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REQUIEM

AballetbyBorisEifman

Music:RequiembyW.A.Mozart

Sets:SimonPastukh

Costumes:OlgaShaishmelashvili

Light:BorisEifman

Theone-actballetRequiemisachoreographicevocationoftheeponymouswork

byV.A.Mozart.Requiem(EternalRest)–isagreatmusicmystery,andEifman

seemstohavefoundthecluetoitinchoreographicplasticity.Nobodyexceptfor

theartistcanexpressfeelingsthatoneexperiencesbytouchingtheeternity.

«Mozart’sRequiemmakesyoufeeltheeternity.Yourworriesandconcerns

disappearandyouarefulloftheunconsciousapprehensionofthedivinemystery.

WheredoIcomefrom?WhydoIexist?WhatamI?

Whatarewewhenwecometothisworldandwhatawaitsusat?…You

returntothebeginning,toyourmemory,tohardandhappydays.

Ihaveneverbeensosincere,sospirituallynakedasinMozart’sRequiem.Itismy

past,presentandfuture,whetheryouacceptitorrejectit.Thisismymemory

whichbringsanunprotectedyouthintotheworld,resurrectstheordealsof

maturity,thewisdomandweaknessofoldage.Howmuchviciousness,

defamation,jealousyandmymemoryholds,howmanynever-fading

touchesofhappiness,love…Thisisallinsideme,insideeachofus.

Aneverlastingnaturalprocess,thedevelopmentwhichmakesitistence

possible.Thecreativitywasthetruemeaning,theessenceofMozartsality:

notadirge,butanabysmalfeelingofsuffering,hopeandloveforthehumanity».

BorisEifman