Kulager

Based on the poem "Kulager" by Ilyas Dzhansugurov
International programme
1 June 2024Saturday
19:00
Drama Theatre named after A. Koltsov

Musrepov Kazakh State Academic Theatre for Children and Youth (Kazakhstan) 

Director – Farkhad Moldagali

Premiered on March 4th, 2020

Duration: 1 hour without an intermission

The production took part in the IV International Youth Theatre Forum of the CIS, the Baltic States, and Georgia (2021, Taskent, Uzbekistan)

Laureate of the IX International Theatre festival ART-ORDO in three categories (Bishkek, 2023)

At the core of the performance lies the poem "Kulager", the pinnacle of creativity of the classic of Kazakh literature Ilyas Dzhansugurov. The story about the great Kazakh poet and singer Akhan Sere and the tragic death of his beloved stallion Kulager who was killed by Akhan’s envious enemies during the race is presented as soundrama genre – music-plastic form where sound, music, intonation pattern of speech and movement merge together to fully expose the director’s metaphor.

"Kulager generally stands for all people who crave for some ideal. There are always some others who attempt to stop them. This also goes for artists." Farkhad Moldagali

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