Ballet

Dance Marathon

(Tantsumaraton)

An exhausting dance marathon that lasts for days – the winner gets a sum of money that will help to pay the rent or buy a ticket to a better life...

Choreographer-producer: Mai Murdmaa
Stage Designer: Mai Murdmaa
Composer: Rainer Jancis
Light Designer: Airi Eras

In Roles: Mari Savitski, Ruslan Stepanov, Marika Aidla, Rita Dolgihh, Vladimirs Latišonoks, Polina Žukova, Viktor Larionov, Maarja Paugus, Janek Savolainen, Karina Domiševa, Valmar Pantšenko, Sirje Põder, Pavel Mokrov, Julia Litvinenko, Ivo Nudinš, Margus Jaanovits, Aivar Kallaste, Kais Adlas, Herta Elviste, Maimu Krinal, Tiit Lilleorg

Running Time:

1:45

Performances:

Based on Horace McCoy's novel They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? This is a serious story the wider context of which is the tough struggle for life and the primitiveness of consumerism; it is a story about a society that has not started to place a value on the self.
Mai Murdmaa has decided to use a different kind of synthesis that includes drama actors, dancers and a video installation. In addition the audience will hear live improvised music.
Sidney Pollack's film "They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?" in 1969 (starring Jane Fonda) was shown at the time in our cinemas, too.

The premiere on 14 October 2005 at the Harbour Theatre.