BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV IN VIENNA

Kunstvia presents “BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV”, which is a one-man show based on the poems of Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov. Conceived and directed by Alvis Hermanis, noted Latvian director of The New Riga Theatre, BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV is an emotional journey deep into the poet’s visceral and complex compositions. Performed in Russian, Brodsky’s mother tongue, with German surtitles. Baryshnikov recites a selection of his long-time friend’s poignant and eloquent works. His subtle physicality transports the audience into Hermanis’ reverent imagining of Brodsky’s interior world.

BRODKSY/BARYSHNIKOV EVENT INFORMATION

Dates: 16-17 March 2019 at 7:30pm

Additional Performance on March 15th 2019 at 7:30pm

Location: MuseumsQuarter Halle E, Vienna, Austria

Tickets available at: culturall

BRODKSY/BARYSHNIKOV PRODUCTION

Director – Alvis Hermanis

Actor – Mikhail Baryshnikov

Scenographer – Kristīne Jurjāne

Light designer – Gleb Filshtinsky

Sound – Oļegs Novikovs

Light – Lauris Johansons

Video – Ineta Sipunova

Pyrotechnic effects designed by International Fireworks Design

Pyrotechnic effects – Name will be published soon

Stage manager – Linda Zaharova

Stage technicians / Surtitles – Andris Skotelis, Kārlis Staņa

Tour manager – Elīna Adamaite

Costume construction – Deanna Berg MacLean

Music – Jim Wilson “God’s Chorus of Crickets”, Kārlis Tone

Performed in Russian, with German surtitles.  German surtitles translation by Alexandra Berlina.

Duration:  1 hour and 30 minutes (no intermission)

Premiered on October 15, 2015 at The New Riga Theatre, Riga, Latvia.

A co-production of The New Riga Theatre and Baryshnikov Productions.

General Management by Baryshnikov Productions, Huong Hoang.

The staging of BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV has been included in Boris and Ināra Teterev’s arts programme TÊTE-À-TÊTE 2015.

Based on the poems of Joseph Brodsky

Copyright © 2015, The Estate of Joseph Brodsky

All rights reserved

Filming and photographing are prohibited during the performance

MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV

Born 1948 in Riga, Latvia, Mikhail Baryshnikov is considered one of the greatest dancers of our time. After commencing a spectacular career with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he came to the West in 1974, settling in New York City as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). In 1978 he joined New York City Ballet, where he worked with George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. A year later he was appointed artistic director of ABT where, for the next decade, he introduced a new generation of dancers and choreographers. From 1990-2002, Mr. Baryshnikov was director and dancer of the White Oak Dance Project, which he and choreographer Mark Morris co-founded to expand the repertoire and visibility of American modern dance. As an actor he has performed widely on- and off-Broadway, as well as in television and film, receiving a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Metamorphosis, and an Academy Award nomination for The Turning Point. Other theatrical productions include Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and the Patient, Beckett Shorts, In Paris, Man in a Case, The Old Woman and Letter to a Man. In 2005, he launched Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) in New York City, a creative space designed to support multidisciplinary artists from around the globe. Among Mr. Baryshnikov’s many awards are the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, the Commonwealth Award, the Chubb Fellowship, the Jerome Robbins Award, the Vilcek Award and Japan’s prestigious Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award in Theatre/Film. In 2010, he was given the rank of Officer of the French Legion of Honor, and in October 2018 he received The Arts Arena Award.

ALVIS HERMANIS

Born 1965 in Riga, Latvia, Alvis Hermanis was recently named among the ten most influential European theatre personalities of the last decade by DU Magazine Swiss periodical for arts and culture. Mr. Hermanis currently works with major European theatre companies, including Burgtheater Vienna, Schaubühne Berlin, Münchner Kammerspiele, and Schauspielhaus Zürich; and in opera houses including Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Opéra National de Paris, Staatsoper im Schiller Theater in Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, and La Monnaie Brussels. He has staged operas at the Salzburger Festspiele since 2012. His opera stagings include among others Il Trovatore featuring Placido Domingo and Anna Netrebko (2014) and Die Liebe der Danae (2016) at the Salzburger Festspiele, La Damnation de Faust featuring Jonas Kaufman with Opéra National de Paris in 2015, I due Foscari featuring Placido Domingo and Madama Butterfly with Teatro alla Scala in 2016, and Parsifal at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2017. Mr. Hermanis’s theatre productions have been presented at major theatre festivals ranging from Avignon to Edinburgh, and have toured to more than 40 countries. His many accolades include the Europe Prize New Theatre Realities, the Stanislavsky Award, two Golden Mask Awards (Moscow), Max Reinhardt Pen (Salzburger Festspiele), Nestroy Preis (Austria), and the Konrad Wolf Award (Germany). He has been artistic director of The New Riga Theatre since 1997.

THE NEW RIGA THEATRE

The New Riga Theatre is a state repertory theatre founded in 1992, led by artistic director Alvis Hermanis since 1997. The Company is comprised of 16 actors. The New Riga Theatre has performed at major festivals around the world, including Festival d’Avignon, The Edinburgh International Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburger Festspiele, Holland Festival, BITEF, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, and, to date, has toured to more than 200 towns and cities in 40 countries, both in Europe and overseas. For more information, visit http://www.jrt.lv.

BARYSHNIKOV PRODUCTIONS

Baryshnikov productions is an independent producing company based in New York City, designed to bring the voices of distinctive directors, choreographers and artists to the world’s most respected stages. Under this umbrella, the Company has produced and toured the White Oak Dance Project (1990-2002), Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and Patient (2004-06), Beckett Shorts (2007), In Paris (2010-12), Man in a Case (2012-14), The Old Woman (2013-15) and Letter to a Man (2015-17). Current touring projects include Brodsky/Baryshnikov and Framing Time.