Anna Karenina
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Gran Teatre del Liceu La Rambla 51-59, 08002 Barcelona
Set to a melange of Tchaikovsky works, the production transmits the urgent passion and desperation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel through Eifman’s trademark fusion of classical and modern dance. The tragic tale of Countess Anna Karenina, who defies all moral and social convention with devastating consequences, is condensed into a stripped-back yet powerful exploration of the love triangle between Anna, her husband, Karenin, and her lover, Count Vronsky. Born in Siberia in 1946, Eifman trained as a dancer in Moldova and studied at the Leningrad Conservatory. He worked as a choreographer at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet for 10 years before founding his own ballet company in 1977. The ballet’s premiere in Saint Petersburg back in 2005 secured Eifman’s reputation as one of the most outstanding Russian choreographers of our time. The company comes to Barcelona for four nights only, opening on December 20th.
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