Slava's Snowshow
Slava's Snowshow | |
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Genre | Contemporary circus |
Location | Russia |
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Creator | Slava Polunin |
Official website |
Slava's Snowshow is a stage show created and staged by Russian performance artist Slava Polunin. The show won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience[1] and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.[2]
Productions
Slava's Snowshow made its world premiere in October 1993 in Moscow.[3]
Slava's Snowshow opened Off-Broadway on September 8, 2004 at the Union Square Theatre, created and staged by Slava Polunin, with costumes and scenic design by Anna Hannikainen.[4] The show closed on January 7, 2007.[5]
The show opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre on December 7, 2008 and closed on January 4, 2009 after 7 previews and 35 performances. The show was created and staged by Slava Polunin, with sound by Rastyam Dubinnikov, lighting by Alexander Pecherskiy and art direction by Gary Cherniakhovskii.[6]
The show opened at the Old Vic in London in 1997.[7] The show ran at the Royal Festival Hall, London from December 17, 2012 to January 7, 2013.[8][9] The show returned to the Royal Festival Hall from December 18, 2017 to January 4, 2018.[10] The show ran at the Bluma Appel Theatre at St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto in December 2018. The reviewer wrote: " 'Slava’s Snowshow' is a puzzling theatrical art form, but strangely alluring to watch as I couldn’t take my eyes off the performers. Their movements are precisely choreographed and timed either to the music or the sounds echoing throughout the auditorium."[11]
The show ran on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in a limited engagement, from November 11, 2019 through January 5, 2020.[3]
Overview
The show features a group of clowns wearing green with one clown wearing yellow, in a "celebration of winter and snow."[6]
Awards and nominations
The show won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.[4]
Anna Hannikainen was nominated for the 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume and Scenic Design.
Slava's Snowshow won the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.[12]
Gallery
- From the Snowshow performance in Vienna, Austria, 2008
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- From the Snowshow performance in San Francisco, 2006
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Music
- La Petite Fille de la mer - Vangelis
- Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
- Stalakdrama - Yello
- Peter Gunn Theme - Henry Mancini
- Bolero - Maurice Ravel
- Le soldat Tufaiev se marie (Soldier Tufaiev Gets Married) - Jean-Mark Zelwer
- Blue Canary - Vincent Fiorino
- Mas que Nada - Luiz Henrique Rosa
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Kaleb - Ivan Volkov
- Krasivaya - Roman Dubinnikov
- Illusion (feat. Jorge Struntz) - Stéphane Grappelli
- Edges of Illusion - John Surman
- Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo
- Carmina Burana - O Fortuna - Carl Orff
- Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven
References
- ^ Drama Desk archives Archived 2008-07-04 at archive.today
- ^ TonyAwards.com
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew. " Slava’s Snowshow Will Return to Broadway" Playbill, August 22, 2019
- ^ a b Jones, Kenneth. " 'Slava's Snowshow' Hits NYC Milestone Nov. 5 With 500 Blizzards — and No End in Sight" Playbill, November 5, 2005
- ^ "Slava's Snowshow Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed August 23, 2019
- ^ a b Slava's Snowshow Playbill Vault, accessed August 23, 2019
- ^ Benedict, David. " Slava's Snowshow, Old Vic" The Independent, December 15, 1997
- ^ " Slava's Snowshow at the Royal Festival Hall 2012/2013" londontheatre.co.uk, March 13, 2012
- ^ Liber, Vera. "Review. Slava’s Snowshow" britishtheatreguide.info, accessed August 23, 2019
- ^ "Slava's Snowshow Southbank Centre" southbankcentre.co.uk, accessed August 23, 2019
- ^ Szekeres, Joseph. "Review. Slava's Snowshow" onstageblog.com, December 11, 2018
- ^ "Olivier Awards, 1998" officiallondontheatre.com, accessed August 23, 2019
External links
- Official website
- Slava's Snowshow at the Internet Broadway Database
- Slava's Snowshow at IMDb
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