17 NOV, Upplands-Bro kommun
18-19 NOV, StockholmGota Lejön
27 NOV, Kalmarsalen
28 NOV, Västerås Konserthus
11 DEC, Halmstads Teater
04 DEC, MCH Herning Kongrescenter
5 DEC, Aalborghallen
“The Ice Princess” is a ballet based on the Fairy tale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Anderson. This is a fascinating, romantic story to the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Halvorsen, Grieg and Leontovich, which will give you unforgettable, joyful emotions, fill you with inspiration and new dreams. A beautiful princess, robbers, forest fairies, a funny snowman, fabulous trolls and of course a brave young man play on the stage.
The beautiful Princess Sofia is sad in her castle. Loneliness turned her heart to ice. When she sees distant lands in a magical mirror where people celebrate Christmas happily, she decides to go there just to get a little closer to the place where everyone is happy. A fateful meeting with one of the villagers, a cheerful boy, left her so excited that her icy heart ached in her chest. She disappeared and froze the entire city. But miracles always happen at Christmas. The young man's love and good heart will lead him through many adventures and dangers to the castle, where he will find his love, melt the heart of the beautiful princess and save the residents of his city.
The ballet was choreographed by Andreas Heise, who worked for many years at the Norwegian National Opera. The ideologist and set designer of the project was the founder of the Classical Ukranian Etoile ballet, Irina Khandazhevskaya.
The production of classical choreography will be performed by Ukrainian professional ballet dansers - winners of international ballet competitions, People's Artists of Ukraine, soloists of Ukrainian, and from February 2022, European theaters.
The tour is presented by the norwegian organization "Kultur for Folket" to support Ukrainian classical ballet art and Ukrainian artists who do not have the opportunity to perform in their homeland.The tour takes place in November and December in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Masterpieces of world classics performed by stars of classical ballet
Classical Ukrainian Etoile Ballet is a Ukrainian ballet company created to organize tours with masterpieces of world classical ballet of the highest artistic level.
The directors of the Etoile ballet are Anatoly Khandazhevsky and Irina Khandazhevska, soloists of the Kharkov Opera and Ballet Theatre, one of the most beautiful ballet couples in Europe, winners of awards from international ballet competitions. The theater includes professional classical ballet dancers, People's Artists of Ukraine, soloists of Ukrainian, and from February 2022, European theaters. The theater participates in tours on the largest stages of the world such as “Casino de Paris”, “Prinzregenteater” (Munchen), “Admiralstpalast” (Berlin), “Harpa” (Iceland) and other main venues in Brussel, Luxembourg, Riga, Helsinki, Hanover, Geneva, Vienna, Prague etc.
In April 2022, during the Solidarity Tour, organized by the non-profit company Kultur for Folket to support Ukrainian artists, Anatoly Khandazhevsky and Irina Khandazhevska brilliantly performed on the stage of the Oslo National Opera.
In October 2022, the soloists of the ballet Etoile Anatoly Khandazhevskyi and Irina Khandazhevska took part in a tour of Norway with the ballet "Sleeping Beauty", performing in such major halls in Scandinavia as Grieghallen Bergen, Stavanger Konserthus, Oslo Konserthus.
The mission of the Etoile ballet is to bring goodness and beauty to the world, to inspire and raise society to a new spiritual level. The ballet troupe presents the world-famous masterpieces of classical ballet at a high level.
Irina Khandazhevska Anatoly Khandazhevskyi:
- "We want to preserve the creative heritage of the great masters of the world ballet art. We will be glad to give an unforgettable experience and see our audience in Scandinavia."
website https://balletukraine.com
Libretto Ice Princess ballet
"The Ice Princess" is a ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale "The Snow Queen" and the Disney movie "Frozen," set to the music of Leontovych, Mozart, Vivaldi, Grieg, and Halvorsen.
Choreographer: Andreas Haise
Scenography by Irina Khandazhevska
Act 1
Princess Sophia was once an ordinary princess with a brother, a sister, a mother, and a father. However, extraordinary abilities developed in her early childhood. With every overwhelming emotion, whether it be love or anger, Sophia unleashes a destructive snowstorm. Fearing to harm her beloved family, Sophia fled home and isolated herself in her icy palace. Emotions are forbidden there, so Sophia can no longer invoke natural disasters.
A happy gnome, possessing magical powers himself, knows about Sophia’s fate. He also knows that Sophia’s frozen heart can be melted by true love and that she can learn to control her magical powers. He places a magical mirror on the path of two of Sophia’s servants, namely two snow yetis, for them to find it. They rejoice at the discovery and bring it to the ice palace, unaware of its magical power. Both yetis have long been in love with each other and often tease each other in the castle, much to Sophia’s dismay. To appease her, the yetis give her the found mirror.
The magical mirror allows Sophia to see what is happening in the city. There, she sees people joyfully enjoying the Christmas atmosphere in the beautiful town square. Joyful but deeply angered that she can no longer experience this happiness, she unleashes one of her biggest blizzards, simultaneously freezing the entire city and its inhabitants. Only the young man Andriy does not freeze. Troubled by this, Sophia doubts her powers. Are there people whom she cannot harm? Suddenly, the mirror dissolves, and Sophia appears before Andriy. Both are enchanted by each other, but Sophia nervously flees due to the feelings that arise. From that moment, as Andriy saw Sophia’s face, he had only one goal: to see Sophia again. As he wonders how this will happen, a snowman, built by two boys in the town square, comes to life. Surprised and happy to have found a new friend, they both set out to find Sophia.
Their journey initially takes them through the land of flowers, which enchant with sweet aromas and magical juices. Our heroes forget about time and immerse themselves in the pleasure of the fragrance. But when they finally continue their journey with the magical potion given to them by the Flower Fairy, they get lost in a dark forest where a band of robbers attacks them. The Snowflake manages to hide in time and watches as they tie Andriy. At the right moment, when the robbers are celebrating, the Snowflake pours the magical flower potion into the robbers' wine bottles. After a very loud celebration, the robbers suddenly fall into a deep sleep. Now, the friends are free again and continue their journey.
Act 2
On a sunny morning, the two friends return to the forest, where they meet funny trolls. They turn out to be good-natured assistants of the Happy Gnome. He allows Andriy to look into the magical mirror, where he learns about Sophia’s fate and becomes even more determined to find and save her. After the Gnome shows them the way to the ice palace, they finally reach their destination. However, Sophia is so protected by her ice that reaching her is not easy. But eventually, their intentions become clear. After a few snowstorms and resistance from Sophia, she now allows the ice barriers to melt, and they unite in tender love.
The city comes to life, the hustle and bustle at the Christmas market continue. The yetis and the Snowflake hurry to the city to tell the story of the young lovers. Now Sophia and Andriy join the festivities, and Sophia can finally share her joy and love with people without causing a snowstorm. Everyone joyfully celebrates Christmas.
