• 30 May 2026, 18:00
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FAMILY CELEBRATION (Women in D minor & The Long Christmas Dinner)

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi

Academic Theatre „Kyiv Modern-Ballet”

The country:  Ukraine

Location:  “Mihai Eminescu” National Theatre

Direction: Radu Poklitaru

Choreography: Radu Poklitaru

Duration of the show:   1h 00 min (without break)

Synopsis:

Two pieces in one performance:

Women in D minor – a choreographic fresco inspired by Bach’s polyphony, reflecting on the paradox of female friendship and envy, revealing the coexistence of individuals within a timeless human tribe.

The Long Christmas Dinner – based on Thornton Wilder’s play, the ballet follows 90 years in the life of a family through the succession of Christmas dinners. The characters’ lives flow away, leaving behind only glimmers on the hourglasses of eternity.

Both productions received the Taras Shevchenko National Prize in 2016.

 

Cast:

Anastasiia Baird, Dmytro Kondratiuk, Yevheniia Alipova, Serhii Shcherbinenko, Polina Lukanska, Ivan Zaiets, Anna Riabokin, Yuliia Chovhan, Bohdan Zhubryk, Anastasiia Babanska, Borys Melnychuk, Oleksandr Pavluchenko, Kristofer Ponomarenko, Maksym Usachov, Sofiia Huseva, Veronika Yeremenko, Svitlana Khanhanu, Yelyzaveta Dryunina, Kateryna Kurman, Makar Pinchuk, Michelle Fondyu

The play is performed in Ukrainian, with English and Romanian surtitles projected in the theatre.