Cast
Thierry Malandain Choreography
Ludwig van Beethoven Music
Jorge Gallardo Settings and costumes
François Menou Lighting
Véronique Murat assisted by Charlotte Margnoux Making of the costumes
Loïc Durand Making of the settings
Frédéric Vadé Making of the settings and accessories
Presentation
Created in 2019,for Beethoven's 250th birthday
Ballet for 22 dancers
This wonderful ballet by Thierry Malandain takes its theme from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, whose manuscript epigraph reads: "Pastoral Symphony, or Recollection of Rustic Life, more an expression of emotion than a descriptive painting", reflecting the composer's ardent love of nature: "I am so happy when I can wander through woods, coppices, trees, rocks! No man loves the countryside as much as I do.” In this sensitive masterpiece, the song of the birds meets the thunder of the storm, and the peasant dances intermingle with the sound of the rushing river. A magnificent framework for an ambitious choreography, a romantic firework for the twenty-two dancers of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz!
A Chaillot Théâtre national de la Danse, Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft (Allemagne), Norddeutsche Konzertdirektion Melsine Grevesmühl GmbH, Theater Bonn (Allemagne), Le Parvis scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Opéra de Reims, Ballet T, Donostia Kultura - Victoria Eugenia Antzokia de Donostia, San Sebastián (Espagne), CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz coproduction
Thursday 8th December at 7.30pm – the "15 minutes with" will take place in the Royal Vestibule of the Opera with Thierry Malandain, choreography
On presentation of your ticket for that evening and subject to availability.
PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
6e Symphonie "Pastorale"
Cantate, op. 112
Excerpts from Ruines d'Athènes
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