Choreographer: Pamela O’Briant
Costume Designer: Zach Kobylarz
Lighting Designer: Chris Warzynski
Shifting Perspectives: In The Shadow of The Red Poppy
Artistic Director: Gretchen McLaine
Photography: David Mandel and Annie Morraye
Music: Exerpts from The Red Poppy, composed by Reinhold Glière; performed by St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
Location: College of Charleston
Sottile Theatre
Premiering in 1927, The Red Poppy was the first ballet endorsed by the Soviet Union. While the ballet has been criticized for its portrayal of Chinese culture, this version focuses on a double suicide by two members of the corps de ballet that occured during a live performance.
