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Music: Igor Stravinsky

 

Choreography: Linda MacArthur Miele, after Michel Fokine

 

Costumes: Gail Csoboth

 

Set: Frederick Bernier

 

Premiere: 2007, Maine State Ballet’s Lopez Theater, Falmouth, Maine

 

Original Cast: Frederick Bernier, Glenn Davis, Janet Davis, Danica Holtan, Katie DeSantis

 

Synopsis:

Set to the haunting Stravinsky score, The Firebird tells the story of Prince Ivan’s quest to free Princess Elena from the grasp of the evil sorcerer, Kostchei. Along the way he encounters and catches a dazzling, magical bird, the Firebird. To be set free, she gives him a feather and tells him to call on her if he needs help. As Ivan is caught by Kotschei and doomed to destruction, he summons the beautiful Firebird to his aid.