The contemporary ballet "Saga" choreographed and directed by Risima Rysimkin is staged at the NOB
The latest ballet production of the National Opera and Ballet is the contemporary ballet entitled "Saga" (Identities), choreographed and directed by Risima Rysimkin.
The play is set to music by Toni Kitanovski with a libretto by Matea Mijanović and Risima Risimkin, while the costumes are by Risimkin's constant collaborator, Blagoj Micevski, and the scenography is by Matea Mijanović. The light design was prepared by Milcho Alexandrov.
According to the choreographer Rysimkin, it is about the "Saga of the seventh eighth or the fate of the moment. A key to the times we live in. Whirlwind, feelings in a row, fusion, passion, uniqueness of the moment. People. A woman. A man. Space. History. Time. Future. Sketches and Pictures of Our Existence'.
A large ballet team participates in the performance of the ballet, as well as the premieres, soloists and the ensemble of the Ballet of NU National Opera and Ballet. The first two performances of the ballet took place on October 6 and 7 on the big stage of the NOB.
(The text was published in "Cultural Press" number 199, in the printed edition of the newspaper "Sloboden Pechat" on 7-8.10.2023)
