Slava's Snowshow Explained

Slava's Snowshow
Genre:Contemporary circus
Location:Russia
Creatortitle1:Creator
Creatorname1:Slava Polunin
Website:http://www.slavasnowshow.com

Slava's Snowshow is a stage show created and staged by Russian performance artist Slava Polunin. The show won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience[1] and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.[2]

Productions

Slava's Snowshow made its world premiere in October 1993 in Moscow.[3]

Slava's Snowshow opened Off-Broadway on September 8, 2004 at the Union Square Theatre, created and staged by Slava Polunin, with costumes and scenic design by Anna Hannikainen.[4] The show closed on January 7, 2007.[5]

The show opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre on December 7, 2008 and closed on January 4, 2009 after 7 previews and 35 performances. The show was created and staged by Slava Polunin, with sound by Rastyam Dubinnikov, lighting by Alexander Pecherskiy and art direction by Gary Cherniakhovskii.[6]

The show opened at the Old Vic in London in 1997.[7] The show ran at the Royal Festival Hall, London from December 17, 2012 to January 7, 2013.[8] [9] The show returned to the Royal Festival Hall from December 18, 2017 to January 4, 2018.[10] The show ran at the Bluma Appel Theatre at St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto in December 2018. The reviewer wrote: " 'Slava’s Snowshow' is a puzzling theatrical art form, but strangely alluring to watch as I couldn’t take my eyes off the performers. Their movements are precisely choreographed and timed either to the music or the sounds echoing throughout the auditorium."[11]

The show ran on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in a limited engagement, from November 11, 2019 through January 5, 2020.[3]

Overview

The show features a group of clowns wearing green with one clown wearing yellow, in a "celebration of winter and snow."[6]

Awards and nominations

The show won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.[4]

Anna Hannikainen was nominated for the 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume and Scenic Design.

Slava's Snowshow won the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.[12]

Music

  1. La Petite Fille de la mer - Vangelis
  2. Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
  3. Stalakdrama - Yello
  4. Peter Gunn Theme - Henry Mancini
  5. Bolero - Maurice Ravel
  6. Le soldat Tufaiev se marie (Soldier Tufaiev Gets Married) - Jean-Mark Zelwer
  7. Blue Canary - Vincent Fiorino
  8. Mas que Nada - Luiz Henrique Rosa
  9. Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
  10. Kaleb - Ivan Volkov
  11. Krasivaya - Roman Dubinnikov
  12. Illusion (feat. Jorge Struntz) - Stéphane Grappelli
  13. Edges of Illusion - John Surman
  14. Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo
  15. Carmina Burana - O Fortuna - Carl Orff
  16. Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dramadesk.com/2004_2005dd.html Drama Desk archives
  2. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html TonyAwards.com
  3. Gans, Andrew. " Slava’s Snowshow Will Return to Broadway" Playbill, August 22, 2019
  4. Jones, Kenneth. " 'Slava's Snowshow' Hits NYC Milestone Nov. 5 With 500 Blizzards — and No End in Sight" Playbill, November 5, 2005
  5. http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/3404 "Slava's Snowshow Off-Broadway"
  6. http://www.playbill.com/production/slavas-snowshow-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000006695# Slava's Snowshow
  7. Benedict, David. " Slava's Snowshow, Old Vic" The Independent, December 15, 1997
  8. https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/slavas-snowshow-at-the-royal-festival-hall-2012-2013 " Slava's Snowshow at the Royal Festival Hall 2012/2013"
  9. Liber, Vera. "Review. Slava’s Snowshow" britishtheatreguide.info, accessed August 23, 2019
  10. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/119777-slavas-snowshow-201718?_ga=2.111080838.265052360.1566559968-739556186.1566559968 "Slava's Snowshow Southbank Centre"
  11. Szekeres, Joseph. "Review. Slava's Snowshow" onstageblog.com, December 11, 2018
  12. https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1998/ "Olivier Awards, 1998"