The Great Gatsby

Story Ballet in Two Acts by Leo Mujić

The internationally renowned choreographer Leo Mujić, who has conceived in recent years a series of successful story ballets, found the source material for his new choreography in the famous novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby (1925). The distinguished work from the treasury of the classical American literature exposes in a highly critical tone the negative dimensions of the great American dream and the rigidity of the decadent high society circles in New York between the two world wars that did not allow transitions between social classes. The lavish narrative of a mysterious, rich man who becomes a victim of his own love and beliefs is also a story about the lovers who are not destined to be together. It is set in the world of unimaginable wealth, intoxication and dark obsessions, saturated by a terrible moral emptiness. Although the central hero whose triumphal path leads to ruin is conceived as a myth, his tragic demise still implies the idea that man as an individual should be treated as an important entity after all. And last but not least, all of the above will sooner or later remind us of the world we live in today, where the true values become more and more distorted. The musical image of this performance is inspired by the lively, dynamic and cosmopolitan energy of the outstanding American composers.

Text: Tatjana Ažman

Program and cast

Music by: Philip Glass, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Louis Prima, Samuel Barber, Glenn Miller, George Whitefield Chadwick

Stage Adaptation and Choreography by: Leo Mujić

Set Designer: Stefano Katunar

Costume Designer: Manuela Paladin Šabanović

Lighting Designer: Aleksandar Čavlek

Dramaturg: Bálint Rauscher

Assistant Set Designer: Nastja Miheljak

Performance Assistants: Viktor Isajčev, Olga Andreeva, Ana Klašnja, Rita Pollacchi

Dramaturgical Consultancy: Tatjana Ažman

Entire cast

Jay Gatsby: Kenta Yamamoto

Tom Buchanan: Filip Jurič

Daisy Buchanan: Tjaša Kmetec

Jordan Baker: Marin Ino

Nick Carraway: Lukas Bareman

George B. Wilson: Oleksandr Koriakovskyi

Myrtle Wilson: Erica Pinzano

Meyer Wolfsheim: Yujin Muraishi

Marlene Wood: Nina Noč

Catherine: Mariya Pavlyukova

Chester McKee: Matteo Moretto

Mrs. McKee: Gabriela Mede

Gossiping Twins: Urša Vidmar, Romana Kmetič

Opera Diva Florence Foster Jenkins: Georgeta Capraroiu

Maid from Finland: Sorina Dimache

Teddy Barton: Matteo Moretto

Party Girl: Katja Romšek

Pastry Chefs and Party Boys: Yuki Seki and Gregor Guštin

Mr. Slagle: Alexandru Barbu

Lead Dancer at the Bar: Filippo Jorio

Mr. Owl: Goran Tatar

Mr. Herzog: Tomaž Horvat

Walter Chase: Gaj Rudolf

Maids: Barbara Potokar and Eva Gašparič

Daisy’s Mother: Enisa Hodžić

Psychiatrist: Iulian Ermalai

Gilda Gray: Mateja Železnik (guest artist)

Waiters: Alexandru Barbu, Gaj Rudolf

Postman: Aleks Theo Šišernik

Soldier: Filippo Jorio

Policemen: Alexandru Barbu, Gaj Rudolf

Ensemble:
Lara Flegar, Gabriela Mede, Emilie Gallerani Tassinari, Denise Di Cicco, Tasja Šarler Vogrin, Mariya Pavlyukova, Barbara Potokar, Julianna C. Dreyssig, Neža Rus
Filippo Jorio, Matteo Moretto, Hugo Mbeng, Yujin Muraishi, Aleks Theo Šišernik, Solomon Osazuva, Yuki Seki