Radu Poklitaru “Neurotic not interesting to anyone, even if it – Hamlet» – http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/best/

March 11 at the New Stage of the Bolshoi – the long-awaited world premiere: the ballet “Hamlet” to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Work on the play directed by Declan Donnellan, choreographer Radu Poklitaru and set designer Nick Ormerod.

The same production team, and on the same stage a little more than a decade ago has been released ballet “Romeo and Juliet”. Then Verona myth “reset”, the audience was divided into supporters of unusual and modern reading of acute and those who saw in it a clear neglect of traditions. “Culture” Radu Poklitaru questioned about a new interpretation of the history of the Prince of Denmark.

Culture: It is believed that the present time is unworthy of high tragedy, modern theater is not able to put them and the viewer – to perceive.
   
Poklitaru: I disagree. The nature of man, his emotional warehouse do not change. The ability to experience and empathize independent of time. Why change the perception of the tragedy?

Culture: How do you see the tragedy of Hamlet?
   
Poklitaru: Our performance in the first place about the loss, that is not entirely successful man was created. After all, we had a hard, clumsy and painful experience of loss – especially caring relatives. At all times it is not easy.

Culture: They say every age deserves Hamlet, which receives.
   
Poklitaru: I would not put such a question globally. Not even ready to say that we have seen Hamlet – the hero of our time. He is, as we think. Just do not neurotic, how often do the Prince because the neurotic is not interesting from the point of view of psychology and empathy character. Rather, a person with paralysis of action. He knows what he needs to do, but for some reason decide on it can not. Our Hamlet is very much changed: at the beginning we see a man in the second act – it is completely different in the final – the third.

Culture: I know that You prefer not to talk about the meaning inherent in the play …
   
Poklitaru: Not to say that we do it to all the people on earth embraced, understood each other and have a better life. It would be a lie. The main thing – to reveal the spiritual journey of the hero from “a” to “z”. The story is told through the eyes of Hamlet. This is not the ballet ballet in the world by number of choreography and its saturation, but the history should have multidimensional.

Culture: They say the story of Hamlet’s childhood, when was alive, his father, changing Shakespeare “text”. You think of something for the English classics?
   
Poklitaru: number of characters has been lost in the process of composing the libretto, new heroes. For example, we have a real Yorick. And it is very important. Yes, we have come up with something for Shakespeare, but still the foundation of ballet – the play “Hamlet».

Culture: In an interview with our newspaper, you said that “Hamlet” – the longest project in your creative biography.
   
Poklitaru: We have been working for three and a half years. Sergei Filin proposed to put “Hamlet” – a play, you see, is very intelligent. That, for the ballet compliment doubtful. Emotional play – one intellectual – more. If we chose the name, it just would not take “Hamlet.” But the beauty of custom work – to overcome difficulties. So three and a half years have gone out to find in the play “of all time” all the emotional.

Culture: for the British Shakespeare Donnellan – native element, even our “Boris Godunov” he set, feeling Pushkin’s text as Shakespeare’s chronicle. How does it work? How are the responsibilities?
   
Poklitaru: When creating a libretto by Declan, Nicholas and I talked a lot, trying to imagine the scene conceived the play, their sequence. Decided which characters are needed, which can be neglected. In the process of putting on me responsible for the creation of the text of the play, the actual movement. Declan is extremely interesting and very fruitful work with artists, confronting them over and over again conflicting tasks, sometimes – opposite to understand only correct in the context of the whole. I can see how artists interesting, because with them because no one has ever worked.

Culture: How do you put together the works of Shostakovich in a single ballet score?
   
Poklitaru: When it comes to “Hamlet”, there is a right pair of Shakespeare and Shostakovich. Shostakovich wrote the music for “Hamlet” twice – the film Grigori Kozintsev and to the performance of the Vakhtangov Theater. Both suites, we are, of course, listened attentively. In my opinion, syuitnost – the enemy of the full-length ballet performance. Music is divided into small rooms, and a single movement from the beginning to the ending comes out. With the submission of the Bolshoi Theatre, we have negotiated with many famous composers, our contemporaries about writing a new score. But demanded composers, as well as in good choreographers and directors, plans are planned for a long time to come. Is rejected. Then the idea of ​​using ready-made music Shostakovich. It so happened that one summer I spent in Jurmala, where listened to all the symphonies of Shostakovich. Of course, it was clear that we are not going to use the program symphony – “1905″, “Babi Yar.” “Leningrad” is also excluded from the proposed list, because it has a dense associative array, and it does not change. And then a miracle happened. Quite magically appeared that Symphony number 5 and Symphony number 15, if you take it without the first part, perfectly in line with our libretto. As it happened, still do not understand. Better ending to our “Hamlet” than a brilliant finale last symphonies, can not be. The conductor Igor Dronov rise.

Culture: Tell us about the artists. How many artists are employed in the play?
   
Poklitaru: Soloists – eight in the corps de ballet of 30 artists, including six girls. Solos rehearse three compositions. All Hamlets we are pleased. First there was the two princes – Denis Savin and Vlad Lantratov, later joined Artem Ovcharenko, and he also works very well. I hope that this role will be a milestone in his acting career. Ophelia also three Nastya Stashkevich Dasha Khokhlova and Diana Kosyreva that before in lead roles is not performed. Gertrude rehearse Balukova Anya Christina Karasev and Faith Borisenkova. Faith for this role – also the first big party.

Culture: you open new names. Why do you need a dancer “trainers”? The cast pensioners, had passed into the rank of teachers.
   
Poklitaru: can not get away from the fact that in Shakespeare’s play in elderly people. And any young ballet dancer – as his or apply make-up and no “old” will still be young. I like age people on stage, this is the truth. Richter once asked why he does not like classical ballet. Svyatoslav Theofilovich replied: “How – why? No fat, no bald, well, not as in life ».

Culture: Conflict with Ivan Vasiliev who have not received the role of Hamlet, still there was?
   
Poklitaru: This is some kind of a Moscow journalist duck. We see each other with Vanya, and the theme of his participation or non-participation in “Hamlet” Never in our conversations do not arise. Casting – a very complex process, for approval to the role of the absolute convergence of views necessary to Declan, and my Nicholas. Personally no one here does not solve anything.

Culture: You’ve come to the Bolshoi Theater after 11 years. He changed? After all, his feverish recent years, and the leadership has changed.
   
Poklitaru: And then, and now a little talk with management. With Vladimir urine we share a long-standing sympathy, he even came several times to the performances of my “Kiev modern ballet.” Now, when he led the Bolshoi Theatre, we see each other rarely too high in his load, and I spent the whole day in repzale.

Artists – stunning. I think that more is better company in the world. Not because I’m working here. By the number of talents per square meter ballet hall – absolutely unmatched collection. In comparison with 2004, when we put “Romeo and Juliet”, the actor disappeared fear of modern dance. In the theater during this time danced many modern performances – and Mats Ek, and Tanya Baganova. All become accustomed to the idea that contemporary dance is and will be at the Bolshoi.

Culture: You are a person cheerful, whether lighter moments in the play?
   
Poklitaru: I do not know, I still was not collected. Ease – one of the essential properties of any performance as breathing. Will it or not, it will become clear on the run. For me, “Hamlet” – a record for speed setting. All text created from scratch in one month and seven days.

Culture: But kneaded something more than three years …
   
Poklitaru: This is not the same thing. Can be arbitrarily long time to prepare for rehearsals – come and put nothing.

Culture: Long ballet?
   
Poklitaru: No, I hate long ballets. 45 minutes – the first act, 36 – the second.

Culture: What is happening in your “Kiev Modern Ballet”?
   
Poklitaru: In spite of the horrors that are happening in Ukraine, theater exists. Trying to survive on a tour of the country. We are very fond of. Now auditoriums Ukrainian theaters are filled completely. It’s probably some sort of compensatory property: when the country really bad, people want art, light, goodness and hope.