Les Noces by Tatiana Baganova is a prize-winner of the Russian National Theatre Award Golden Mask – 2000 (Best Choreographer's Work). The piece is based on Igor Stravinsky's work, which he himself described as “Russian choreographic scene with singing and music”. Structure of the performance is organised around the old rite of Northern Slavic tribes telling about the bridegroom, who must cut the bride’s braid – the symbol of women’s power – by himself.

"The First Prize belongs to Provincial Dances. Tatiana Baganova, the choreographer, gives her own version to Stravinsky. Stravinsky’s power, according to the music, is a search for an adequate power in the ancient ceremony. The characters wear sackcloth. They feel free in Stravinsky’s polyphony where they can both stick to certain rules and break them. Sharp needle of Baganova’s plastics are microcosm, her concept is a sort of paganism which means one can already resist the crowd." (Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

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Choreographer: Tatyana Baganova

Genre: Dance

Duration: 30 minutes

Tickets for all performances in the artistic programme are booked for the Caravan participants, courtesy of the Russian Theatre Union.