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History

old times spirit was kept; interesting
director’s and ballet master’s solutions
were found. In 2010, the performance-
meditation “Orguhuokhtaakh kyys”
(A Girl with a Yoke) was staged, under the
motives of S.A. Zverev’s similarly named
fairy tale – toyuk, with N. Mikheev’s music.
The director is S. Potapov. It is nowadays
understanding of the well-known Yakut
fairy tale. The performance touched the
global problems of mankind deprived
of individuality, globalisation negative
influence, individual features levelling,
depersonalisation, the loss of cultural
heritage variety, and etc.
From 2004 to 2009, in the theatre,
the trilogy was staged on the motives of
Yakut epos -olonkho “Bart Khara”, which
consisted of three separate performances:
“Ayyy Aymaga” (“The Middle World”)
with N. Petrov’s music, “Uodan Tugaga”
(“The Lower World”) with P. Ivanova’s
music, “Uohaa doydu dokhsunnara” (“The
Warriors of the Upper World”) with
V. Ksenofontov’s music. The ballet-master
and director of the trilogy is G.S. Baishev.
This is a big creative theatre project on the
topic of the epos olonkho. The first night
was in 2009. The performance reflected the
confrontation of three worlds, the eternal
theme of good and evil, the protection
of ayyy tribe, and the devastating power
of evil spirits. In the performance, there
are interesting choreographic solutions.
The music of three parts mirrored the
individual approaches of three different
Yakut composers to the heroic epos
theme. However, the stylistics of
the choreographic language was not
polished. This performance dramaturgy
is heterogeneous. It is based mainly on
the stylised movements that enabled the
levelling of the ethnic features in the dance
The Yakut Dance “The Arabesque” of Sergey Zverev – Kyyl Uola.
images. However, despite some drawbacks
in dramaturgy and lexis, in general, the
and postures were miraculously retained. In 2000, G.S. Baishev staged the performance was welcomed warmly by
In the performance, the unique singing performance “Ohuor Tuos” with spectaculars. It was shown on the stage
and dancing folklore of Russian Ustye was V. Ziryanov’s music. The performance was of Moscow theatre “The New Opera”
demonstrated. It is the golden fund of the based on an old legend that is spread in n.a. Y.V. Kolobov. The chief expert in
old Russian folklore locally saved in Yakutia. the Vilyuysk group of regions and on the choreography of the RF UTP O. Karablina
The dance “Omukanovo”, the axes dance, ritual dance “Arabesque” having staged by writes that the theatre has got its
astonishing witty ditties and refrains, songs S.A. Zverev. It was the first performance unrepeated national style. She noted folk
“The Rassokha”,“A Dove Was Flying”, on his material. The composer V. Ziryanov dances and contemporary choreography
and others draw the researchers with their collaborated with S.A. Zverev and the in the repertoire. The critics underlined
originality, exclusiveness, rarity in the music author participated in the theatrical that the team had really become the unique
background of later folklore specimens. dances creation. In the performance, the theatre containing and developing national

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