Maxim Sevagin

Choreographer Maxim Sevagin, ballet artistic director at MAMT at the age of 24 this year, gave an interview to Afisha Daily. We have collected the most interesting quotes: about the “new ethics”, the blackface in ballet, the “cancellation” of the Russian language and immigration.

The choreographer commented on the work of the theater in the conditions of the “cancellation” of everything Russian in the world and plans for “import substitution”.

Maxim Sevagin

Sevagin, who choreographed Konstantin Bogomolov’s Romeo and Juliet, also shared his thoughts on how the “new ethics” influenced ballet, especially classical productions.

At the same time, the choreographer said that “it is not necessary to paint the face black,” since in ballet everything is expressed above all “plasticity and dance.”

Sevagin also commented on the opposite situation when historical inaccuracies are allowed in a modern work of art—for example, when dark-skinned actors play aristocrats in the Bridgertons.

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The choreographer also touched on the issue of immigration, noting that, according to her feelings, several of her colleagues, most of whom are citizens of other countries, have left and that there will be no shortage of personnel in the Russian ballet. At the same time, Sevagin admitted that after graduating from the Russian Ballet Academy, once the thought of leaving appeared in her.

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As the troupe’s artistic director, Sevagin replaced the well-known and more experienced French choreographer Laurent Hilaire. Sevagin treated the team entrusted to him with all sensitivity – he has no radical ideas about personnel policy.

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