Ballet

Nixon

Choreocraphic-political tragedy.

Choreographer-producer: Janek Savolainen
Stage Designers: Liina Unt and Janek Savolainen

In Roles: Aivar Kallaste, Mari Savitski, Rufina Noor, Katrin Pärn, Maarja Paugus, Viktor Larionov, Sirje Põder, Rita Dolgihh, Marika Aidla, Valmar Pantšenko, Keegan May

Running Time:

1:15

Performances:

"All you have got to do in this country of ours is just to tell the people the truth, and not to hide anything from them."
(Richard Nixon, September 1952)

"He belongs to the world, but he is still very much mine."
(Hannah Nixon, Richard Nixon’s mother, 1960)

"Sometimes I think I never really knew him, and I was as close to him as anyone…he was a mystery."
(Ola Florence Welch, Nixon’s first love)

"Organised crime will put a man in the White House someday, and he won’t even know it until they hand him the bill."
(Ralph Galerno, congressional consultant on organised crime)

"Does a man "enjoy" crises?...I find it especially difficult to answer this question."
(Richard Nixon, 1962)

The premier on 30 November 2006 in the Harbour Theatre

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