381:
27:
407:
419:
241:(Leningrad at that time). Garayev used a soft, melodic music, which turns lyrical and passionate in the love scene, while the conflict with the girl's father and the other whites is accompanied by harsh, dissonant music. The lovers die in the course of conflict, but the people rise up against the
469:
211:
147:
95:
67:
74:
37:
307:
384:
81:
464:
454:
63:
459:
444:
439:
52:
449:
88:
397:
300:
48:
347:
226:, the ballet tells the story of a forbidden love between a black teacher and a white girl in 1940s
365:
265:
44:
331:
411:
293:
8:
237:(called S. M. Kirov Leningrad State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet at the time) in
127:
234:
175:
242:
238:
179:
245:
towards them, leading themselves to the Path of
Thunder, the way of liberation.
223:
161:
277:
433:
423:
316:
249:
230:
219:
215:
137:
253:
248:
Many other versions of the ballet have been staged throughout the former
227:
26:
207:
222:
by
Konstantin Sergeyev. Inspired by the 1948 eponymous novel of
285:
203:
395:
431:
301:
53:introducing citations to additional sources
308:
294:
43:Relevant discussion may be found on the
470:Ballets about apartheid in South Africa
432:
289:
281:, piano performance by Zema Baghirova
20:
13:
14:
481:
271:
64:"The Path of Thunder" ballet
417:
405:
380:
379:
315:
36:relies largely or entirely on a
25:
233:. The ballet premiered at the
1:
7:
465:Ballets set in South Africa
455:Ballets based on literature
259:
10:
486:
375:
358:
323:
252:, and in 1967 it won the
187:
167:
153:
143:
133:
123:
118:
460:Ballets set in the 1940s
266:List of ballets by title
445:Ballets by Gara Garayev
440:1958 ballet premieres
450:Ballet in Azerbaijan
49:improve this article
340:The Path of Thunder
279:The Path of Thunder
206:in three acts with
199:The Path of Thunder
158:The Path of Thunder
128:Konstantin Sergeyev
119:The Path of Thunder
393:
392:
243:racial prejudices
235:Mariinsky Theatre
195:
194:
176:Mariinsky Theatre
114:
113:
99:
477:
422:
421:
420:
410:
409:
408:
401:
383:
382:
348:Leyli and Majnun
310:
303:
296:
287:
286:
239:Saint Petersburg
183:
182:
180:Saint Petersburg
116:
115:
109:
106:
100:
98:
57:
29:
21:
485:
484:
480:
479:
478:
476:
475:
474:
430:
429:
428:
418:
416:
412:Classical music
406:
404:
396:
394:
389:
371:
354:
319:
314:
274:
262:
174:
173:
171:
110:
104:
101:
58:
56:
42:
30:
17:
12:
11:
5:
483:
473:
472:
467:
462:
457:
452:
447:
442:
427:
426:
414:
391:
390:
388:
387:
376:
373:
372:
370:
369:
366:Symphony No. 3
362:
360:
356:
355:
353:
352:
344:
336:
332:Seven Beauties
327:
325:
321:
320:
313:
312:
305:
298:
290:
284:
283:
273:
272:External links
270:
269:
268:
261:
258:
224:Peter Abrahams
212:Yuri Slonimsky
193:
192:
189:
185:
184:
172:4 January 1958
169:
165:
164:
162:Peter Abrahams
155:
151:
150:
148:Yuri Slonimsky
145:
141:
140:
135:
131:
130:
125:
121:
120:
112:
111:
47:. Please help
33:
31:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
482:
471:
468:
466:
463:
461:
458:
456:
453:
451:
448:
446:
443:
441:
438:
437:
435:
425:
415:
413:
403:
402:
399:
386:
378:
377:
374:
367:
364:
363:
361:
357:
350:
349:
345:
342:
341:
337:
334:
333:
329:
328:
326:
322:
318:
311:
306:
304:
299:
297:
292:
291:
288:
282:
280:
276:
275:
267:
264:
263:
257:
255:
251:
246:
244:
240:
236:
232:
229:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
205:
201:
200:
190:
186:
181:
177:
170:
166:
163:
159:
156:
152:
149:
146:
142:
139:
136:
132:
129:
126:
124:Choreographer
122:
117:
108:
97:
94:
90:
87:
83:
80:
76:
73:
69:
66: –
65:
61:
60:Find sources:
54:
50:
46:
40:
39:
38:single source
34:This article
32:
28:
23:
22:
19:
346:
339:
338:
330:
317:Gara Garayev
278:
250:Soviet Union
247:
231:South Africa
220:choreography
216:Gara Garayev
198:
197:
196:
157:
138:Gara Garayev
102:
92:
85:
78:
71:
59:
35:
18:
254:Lenin Prize
214:, music by
434:Categories
359:Symphonies
75:newspapers
228:Apartheid
160:novel by
45:talk page
385:Category
260:See also
208:libretto
191:V. Dorer
168:Premiere
154:Based on
144:Libretto
105:May 2015
398:Portals
324:Ballets
89:scholar
368:(1964)
351:(1969)
343:(1958)
335:(1952)
204:ballet
188:Design
91:
84:
77:
70:
62:
16:Ballet
424:Music
202:is a
134:Music
96:JSTOR
82:books
218:and
68:news
210:by
51:by
436::
256:.
178:,
400::
309:e
302:t
295:v
107:)
103:(
93:·
86:·
79:·
72:·
55:.
41:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.