
Grand Kyiv Ballet: Children of the Night
The premiere of the neoclassical ballet “Children of the Night” took place in 2018. Choreographer-director Oleksandr Abdukarimov created the play, inspired by the love and dance of Oleksandr Stoianovand Katerina Kukhar.
The ballet is based on the ancient Greek legend about Androgynes, mythical creatures who once had two pairs of arms and legs and two faces on one head. For disobedience, Zeus punished them and divided them into two parts—male and female. Since then, each particle has been forced to look for its mate.
The phrase “Find your soulmate” appeared thanks to this legend. No one touched this topic in ballet before. The legend is told with, accompanied by, musical motifs of famous and prominent composers.