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  • Kharatian to Stage "Khachkar" Ballet Dedicated to Narekatsi

    RUDOLF KHARATIAN IS GOING TO STAGE "KHACHKAR" BALLET DEDICATED TO
    NAREKATSI

    YEREVAN, August 2 (Noyan Tapan). Rudolf Kharatian, the Artistic
    Director of the "Arka" Washington ballet group, is going to stage the
    "Khachkar" ballet dedicated to Grigor Narekatsi, the great Armenian
    poet and thinker of the middle ages. The music for the ballet was
    written by composer Ruben Altunian. The ballet-master who is on tour
    in Armenia mentioned at the August 2 press conference that his goal is
    to represent the image of Narekatsi, the depth and the human character
    of his philosophy to the world by means of a ballet staging. "The
    first goal of my arrival in Yerevan is to represent the modern
    American ballet in Armenia," R.Kharatian mentioned. According to him,
    he has worked in Armenia for many years, profoundly studied the
    peculiarities of the Armenian and Russian ballet schools. In his
    estimation, the Armenian ballet school has deep peculiarities, but
    today it's senseless to stage ballet performances only on the national
    ground, one should be able to synthesize the modern peculiarities with
    the national ones, as the spectator needs the new. We can't stage
    "Gayane" and "Spartak" for many years running. R.Kharatian mentioned
    that he has always wanted to enrich the Armenian ballet with new dance
    elements, but he has always met obstacles. Receiving an invitation to
    work from one of the giants of the Russian ballet school, Vinogradov,
    many years ago, Kharatian left for Washington where he etablished the
    "Arka" ballet group in 1999. 4 out of 16 members of the ballet group
    are Armenians. According to Kharatian, like the other ballet groups of
    America his ballet has no state financing, either, so it's able to
    organize only 2-3 concerts a year. Besides, the group gives several
    performances in the Central Park of New York, in schools and so
    on. All the members of the "Arka" ballet group also work in other
    ballet groups. During the 2-day tour the group will represent the
    classical, American and modern ballet to the Armenian spectator. And
    especially for this tour the group has prepared the "Khachkar" dance
    of Komitas and fragments from the "Gayane" and "Spartak" ballets of
    Khachatrian. "Arka" is a prize-winner of a number of international
    festivals, and 3 years running the group got the grand prix at the
    annual ballet competition held in Washington.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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