This new incarnation of Kings of the Dance showcases
Roberto Bolle from Teatro alla Scala,
American Ballet Theatre's reigning stars Marcelo Gomes and Ivan Vasiliev,
Denis Matvienko of the Mariinsky Ballet
Leonid Sarafanov of the Mikhailovsky Ballet. They will dance eight pieces representing the finest work of Sir Frederick Ashton, Roland Petit, Edward Clug, Patrick De Bana, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, and Marcelo Gomes.
Roberto Bolle and Ivan Vasiliev will perform Roland Petit's tragic Le Jeune Homme et la Mort with Svetlana Lunkina. Both men will also appear in Remanso, a work by Nacho Duato created to demonstrate the line and strength of male dancers.
Date | Time | ||||||
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Wed 19 Mar 2014 | 19:30 | ||||||
Thu 20 Mar 2014 | 19:30 | ||||||
Fri 21 Mar 2014 | 19:30 | ||||||
Sat 22 Mar 2014 | 19:30 |
Program and casting:
ACT ONE
LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582)
Libretto: Jean Cocteau
Choreography: Roland Petit
Staging: Luigi Bonino
Lighting: Jean-Michel Desire
Set: Georges Wakhevitch
Costumes: Karinska
Set courtesy of: English National Ballet
First performance: 1946, Les Ballets des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Performed by: Ivan Vasiliev (19th & 21st March), Roberto Bolle (20th & 22nd March) - Svetlana Lunkina (19th – 22nd March)
ACT TWO
REMANSO
Music: Enrique Granados
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Set and Costumes: Nacho Duato
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Staging: Tony Fabre
Organization & Production: Carlos Iturrioz – Media Producciones SL (Spain)
First performance: 1997, American Ballet Theater, New York
Performed by: Leonid Sarafanov, Denis Matvienko, Marcelo Gomes
ACT THREE
PROTOTYPE
Music by: Piero Salvatori produced by Fausto Dase
Concept & Choreography: Massimiliano Volpini
Costumes by: Roberto Guidi di Bagno made by Sartoria Farani
Co-directed by: Avantgarde Numerique and XCHanges Vfx Design
Visual effects by: XCHanges VFx
Performed by: Roberto Bolle
MOREL ET SAINT-LOUP from ballet PROUST
Music: Gabriel Fauré
Choreography: Roland Petit
Staging: Luigi Bonino
First performance: 1974, National Ballet of Marseille
Performed by: Denis Matvienko & Marcelo Gomes
TUE
Music by: Barbara (Songs: Drout, Sid’ amour a mort)
Choreography: Marco Goecke
Assistant to Choreographer: Rolando D’Alesio
Performed by: Leonid Sarafanov
LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE
Music by: Tomaso Antonio Vitali (Ciaconne in G Minor for Violin and Piano)
Choreography: Patrick De Bana
Performed by: Ivan Vasiliev
KO’d
Music by: Guillaume Côté (Piano Sonata no. 4 in F# minor)
Choreography: Marcelo Gomes
Performed by: Marcelo Gomes, Roberto Bolle, Denis Matvienko, Ivan Vasiliev, Leonid Sarafanov
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