Ruslan und Ljudmila

A bel canto discovery in the fairy-tale land becomes a contemporary story of liberation. How can one live and love in a restrictive system that prioritizes security over freedom and equality? The staging translates the Russian fairy tale into the emancipatory narrative of a young generation. Thus, Mikhail Glinka's dwarfs become social constraints, and in place of dependence on the heroism of a patriarchal order, the desire for autonomous self-liberation emerges.