Contemporary Ballet
Country
Ballet Preljpcaj, France
Date and Time
Saturday 8th October (7 PM) and Sunday 9th October (2:30 PM)
Duration
1 hour 50 mins
Intermission
No intermission
Your traditional Swan Lake this is most certainly not. Choreographed by the deeply creative Angelin Preljocaj, a French Officier des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, this is a powerful, thought-provoking ballet for our current era, introducing environmental conservation, corporate greed and issues of inheritance and family legacy as motivations.
Combining Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece with more contemporary arrangements as he likes to do, Preljocaj, who has received the Samuel H. Scripps/ American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, takes possession of the myth of the swan-dancer, paying tribute to Marius Petipa while at the same time sailing in wholly original directions. The video design by award-winning graphic artist Boris Labbe adds depth and dimension to the exquisite technique of the 26 dancers on stage.
Supported by the Embassy of France
