DVD presentation:

MURDMAA / JANCIS / SURIN "dance marathon"

The film – created by the most famous Estonian choreographer Mai Murdmaa on the symphonic rock music written by Rainer Jancis – is based on the novel of Horace McCoy “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” The dance marathon lasts for many exhausting days. The competition goes for the pleasure of the audience and on the hope to win a million. In the course of the competition the masks of the competitors break up and reveal the cruelty of the consumer society.

Ballet artists and drama actors of the Vanemuine theatre: Andrus Laur, Mari Savitski, Ruslan Stepanov, Marika Aidla, Rita Dolgihh, Vladimirs Latišonoks, Maarja Paugus, Janek Savolainen, Polina ?ukova, Viktor Larionov, Margus Jaanovits, Aivar Kallaste, Herta Elviste, Maimu Krinal, Kais Adlas, Tiit Lilleorg
Narva Town Symphony Orchestra: conductor – Anatoli Schura
The band: Rainer Jancis, Peedu Kass, Tanel Ruben
Directed by: Maksim Surin, Merike Estna
Supported by: AS NG Investeeringud, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, the City Government of Narva
Producers: Peter Pedak, Toomas Zupping
Design: Maris Valk
Film is in English and Estonian!