A cast 100 ballet dancers will perform on Saturday, June 8 at the ballet’s premiere at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana. Among them are also Danilo Zeka and Altin Koruti, two Albanian soloists of the Athens Ballet who left Albania in the early 90s
TIRANA, June 6 – After its premiere as a play at the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be staged this week in a ballet version directed by Arjan Sukniqi.
A cast 100 ballet dancers will perform on Saturday, June 8 at the ballet’s premiere at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana. Among them are also Danilo Zeka and Altin Koruti, two Albanian soloists of the Athens Ballet who left Albania in the early 90s just after the collapse of the communist regime.
A ballet in two acts directed and choreographed by Arian Sukniqi, Italy’s Vittorio Parisi as conductor, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream, will bring Isida Mollaymeri, Erisa Gina Dion Gjinika performing in lead roles.
The ballet will also stage on June 9, 11 and 12 at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Tirana.
“The ballet “A midsummer night’s dream is a show where the grotesque predominates. Shakespeare wanted to give the message that a human’s sensibility overcomes every barrier. The premiere will be a great show with 100 ballet dancers performing, including the troupe of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in cooperation with the Ballet School. Events take place in ancient Greece with a series of occurrences treating the dream,” says director Arjan Sukniqi.
As a play Shakits premiere on May 31 in a special performance by a cast of Albanian actors directed by American John Blondell.
Short synopsis
A Midsummer Night’s Dream deals with the universal theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, and marriage. The plot focuses on three parallel stories: the trials and experiences of two sets of lovers camping in a magical forest, the world of the Fairy King and Queen and their elves, and a group of rough craftsmen attempting to stage a production of “Pyramus and Thisby” for the wedding of the Duke of Athens.
Hermia is in love with Lysander, but her father wants her to marry Demetrius. To escape the arranged marriage, she and Lysander elope into the woods. Demetrius follows them, and Helena, who nurses an unrequited passion for him, pursues him. A love quadrangle develops among the young lovers when mischievous Puck plays Cupid. “The course of true love never did run smooth,” says Lysander. Meanwhile, a group of amateur actors rehearses a badly written play in the woods, and soon all find their lives changed by the doings of Oberon and Titania, the warring king and queen of the fairies. Magic, action, love and humor are the ingredients for this unforgettable spell.espeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” made
