Director's version of the digital ballet by Yury Smekalov to the music of Alexander Maev.

MAD Company together with IVI and with the support of Gazprombank decided to give ballet fans the opportunity to enjoy the digital performance Infinita Frida from beginning to end — they created a version of the ballet quest, as Yury Smekalov himself would have gone through it.

The director's version on IVI is a ballet in two episodes, a continuous immersion in the performance created in the era of self-isolation, and an exciting story inspired by Frida Kahlo.

You can 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 is on the website of the online cinema IVI. The video is available free of charge to all viewers.

General Partner of Director's Cut on IVI Gasprombank

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