On 8 October Oleg Demchenko will make his debut as Nurali in the ballet The Fountain of Bakhchisarai.
The ballet The Fountain of Bakhchisarai was first staged eighty years ago, on 28 September 1934. In this production, which heralded the start of a new movement in Russian ballet – so-called drama-ballet – the production team achieved a harmonious combination of dance and pantomime that is rare. Revealing the depth of Alexander Pushkin’s poem, choreographer Rostislav Zakharov did not stint in the dance characteristics of the world of Polish Princess Maria and the Crimean Khan Ghirei, Nurali – Ghirei’s military commander – is one of the most danceable roles in ballet. It is Nurali who is the main performer of the temperamental Tatar dance, in which the warrior dedicated to the khan attempts to dispel his master’s gloomy thoughts. In this role, Oleg Demchenko will have to demonstrate not just technique – precision, speed and leaps – but also a fiery temperament and the passionate dance that makes Nurali stand alone among the Tatar warriors.
On 7 October The Fountain of Bakhchisarai will see debuts by graduates of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet who are now members of the Mariinsky Ballet – Shamala Guseinova will be appearing as a Polish Maiden and Nail Yenikeyev will be dancing the solo in the Cracovienne for the first time.
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