Director-Choreographer Teet Kask
Composer Timo Steiner
Composer Sander Mölder
Librettist Andri Luup
Designer Ülar Mark
Musicians Yxus Ensemble, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Kaspars Putninš
Dancers Estonian National Ballet
Lighting Designer Margus Vaigur
Videoartist Taavi Varm
Sound artist Kaarel Tamra

In the spotlight of the ballet stands Paul Keres, the master of Estonian chess, who holds a dignified status on the global chess arena and who has both enjoyed the glory of a national hero and carried on his shoulders the tragedy of the country and its people. As an active chess player he encountered the loss of a homeland, a failed attempt to emigrate, endless suspicion from the Soviet authorities and the obstacles set by the system to a possible world championship.

 

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