“Macondo Swing” is my second ballet. It is based on the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”.
“Macondo Swing” is an epic 45-minute work which consists of 111 episodes. At any given place in the score, anywhere from one to seven different episodes unfold simultaneously.
“Macondo Swing” does not tell a linear story but rather is a composition that presents a variety of images and characters, which unfold simultaneously. No character, no musical material is repeated. There is no plot. There is no cause-effect relationship between musical episodes. Altogether, these musical images form a circle, most dense at the center. In the end, the circle is destroyed by an outer force. The novel and the ballet are conceptually and structurally the same.
The musical episodes bear three different ’signs of place’: episodes #1-52 are 52 different expositions, episodes #53-95 are 43 different developments, and episodes #96-110 are 15 different conclusions. Episode #111 is based on the famous Gregorian chant Dies Irae. It keeps the form of the ballet open.
Choreography should not copy musical structures. It should develop its own counterpoint forms which will bring additional dimensions to the ballet.
Synchronous music enables the simultaneous co-existence of different time-frames, styles, tempi and forms.
The musical form of “Macondo Swing” is also reminiscent of a crystal, where different surfaces and designs can be observed simultaneously. By “turning the crystal”, the musical form unfolds.
Yesterday night I finished inking the manuscript of ‘Macondo Swing’ ballet. Then I left for a walk. In less than an hour I was back… there were thousands of ants all over the place.
Frank Wuterich, who gave an order to kill 24 peaceful Iraqis including women and children, has received NO death penalty or even one-day jail sentence! Thank you, the ‘most human and fair’ court in the world – the US court!: http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/01/23/wuterich-in-plea-deal-at-war-crimes-trial/ Do you respect the US court?
As long as the ‘US justice’ will continue the terror will continue and 9.11 will repeat again and again.
Serial killer Wuterich as well as most American prostitutes have nice Wiki pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wuterich
KKK and ‘US patriotic’ sites supporting American war criminals have no problems: http://www.frankwuterich.com/
All Wiki articles about composer Evgeni Kostitsyn have been deleted including an article in Cherokee language … US democracy works.
What democracy tool do you prefer: nuclear bomb, agent orange, depleted uranium or waterboarding? Should US employ gas chambers too? There is no democracy without gas chambers, folks! Or gas chambers are a little bit old-fashioned? Well…
Should we export chairs for electric execution together with democracy? Just as a bonus? I’m sure, the US taxpayers would be happy their money to be spent this way. So people around the globe would learn about benefits of electricity.
The music score of “Macondo Swing” ballet was published today:
http://www.kostitsyn.org/macondo_swing.php
“Macondo Swing” is my second ballet. It is based on the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”.
“Macondo Swing” is an epic 45-minute work which consists of 111 episodes. At any given place in the score, anywhere from one to seven different episodes unfold simultaneously.
“Macondo Swing” does not tell a linear story but rather is a composition that presents a variety of images and characters, which unfold simultaneously. No character, no musical material is repeated. There is no plot. There is no cause-effect relationship between musical episodes. Altogether, these musical images form a circle, most dense at the center. In the end, the circle is destroyed by an outer force. The novel and the ballet are conceptually and structurally the same.
The musical episodes bear three different ’signs of place’: episodes #1-52 are 52 different expositions, episodes #53-95 are 43 different developments, and episodes #96-110 are 15 different conclusions. Episode #111 is based on the famous Gregorian chant Dies Irae. It keeps the form of the ballet open.
Choreography should not copy musical structures. It should develop its own counterpoint forms which will bring additional dimensions to the ballet.
Synchronous music enables the simultaneous co-existence of different time-frames, styles, tempi and forms.
The musical form of “Macondo Swing” is also reminiscent of a crystal, where different surfaces and designs can be observed simultaneously. By “turning the crystal”, the musical form unfolds.
The Macondo Spirit
Yesterday night I finished inking the manuscript of ‘Macondo Swing’ ballet. Then I left for a walk. In less than an hour I was back… there were thousands of ants all over the place.
Should we announce Satanism the official religion of the US? …just to make it official. It has been a long time overdue.
Frank Wuterich, who gave an order to kill 24 peaceful Iraqis including women and children, has received NO death penalty or even one-day jail sentence! Thank you, the ‘most human and fair’ court in the world – the US court!: http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/01/23/wuterich-in-plea-deal-at-war-crimes-trial/ Do you respect the US court?
As long as the ‘US justice’ will continue the terror will continue and 9.11 will repeat again and again.
Serial killer Wuterich as well as most American prostitutes have nice Wiki pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wuterich
KKK and ‘US patriotic’ sites supporting American war criminals have no problems: http://www.frankwuterich.com/
All Wiki articles about composer Evgeni Kostitsyn have been deleted including an article in Cherokee language … US democracy works.
What democracy tool do you prefer: nuclear bomb, agent orange, depleted uranium or waterboarding? Should US employ gas chambers too? There is no democracy without gas chambers, folks! Or gas chambers are a little bit old-fashioned? Well…
Should we export chairs for electric execution together with democracy? Just as a bonus? I’m sure, the US taxpayers would be happy their money to be spent this way. So people around the globe would learn about benefits of electricity.