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Mowgli will be represented by international distributor, Dr. Reiner Moritz. We are very fortunate to be clients of the “most powerful musical film distributor in the world,“ according to award winning documentary film maker Marianna Kaats.
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March 3, 2010 A screening for Mowgli, at the National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NYC. Founded in 1898 as a gathering place for arts, artists, and audiences. Housed in the Tilden
Mansion, a National Historic Landmark.
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January 27, 2010 The first private screening of Mowgli is held at the National Academy of Arts and Television Sciences. “Meet the Filmaker Clemente D’Alessio,” produced a full room of enthusiastic viewers! “Magnificent,” “entertaining,” and “original” were a few of the adjectives voiced by this knowledgeable and professional group. NATAS awards Emmys for creations which strive to improve the quality of television.
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June 19th 2009 Angela Lansbury films the “Host” segment for Mowgli at the Russian Tea Room, 150 West 57th St. NYC, www.russiantearoomnyc.com. All of us collaborating on the Mowgli project are very grateful to Ms. Lansbury for her gracious support of Mowgli and Russian performing arts.
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February 3, 2008, Legendary Performances and D'Alessio Media film the orginal ballet Mowgli at the Kremlin Theater, Moscow.. Alexander Prior created a local and international media sensation, and at the age of 15 years and 3 months conducted the Moscow Classical Ballet's production of his musical composition..the libretto for Mowgli. Before a sold out audience of 6,000, Alexander presided over the gifted dancing, magical costumes, and beautiful music. The ballet illustrated Rudyard Kipling's character Mowgli from the Jungle Book ,beginning with his birth in the jungle with his animal families, to his coming of age and finding himself in the human world, this ballet hold's unlimited possibilities for imagination and delight. Now, Legendary Performances will organize the international television distribution of the final Mowgli production by D'Alessio media. It is sure to be a new classic!
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August 2007 Susannah Stuart joins the LP team as acting Executive Director. She was the National Director of Feld Entertainment, producers of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, and Disney on Ice. Among other managerial experience, she recently has been consulting in public relations for culinary and nonprofit organizations. LP gratefully looks forward to Susannah's expertise and enthusiasm!
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July 2007
Beverly DeCer visits Moscow and finds a promising new project: "Mowgli," a ballet, written and conducted by Alex Prior, a 15 year old extremely accomplished, vocalist, composer, and conductor. This ballet will be performed at the Kremlin in February 2008. What an exciting performance and venue! LP is currently working to secure funding, LP wants to make this our first telecast. Clemente D'Alessio calls it a "home run" and he estimates that is could be distributed to approximately 20 countries. Please do what you can to assist our efforts!
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June 2006 Svyatoslav Belza, Awarded Peoples Artist of Russia by
Vladimir Putin, joins the Artistic Board. We invite you to see
his interesting Bio
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April 2006 Alexander Zhurbin, renowned composer, has joined the
Artistic Board, please take a moment to learn more about his accomplishments
on the Artistic Board Bio Page
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July 2005... Carlo Ponti, Jr. joined Legendary Performance's
Artistic Board. We invite you to see his interesting Bio
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June 2005...Tatiana Senkevich, in Moscow, has joined Legendary
Performance's Board. We welcome her as a most valuable member of
our team.
About our trip to Russia...
LP's Founder Beverly DeCer, and LP's Producer Clemente D'Alessio
visited Moscow and St. Petersburg in September 2004. Our trip was very
successful, taking us to the leading theatres in Russia and visiting
with key staff members and Directors.
Our meeting with the ever charismatic
Sergei Markov, Director of the Russian National Orchestra was truly
exciting. Within a few minutes we were discussing a number of possible
global collaborations. The RNO Grammy Award winning CD, "Peter
and the Wolf," narrated by Sophia Loren, Bill Clinton, and
Mikhail Gorbachov has been an international success. Markov's Russian
National Orchestra is a prime candidate for an LP venture.
We had a beautiful Georgian dinner with Peter Cheremushkin and Tanya Senkevich. Peter happens to be the childhood friend of Aleksander
Vedernikov, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of
the Bolshoi Theatre. We had a midnight meeting with Mr. Vedernikov
before he was off to conduct in Italy. His assistant, Katya Novikova,
gave us a private tour of both stages at the Bolshoi and the immense
"city" that supports it. The "big stage" will
be closing in 2005 for renovations. LP intends to broadcast ballet
and opera offerings from the Bolshoi, one of the most famous theatres
in the world. Their legendary skill and artistic sophistication
is evident in their dedication to excellence. We were frustrated
that we could not book the Bolshoi's upcoming performances on the
spot. Many of these productions have never been seen in the west.
The next day, we met with UNESCO's staff in Moscow. UNESCO is consulting
with the Bolshoi on their fundraising efforts. We discussed the
projects that the Moscow office is currently undertaking and possible
future collaborations with UNESCO's Delphi Competition, a childrens'
classical arts competition. Liubava Moreva, National Officer of
Culture, provided contacts with the American office of UNESCO in
Paris to explore the feasibility of beginning a partnership with
LP.
One unexpected delight was attending Van Cliburn's glorious concert
in honor of the victims of the Beslan tragedy. We sat in the first
row in the stageside box, courtesy of the Moscow Conservatory, where
Van Cliburn won the Tchaikowski International Piano Competition
in 1958, the first American ever to win. The love and respect that
the Moscow audience had for Mr. Cliburn was awe inspiring. They
stood 20 deep at the edge of the stage holding flowers and cameras,
paying tribute to a hero they had fallen in love wth years before.
To this day, he is a national hero in Russia. We were fortunate
to meet Mr. Cliburn after his riveting performance. Beverly received
a memorable embrace when she told him that she was from Philadelphia.
We also heard "Hi Clem!" while backstage from Constantine
Orbellian, the concert's conductor. What a small world, what a night!
In St. Petersburg we visited the Mariinsky Theatre. The company
was out of season. Renovations were being done to restore the beauty
and opulence of one of the most sumptuous theatres in Russia. Maestro
Gergiev was in New York at that time and we were not able to continue
our discussions with him during our visit.
Our meeting with Julia Strizhak, assistant director of the St. Petersburg
Philharmonia was most promising and another possibility for broadcasts.
At the time of our visit, they were anticipating the opening concert
of their newly installed pipe organ. The preparations were in place
for their Winter Festival, which takes place during the New Years
holiday. This year the festival will open with a performance by
the American pianist, Andre Watts.
We were lucky enough to have a personal tour of the Mussorgsky Opera
Theatre given by their archivist. The Mussorgsky Theatre was the
Czar'soriginal and favorite theatre. We attended that evening's
perfomance of the ballet, "Cinderella." It was a stunning
performance. It seemed like we were looking into a magical kinoscope.
The stage was intimate, the cast was picture perfect, as were the
costumes.
Our last meeting was well worth the entire trip. We met Boris Eifman,
Russia's esteemed ballet choeographer, at his St. Petersburg studio.
His ballets are performed in Russia and around the world, including
by the New York City Ballet. LP would like to present his troupe
as one of our first performance broadcasts. Mr. Eifman's new theatre,
"Palace of Ballet," will open in 2008. It is one of the
most exciting prospects on our horizon. The theatre will house three
separate companies: one to present classical and historical recreations
of Marius Pepita - the father
of ballet, a second company to present Eifman's ballets, and a third
company devoted to avant garde and athletic ballet. A very exciting
prospect indeed, and LP wants to broadcast all the riches of Boris
Eifman's genius of ballet!
The American Consulate in St. Petersburg introduced us to the former
US dipomat to Russia, Paul R. Smith, now retired but working for
the State Department. Due to Paul's deep interest in Russia, he
has been helping with networking LP and has become a trusted advisor.
Please take a moment to see a few pictures from our September trip,
on exhibit in LP's Gallery!
We thank all those who met with us and made our trip to Russia a
very memorable one. We hope to be back soon to arrange for broadcasts
for the US and international television.
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