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Carmen?!
| Choreographer |
Kvarnström, Kenneth |
| First Performance | 7.6.1993 |
| Place of First Performance | Kuopio Dance Festival |
| Finnish premiere | 7.6.1993 |
| Place of Premiere | Kuopio Dance Festival |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 20 |
| Scenography | Kenneth Kvarnström |
| Costume designer | Kenneth Kvarnström |
| Lighting Designer | Kenneth Kvarnström |
| Performers of the premiere | Sampo Kivelä, Tero Saarinen, Ari Tenhula, Kenneth Kvarnström. |
| Description | Rodrion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite is the base of this twenty-minutes long piece that is danced only by men. The work representes kitch in a concentrated form, but without the female Carmen. |
| Other Information | The work was first perfomed in the Finnish National Ballet on January 26 1994, by Sampo Kivelä, Tuomo Railo/Ari Tenhula, Tero Saarinen and Pasi Sinisalo. The work was first perfomed in Helsinki City Theatre on January 18 1997, by Mattias Ekholm, Harri Kuorelahti, Kai Lähdesmäki, Unto Nuora and Ville Sormunen. The work is also in the repertory of the following companies: Royal Swedish Ballet, Carte Blanche (Norway), Stockholm 59° North. |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Kivelä, Sampo (1993) Kvarnström, Kenneth (1993) Saarinen, Tero (1993) Tenhula, Ari (1993) Sinisalo, Pasi (1994) Railo, Tuomo (1994) Sormunen, Ville (1997) Ekholm, Mattias (1997) Lähdesmäki, Kai (1997) Nuora, Unto (1997) Kuorelahti, Harri (1997) |