Eifman Ballet Saint Petersburg - Up & Down

Event location: London Coliseum. Ongoing event.

Eifman Ballet returns to the Coliseum this December with the UK premiere of Artistic Director Boris Eifman's awe-inspiring ballet Up & Down featuring the invigorating music of George Gershwin, Franz Schubert and Alban Berg. This special visit will also be a celebration of the internationally renowned Company's 40th anniversary.

Based on the 1934 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel 'Tender Is the Night', Up & Down follows the rise and fall of a promising young psychoanalyst and one of his patients; presenting the bizarre kaleidoscope of obsessions, fears and fragments of patients' minds. The characters' own ups and downs masterfully recreated by Boris Eifman and his dancers. Set in the Jazz Age - the piece evokes the unstoppable feast of life; the era of freedom, sensuality, and hedonism.

Eifman Ballet was established by Boris Eifman in 1977 and is one of the world's largest non-classical ballet Companies. Distinguished by its technique, dedication and high onstage intelligence, the Company is renowned among ballet fans the world over for works such as Tchaikovsky, Anna Karenina, Eugene Onegin, Rodin, Requiem and Red Giselle.

Prior to its London run, Up & Down will be visiting St Petersburg, Monte Carlo and Israel.

Set design by Zinovy Margolin

Costumes design by Olga Shaishmelashvili

Lighting design by Gleb Filshtinsky and Boris Eifman.

"Up & Down is a tragic and bright chronicle of a person's spiritual death. The story about how a dream of happiness turns into a disaster, and an externally beautiful and carefree life flowing to the rhythms of jazz - into a nightmare." Boris Eifman

"¦ there is no better story-telling choreographer around today."

Graham Watts, Dance Tabs (on Up & Down, St Petersburg, 2015)

When Can I Go?

Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th December 2016

7.30pm all days

2pm Saturday

How Does It Work?

You will receive a voucher after purchase please print and present on arrival.

Where do I go?

The London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES

Cancellation Policy

No refunds after purchase.