen".

What it was - a theater on ice with elements of an acrobatic and light show, or an ice ballet, complemented by tricks and unique special effects, it's hard to say. The fantasies of Ilya Averbukh and the possibilities to realize them are so great that soon a new genre will have to be invented to describe the miracle created by this great master of ice productions. Each premiere of Averbukh attracts great attention, but "Carmen" - especially. For the first time, the show was staged outside of Moscow, the premiere took place outside the capital, and only in Sochi will it be possible to see its full, non-tour version. And all because the scenery was created specifically for the "Iceberg".

“What we have done today has yet to be comprehended and realized. In the meantime, I want to say a big thank you to all those who have been by my side all these months, to our entire team, to all those people and professionals with a capital letter, thanks to whom our Carmen was born today, in the Olympic Iceberg. And, of course, thanks to all our viewers - for their support, faith and love. I know that today in the auditorium there were those who specially came to Sochi for our premiere from different cities of Russia. It's incredibly nice! I am happy that our first viewers at this premiere show accepted our new project so warmly and enthusiastically! Thanks everyone! We are waiting for everyone in Sochi!”, – shared Ilya Averbukh, director of the musical “Carmen”.

Tatyana Navka admitted that for the sake of the role of Carmen, she made some sacrifices: “I had to leave my beloved husband and eldest daughter at home. I miss them so much!"

Famous Russian actors Alyona Babenko, Mikhail Galustyan, Ekaterina Shpitsa came to see the premiere of the show "Carmen" with their own eyes and congratulate Ilya Averbukh and the participants in the production, who came to Sochi for the Kinotavr film festival taking place here now. “Gorgeous! The original story, I'm very curious about this version, the original mix of music. It's very bold. Very emotional and interesting. It seems to me that this is some kind of new, probably, stage in the productions of Ilya Averbukh, ”Alena Babenko shared her emotions at the end of the show.

The hall was raging! The performance was held to a full house and every now and then was interrupted by shouts of “Bravo!”, And after the show, the fans did not let the skaters go for more than 10 minutes, literally bathing them in flowers and applause.