"Tilda and the Dust Angel" premiere at Vanemuine
24th October 2020 Vanemuine Small Building
On 24th of October 2020 at 18.00 premieres children´s ballet Tilda and the Dust Angel (Tilda ja tolmuingel) at the Small Building of Vanemuine. The libreto is based on Andrus Kivirähk's book of the same title ("Tilda ja Tolmuingel").
On March 10th 2021, the production will be performed at the Estonian National Opera.
Estonian Ballet Union members have the possibility to by a half-price ticket to one of the shows! To book a discount ticket write to sanna@vanemuine.ee
From Vanemuine website one can read the following:
Andrus Kivirähk is undoubtedly one of Estonia’s best-loved children’s book writers of recent times. Tilda and the Dust Angel, featuring the exploits of nine-year-old Tilda and her friend made of dust, accompanied by beautiful illustrations, has now become a children’s ballet. And it’s certainly worth coming out for!
The events are sometimes farcical, humorous, sad, sentimental, but there’s always a point where we see the characters grow on the inside and find a forgotten memory, their true selves. Irina Šabarova’s illustrations and Kivirähk’s lively prose gave the stage production team many creative doors to open. Our own memories are behind some of the doors and now, in the course of producing this ballet, they want out … Vaiko Eplik, who wrote the music, often discovers surprising and unexpected things and Taavi Varm’s imaginative video installations enhance the value of the production greatly.
Mare Tommingas, director
Tilda’s father is dead and her mother doesn’t have time or inclination for fun and jolly kinds of activities. And so, a magical creature comes to life from the dust in the attic and flies in Tilda’s window. Sometimes when we worry, we forget important things – the things that really should be remembered at all cost. Dust and little dust angels have always existed and remember everything!
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER, STAGE DESIGN CONCEPT: MARE TOMMINGAS
COMPOSER AND SOUND EFFECTS: VAIKO EPLIK
STAGE & COSTUME DESIGNER: TAKINADA
VIDEO DESIGNER AND ANIMATOR: TAAVI VARM
LIGHTING DESIGNER: PRIIDU ADLAS
IN ROLES: TILDA: MIINA ELIISE LUTS/JETTE PRUULMANN, DUST ANGEL: GERARDO AVELAR/GUS UPCHURCH
VANEMUINE THEATRE BALLET ARTISTS AND THE STUDENTS OF THE VANEMUINE DANCE AND BALLET SCHOOL
On March 10th 2021, the production will be performed at the Estonian National Opera.
Estonian Ballet Union members have the possibility to by a half-price ticket to one of the shows! To book a discount ticket write to sanna@vanemuine.ee
From Vanemuine website one can read the following:
Andrus Kivirähk is undoubtedly one of Estonia’s best-loved children’s book writers of recent times. Tilda and the Dust Angel, featuring the exploits of nine-year-old Tilda and her friend made of dust, accompanied by beautiful illustrations, has now become a children’s ballet. And it’s certainly worth coming out for!
The events are sometimes farcical, humorous, sad, sentimental, but there’s always a point where we see the characters grow on the inside and find a forgotten memory, their true selves. Irina Šabarova’s illustrations and Kivirähk’s lively prose gave the stage production team many creative doors to open. Our own memories are behind some of the doors and now, in the course of producing this ballet, they want out … Vaiko Eplik, who wrote the music, often discovers surprising and unexpected things and Taavi Varm’s imaginative video installations enhance the value of the production greatly.
Mare Tommingas, director
Tilda’s father is dead and her mother doesn’t have time or inclination for fun and jolly kinds of activities. And so, a magical creature comes to life from the dust in the attic and flies in Tilda’s window. Sometimes when we worry, we forget important things – the things that really should be remembered at all cost. Dust and little dust angels have always existed and remember everything!
The adventures of nine-year-old Tilda and her friend made of dust!
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER, STAGE DESIGN CONCEPT: MARE TOMMINGAS
COMPOSER AND SOUND EFFECTS: VAIKO EPLIK
STAGE & COSTUME DESIGNER: TAKINADA
VIDEO DESIGNER AND ANIMATOR: TAAVI VARM
LIGHTING DESIGNER: PRIIDU ADLAS
IN ROLES: TILDA: MIINA ELIISE LUTS/JETTE PRUULMANN, DUST ANGEL: GERARDO AVELAR/GUS UPCHURCH
VANEMUINE THEATRE BALLET ARTISTS AND THE STUDENTS OF THE VANEMUINE DANCE AND BALLET SCHOOL