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Show Tuesday, December 6, 1988 Chronicle - Page Four ACCENT ovleff vlsitoofS' attemid ytah Balers "aimeinir Offer insight into differences between American and Russian ballet r By view with the Chronicle, offered personal insights into the differences between Russian and American ballet Understanding the distinctions between college and professional ballet, Kondratiev said he delighted in seeing Carmen performed by any ballet group in any culture. "I like this ballet," he said. "And everytime (I see it), I enjoy myself. And this performance is a little bit different from what I saw before (in Moscow)." Kondratiev added there were profound differences between the Russian ballet's presentation of Carmen and the Utah Ballet's performance. "The stage is a little bit different," he said. "In Moscow, I saw this ballet one day at the Bolshoi Theatre, and their stage is very huge." Kondratiev said the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow seats many more people than ballet theatres in the United States. But despite size differences of the stage and the ballet hall, he added there are other specific distinctions in overall production of this and other ballets. He explained that the Moscow theatre uses costumes, lights and set design in a vastly different way than the Utah Ballet's presentation of Carmen!. But he also added, regardless of these variations, much about Carmen has stayed the same and has endured all cultures. . "You see, there is something common," he said. 'The ballet itself is the ballet, and what was written, by the author, it remains." - Kondratiev said he liked being able to visit a country as diversely different as the United States and to enjoy an art form so popular in Russia. He added that through appreciation of the arts, separate and distinguished civilizations are joined together in a common bond. "We can say that politics and economics have boundaries," he said. "But the arts, they have no boundaries at all, and everybody can understand this art and this ballet and it unites people." Isaiah Stewart Chronicle staff writer As the University of Utah Dance Building filled with an excited, anxious audience Friday, six visitors from the Soviet Union filed into their seats anticipating the Utah Ballet performance of Carmen! Ballet is of great cultural importance in Russia, and these six Soviet men recently attended at the famous Moscow Bolshoi Theatre. For these men, tonight would be a night of artistic international interest. Alexander Kondratiev, a resident of Moscow, sat calm- - "We can say that politics and economics have boundaries. But the arts, they have no boundaries at all, and everybody can understand this art and this ballet and it unites ' people." - - ly with five other Soviet guests, and quietly watched the stage as the opening scene of Carmen! began. With graceful, elegant dancing, the ballet sprung to life as Carmen, a gypsy dancer, and Don Jose, a sergeant, executed flirtatious ballet steps to build conflict in this tragic story. Applauding the different acts and scenes of Carmen!, the Russian men continued to watch the ballet as the jealous Don Jose stabbed a lieutenant, and fled the scene, attempting to escape punishment. The second scene delivered the final dancing con- frontation as Jose, driven violent by Carmen's disinterest in him and affectionate interest in Escamillo, a charming bullfighter, pulled his knife and in a fit of v : rage stabbed her, too; At the end of Carmen!, Kondratiev vigorously applauded the ballet ensemble and later in an inter f Six Soviet Union visitors attended Utah Ballet's performance of Carmen! last Friday. U . prof mixes work, travel Br Arlene Calkins , ; Chronicle staff writer . 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