TWO SUNS ~ a ballet in two acts
Libretto & Choreography: Roudolf Kharatian
Music: 4th to 21st century Armenian composers Mesrob Mashtots, Grigor Narekatsi, Aram Khachaturian, Alan Hovaness, Arno Babajanyan, Avet Terterian, Ashot Ariyan
Sets & Costumes: Astghik Stepanyan
Hip Hop section choreography: Hovhaness (Jungle) Hovhanissyan
The ballet 'Two Suns' was created as part of the official events of the State Commission on Coordination of the events for the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and was realized with funding from the Anna and Hirair Hovnanian Foundation.
For the first time ever in Armenia, an international call for dancers was launched in the fall of 2014 and an international ballet company was formed for this project, with dancers from Japan, France, Germany, Greece, the United States, Israel and Armenia. The company was based in Yerevan and operated for 10 months in 2015 with multiple performance in Yerevan and tours to the regions.
Excerpts available: youtube.com/Ballet2021
Music: 4th to 21st century Armenian composers Mesrob Mashtots, Grigor Narekatsi, Aram Khachaturian, Alan Hovaness, Arno Babajanyan, Avet Terterian, Ashot Ariyan
Sets & Costumes: Astghik Stepanyan
Hip Hop section choreography: Hovhaness (Jungle) Hovhanissyan
The ballet 'Two Suns' was created as part of the official events of the State Commission on Coordination of the events for the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and was realized with funding from the Anna and Hirair Hovnanian Foundation.
For the first time ever in Armenia, an international call for dancers was launched in the fall of 2014 and an international ballet company was formed for this project, with dancers from Japan, France, Germany, Greece, the United States, Israel and Armenia. The company was based in Yerevan and operated for 10 months in 2015 with multiple performance in Yerevan and tours to the regions.
Excerpts available: youtube.com/Ballet2021