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Renowned Composer Anton Brejestovski Produces Major New Three Act Ballet for Apogee's Artists in Res
Added: (Tue Oct 31 2006)
New York and Moscow, October 31, 2006 (eMediaWire and RNWire) – The Apogee Foundation announced today that its internationally renowned Artist in Residence, composer Anton Brejestovski, has completed work on a full length original ballet entitled "The Faerie Queen," which will be produced for stage and screen by Apogee's media & entertainment partner Aurience Ltd.
For more information on The Faerie Queen, to hear musical excerpts and read a summary of the libretto, please visit the Foundation's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/programs/productions/faerie.php
Apogee launched its Artists in Residence program in 2005 to engage elite creative talent for development of works advancing human excellence in the performing arts. Mr. Brejestovski was selected for the distinction of serving as the inaugural Apogee Artist in Residence. With the libretto and score for The Faerie Queen now complete, Apogee will now award the most talented available choreographer a further residency position to complete this collaborative project.
For more information on Apogee's Artist in Residence program, please see Apogee's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awards/residence.php
Born on 7 May 1971, Anton Brejestovski is based in Moscow, Russia. He seeks in his music to show realities beyond the physical world in their fullest depth and diversity. Mr. Brejestovski has become internationally recognized over the past decade for his development of musical, spoken and written languages reflecting the complex aesthetics of the faerie realm. His record of successful productions includes two ballets, four films, multiple theater productions, an opera, numerous academic works, and six globally distributed CDs including the widely acclaimed Elvenmusic series.
For more information on Anton Brejestovski, please see Apogee's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/people/residents/brejestovski.php
Since 1999, Apogee has commissioned and participated in the development and production of original performance art to expand and showcase the talents of its beneficiaries at each stage of their careers. The deeply nuanced libretto for The Faerie Queen was developed in creative collaboration over the course of the past year by Mr. Brejestovski and Apogee President Kenneth Schneider. It follows the fortunes of Thomas who, by virtue of both extraordinary talents and events, enters the faerie realm and falls in love with the Faerie Queen. His experiences there and his eventual return to the human world serve to highlight these realms' contrasting aesthetics and values. Each of the ballet's three acts contains a breathtaking pas-de-deux for the ballet's principal dancers.
For more information on original performance art commissioned by the Foundation, please see Apogee's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/programs/productions/original.php
Apogee Composer in Residence Anton Brejestovski said: "This is my biggest and best composition so far, to which so much of my work over the past decade has formed a prelude. Since my early childhood I have felt the enchantment of the world of Faerie, its unattainable beauty and the perfection of its music compared to the human world, and I've tried to convey all of this through the ballet."
Apogee President Kenneth Schneider said: "The Faerie Queen affirms the human potential to achieve excellence through the arts, and it is a privilege to collaborate with such visionary talent to further this mission around the world. We could not have asked for a better Artist in Residence or a better masterpiece to represent these qualities of artistic excellence than Anton Brejestovski and The Faerie Queen."
To view this news release with full photographic content as well as in printer friendly format, and to obtain translations into other languages as they become available, please refer to the Foundation's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awareness/2006-2007/pr061031.php
About The Apogee Foundation
The Apogee Foundation began activities in Russia in 1997 and was incorporated in the United States in 2004 as a New York based not-for-profit corporation. Apogee is dedicated to the development of human excellence in the performing arts. It supports cultural institutions and individual artists, providing administrative, promotional, and financial support to help talented individuals achieve their full potential, and enabling this potential to be showcased to the world.
Contact
Kenneth Schneider, Apogee President
1001 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10018-5411 (USA)
+1.646.461.6196 or +1.888.APOGEE.8
Fax: +1.646.292.5101
www.ApogeeFoundation.org
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