Infinita Frida is the first ballet quest inside the Telegram and Facebook messengers, created by the independent creative association MAD Company. You will go through a performance-game, in which the development of the plot depends only on your choice. The chat will tell you stories from the life of the great artist Frida Kahlo and ask questions. Answer correctly - you will move on to a new episode of the ballet. Wrong - game over.
Frida Kahlo proved with her life and work that an artist can breathe deeply, despite the forced restrictions. It was this idea that inspired the Russian choreographer Yury Smekalov and his independent creative association MAD Company to create a ballet in a new format, observing the self-isolation regime.
You will see world ballet stars from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Berlin. You will hear music performed by the St. Petersburg orchestra "Tavrichesky" and a specially assembled international orchestra with musicians from 5 countries. And all this inside your messenger.
Production team
of the digital versions of the performance
Artistic director, choreographer and director — Yury Smekalov
Composer — Alexander Maev
Set designer — Elisey Shepelev
Make-up artist — Olga Kostenetskaya
Assistant choreographer — Victoria Litvinova
Editor — Anna Gorbunova
Translator — Maria Ivanova
The performance features the song Inifnita Frida with lyrics by Ruben Dario Flores
Characters and performers (2015/ 2020)
Frida Kahlo/ artist Lisa — Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (State Ballet Berlin)
Diego Rivera/ Yellow color — Mikhail Kaniskin (State Ballet Berlin)
Alejandro, Frida's first love/ Light blue color — Dinu Tamazlakaru (Berlin State Ballet)
Leon Trotsky/ Red color — Vladimir Shklyarov (Mariinsky Theatre)
Natalia, Trotsky's wife/ Dark blue color — Anna Lavrinenko (Mariinsky Theatre) / Maria Shirinkina (Mariinsky Theatre)
Doctor Leo Eloesser/ White color — Igor Kolb (Mariinsky Theatre) / Yury Smekalov (Mariinsky Theatre)
Death/ Black color — Beatrice Knop (Berlin State Ballet)/ Victoria Litvinova (MAD Company, Bolshoi Theatre)
Christina, Frida's sister/ Green color — Victoria Brileva (Mariinsky Theatre)
Liza, a girl — Maria Koshkareva (student of the A.Y. Vaganova)
The video version of the performance featured Lyubov Andreeva (Boris Eifman Ballet Theater) in the image of Frida Kahlo
The ballet quest features music performed by
The State Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Region "Tavrichesky".
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor — Mikhail Golikov
International Combined Orchestra of the Infinita Frida Project.
Artistic Director of the Combined Orchestra — Yaroslav Zaboyarkin
Photos by Yulia Mikheeva