Last winter pleased lovers of vivid show programs. The Luzhniki Olympic Complex presented the Sinbad and Princess Anna ice show. The performance was prepared by the theater company Stage Entertainment, which organized many show programs throughout Europe and Russia. For example, she put: “The Wizard of Oz”, “The Snow Queen”, “Peter Pan on Ice”, “Sleeping Beauty” and others. Premiere of the ice show "Sinbad and Princess Anne" held in December 2015.
Stage directors and actors
The director of the performance was
Alexey Frandetti. Katharina Gravendil was the choreographer, who staged dances of artists on such shows as “Aladdin and the Firelord”, “Three Musketeers”. Composer Eugene Zagot composed excellent music for the performance of Sinbad and Princess Anna. The ice show, audience reviews emphasize this, many liked it. Particularly impressed with the skill of the protagonist, whose role was played by a young artist Mark Shapiro. In his 12 years, he became a real virtuoso in figure skating, having won many awards. Artists of cinema and theater, whom the viewer knows well, voiced the heroes of the performance. Actor Artem Pestrikov immediately played three charismatic personalities - the King, the Ship Coca and the main villain Morgan. A team of professional stuntmen, acrobats was in the role of a galleon of pirates and participated in battles.
Sinbad and Princess Anna - ice show, reviews about which included public impressions of rich virtual scenery. They were replaced on a 200-meter screen. Their developers previously created video installations for the Sochi Olympics.
Service "Luzhniki"
Buses run from the Sportivnaya metro station to the destination. They do not keep themselves waiting long and save visitors from a long walk. Safe parking for cars is located near the Olympic complex. At the entrance, Luzhniki employees sell two types of programs at different prices. The wardrobe is designed for a large number of visitors, there are places for changing clothes for children. The room has comfortable chairs with the ability to adjust them in height. The room is a bit cool, many spectators stayed in outerwear. During the intermission, animators entertain the kids in the lobby of the arena. They offer to participate in various competitions and games in order to maintain a good mood among all visitors.
The plot of the play
Girl Anya with her brother Alik went to the cinema for a film about the adventures of Sinbad. The boy was so carried away by the action that he ran to the screen. Suddenly, he is transferred to a fairy tale. Sister Anya rushes after her brother. They fall into the magical kingdom and become Princess Anne and
Prince Albert. Soon a disaster happens - the boy is kidnapped by pirates. The purpose of the villains is to achieve the abdication of the current king from the throne and rule by himself. Princess Anna went to Sinbad to ask him to help free her brother. She disguises herself as a young man and arranges to work on a ship of a seaman. Sinbad sets off in search of pirates.
In the course of events, pictures complementing the action are broadcast on the screen. Sailor ship gets into the storm. The crew remained alive, but the ship needed repairs. They anchor at the island where Cyclops lives. The frightened team soon discovered that the monster was good and harmless. The funny character is like the minion from the Despicable Me cartoon. All together they repair the ship and go on a further journey. Soon, a sailor with his crew swims to a pirate island. Along the way, he encounters treacherous sirens who wanted to destroy them, but Anna was able to save everyone. Helping the team was worth revealing the girl’s secret. The mariner, after listening to the story of Anna, decided to leave her on the ship. This ends the first part of the presentation.
Continued after intermission
The beginning of the second part was marked by the wild dance of the pirates at the party. The sailor's team crept up to a group of robbers. Soon the battle began, the result of which was the salvation of Prince Albert. Captain Morgan was defeated, and his last desire was to play the saxophone. All participants were fascinated by his wonderful game, and the king appoints him a court musician. The chief pirate thanks for the pardon and the new position. He is recruiting pirates into his future music band. All the characters are happy and dance the final dance.
Sinbad and Princess Anna - ice show: reviews
The performance was attended by a huge number of people. Of course, opinions about the presentation are different. The scenery and graphics received a low rating. The pirate ship was created from many screens, and its participation in the performance took no more than 3 minutes, as outraged visitors write. Unobtrusive music and easy-to-remember lyrics were noted. Dialogues of the heroes were composed with humor, both children and adults laughed. Impressed by the beautiful, vibrant costumes of the characters of the performance. Thanks to the colorful laser show, the ice arena has become a magical island. The Sinbad and Princess Anna show was sponsored by a cinema network. In this regard, periodically in the submission, trailers of films that are being rented were broadcast, and movie heroes appeared. So, in one of the numbers there were actors dressed as Batman and Spider-Man. The program mentioned the goal of the authors to ridicule the world's cliches in the cinema. The main characters of the performance turned out to be special, their characters did not quite correspond to the book originals.
Disadvantages of the animation program
Some adult viewers who visited the Sinbad and Princess Anna New Year's ice show were dissatisfied with a service that did not match the declared information in the program. So, there was a lack of animators, entertainment in the lobby. You could make up the children and take pictures with Santa Claus. A large number of stalls with expensive food. The auditorium, according to many reviews, contained many empty seats. Tickets for the show were on sale, no need to buy in a few months.
Reviews, reviews. The play "Sinbad and Princess Anne"
At the site of the film studio "Origo Film Studio" in Hungary, rehearsals of ice show about the adventures of children and a sailor. Training was not in vain. Foreign publications noted the good play of the actors and their professional skating in the territory, which was provided by a well-groomed ice arena. The Sinbad and Princess Anna show received positive reviews from experts. The level of general dances was especially appreciated. The solo numbers of the skaters consisted of many rotations. Elements such as double twist, double ejection of a rittberger, pair support, double sheepskin coat were performed.
According to TASS, it can be concluded that the performance is of good quality. The service wrote that viewers will see stunning numbers not only on ice, but also in the air, modern 3D animation, skating professionals, as well as colorful costumes. Dress designer is Tatyana Noginova, who works at the Mariinsky Theater. The stuntmen from the organization "Flying Cranes" participate in the performance. During the show, songs are performed by soloists of the productions Beauty and the Beast, Phantom of the Opera, and others.
Stars about performance
Sinbad and Princess Anna is an ice show, reviews of which were left by many theater and television artists. So, Nonna Grishaeva called the performance incredible and admitted that attention to the action was riveted to the last minute. Maxim Dunaevsky liked the musical accompaniment and lyrics. Actress Lisa Arzamasova noted the scenography. According to her, the transformation of the scenery with screens into a large ship looked incredible. Anastasia Makeeva felt the magical mood that reigned during the performance. The artists noted the lightness of the script, funny jokes and a friendly attitude towards children and adults.
Performance Features
Many guests were accommodated by the ice arena. The show "Sinbad and Princess Anna" was distinguished by unusual and colorful costumes of artists. So, the outfit for the
terracotta army weighs 10 kg, and in it the skaters had to do exciting tricks. The peculiarity of this costume is that from the side it seems that there is not one person, but three. The design is the artist himself, who is in the middle, and on the sides to it are attached models of bodies.
The battle in the air between the pirates and the Sinbad crew took place on masts 12 meters high. Professional acrobats and stuntmen were invited to flawlessly perform dangerous stunts. Thus, the ice show about adventure, the directors tried to make a high level. It turned out for them or not, it is up to the audience to decide.