Slava's Snowshow

Slava's Snowshow is a stage show created and staged by Russian performance artist Slava Polunin. The show won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience[1] and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.[2]

Slava's Snowshow
GenreContemporary circus
LocationRussia
Creative team
CreatorSlava Polunin
Official website
Slava Polunin in Snowshow

Productions

Slava's Snowshow made its world premiere in October 1993 in Moscow.[3]

Slava's Snowshow opened Off-Broadway on September 8, 2004 at the Union Square Theatre, created and staged by Slava Polunin, with costumes and scenic design by Anna Hannikainen.[4] The show closed on January 7, 2007.[5]

The show opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre on December 7, 2008 and closed on January 4, 2009 after 7 previews and 35 performances. The show was created and staged by Slava Polunin, with sound by Rastyam Dubinnikov, lighting by Alexander Pecherskiy and art direction by Gary Cherniakhovskii.[6]

The show opened at the Old Vic in London in 1997.[7] The show ran at the Royal Festival Hall, London from December 17, 2012 to January 7, 2013.[8][9] The show returned to the Royal Festival Hall from December 18, 2017 to January 4, 2018.[10] The show ran at the Bluma Appel Theatre at St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto in December 2018. The reviewer wrote: " 'Slava’s Snowshow' is a puzzling theatrical art form, but strangely alluring to watch as I couldn’t take my eyes off the performers. Their movements are precisely choreographed and timed either to the music or the sounds echoing throughout the auditorium."[11]

The show will run on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in a limited engagement starting on November 11, 2019 in previews through January 5, 2020.[3]

Overview

The show features a group of clowns wearing green with one clown wearing yellow, in a "celebration of winter and snow."[6]

Awards and nominations

The show won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.[4]

Anna Hannikainen was nominated for the 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume and Scenic Design.

Slava's Snowshow won the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.[12]

Music
  1. La Petite Fille de la mer - Vangelis
  2. Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
  3. Stalakdrama - Yello
  4. Peter Gunn Theme - Henry Mancini
  5. Bolero - Maurice Ravel
  6. Le soldat Tufalev se marie (Soldier Tufalev Gets Married) - Jean-Mark Zelwer
  7. Blue Canary - Vincent Fiorino
  8. Mas que Nada - Luiz Henrique Rosa
  9. Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
  10. Kaleb - Ivan Volkov
  11. Krasivaya - Roman Dubinnikov
  12. Illusion (feat. Jorge Struntz) - Stéphane Grappelli
  13. Edges of Illusion - John Surman
  14. Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo
  15. Carmina Burana - O Fortuna - Carl Orff
  16. Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

References
  1. Drama Desk archives Archived 2008-07-04 at archive.today
  2. TonyAwards.com
  3. Gans, Andrew. " Slava’s Snowshow Will Return to Broadway" Playbill, August 22, 2019
  4. Jones, Kenneth. " 'Slava's Snowshow' Hits NYC Milestone Nov. 5 With 500 Blizzards — and No End in Sight" Playbill, November 5, 2005
  5. "Slava's Snowshow Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed August 23, 2019
  6. Slava's Snowshow Playbill Vault, accessed August 23, 2019
  7. Benedict, David. " Slava's Snowshow, Old Vic" The Independent, December 15, 1997
  8. " Slava's Snowshow at the Royal Festival Hall 2012/2013" londontheatre.co.uk, March 13, 2012
  9. Liber, Vera. "Review. Slava’s Snowshow" britishtheatreguide.info, accessed August 23, 2019
  10. "Slava's Snowshow Southbank Centre" southbankcentre.co.uk, accessed August 23, 2019
  11. Szekeres, Joseph. "Review. Slava's Snowshow" onstageblog.com, December 11, 2018
  12. "Olivier Awards, 1998" officiallondontheatre.com, accessed August 23, 2019
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