Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre

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With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows

Based on the book by Sandra Kalniete

Opening – 19.05.2023. (Main Stage)

Duration – 1 h 50 min (no intermission)

16+

In Russian and Latvian, with Latvian and Russian (or Engliish) surtitles.

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Creative team:

Director
Laura Groza

Set Designer
MAREUNROL'S

Costumes Designer
MAREUNROL'S

Playwright
Arturs Dicis

Translator
Lina Ovchinnikova

Video Designer
-8

Music
Rudolfs Dankfelds, Mikelis Putninsh

Lighting Design
Maxim Ustimov

Stage Manager
Inga Grams

Cast:

Ligita
Inga Misāne-Grasberga Emilia and others
Veronika Plotnikova Milda, Yelena, Marianna and others
Darja Fechina Janis, Aivars and others
Rodion Kuzmin Janis, Aivars and others
Anatoly Fechin Victor, Alexander and others
Ivan Straltsou Milda, Yelena, Marianna and others
Olga Nikulina

This is a true story of several generations of one family that experienced one of the greatest evils committed by Stalin's totalitarian regime – the forced mass deportations from Soviet-occupied Latvia to Siberia in 1941 and 1949. The stories of the people subjected to the deportations are inherently similar – the individuals may be different, yet the time, place, sense of impunity, and experience of dehumanisation remain the same. In the great swaths of frozen Siberia, the ones that managed to survive were those, who retained in their hearts a love for humanity and enduring faith in the miracle of returning home.