Alexei Ratmansky is a world star of contemporary ballet. From his native city of St. Petersburg his career has taken him first to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, whose Director he became in 2004, and on to New York, where he has exerted a formative influence as Artist in Residence at the American Ballet Theatre since 2009. His »24 Préludes« – choreographed for the Royal Ballet in London in 2013 – are a »ballet of mood«, in which eight dancers display the entire emotional palette of a variety of relationships in a thrilling manner. They are also a homage to 20th century British dance: to the expressive qualities of Antony Tudor and the elegant lyricism of Frederik Ashton.
Andrey Kaydanovskiy is a dancer with the Vienna State Ballet and for some time a highly sought-after choreographer. Following his first works in Vienna, he has created pieces for the Bolshoi Ballet and the Stanislavski-Nemirovich Danchenko Music Theatre Moscow, the Czech National Ballet and the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich. Now he has initiated an encounter with the composer Christof Dienz. This versatile musician – who is also a co-founder of the Tyrolean neo-folk music/jazz octet Knoedel – maintains a fascinating balance of styles within his work to create a music that is both »intuitive and physical«. In his ballet Kaydanovskiy allows two principles to collide: reality and fantasy, concrete and abstract, represented by an artist and his muse – an encounter that points in the direction of openness.
»Transformed into sunshine« is how Martin Schläpfer describes his world premiere to Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto – music in which the Director and Chief Choreographer of the Vienna State Ballet sees images full of warmth and tenderness: »Harmonious, but not peaceful, knowledgeable but not domineering, having reached a state of rest but not silent, flowing, but not urgent: like a broad stream shortly before it opens into the sea, like the evening sun that transforms a clearing into gold and takes away the forest’s claustrophobic darkness, even though the tree trunks are side by side. Centimetres turn into metres, danger into an opportunity« – in the words of Martin Schläpfer.
Cast
24 Préludes
- Choreography
- Alexei Ratmansky
- Musik
- 24 Préludes op. 28 von Frédéric Chopin für Orchester bearbeitet von Jean Françaix
- Costume design
- Keso Dekker
- Lighting design
- Wolfgang Könnyü
- Einstudierung
- Amanda Eyles
- Musical direction
- Gerrit Prießnitz
- 1. Paar
- Hyo-Jung Kang
- 1. Paar
- Brendan Saye
- 2. Paar
- Ioanna Avraam
- 2. Paar
- Arne Vandervelde
- 3. Paar
- Aleksandra Liashenko
- 3. Paar
- Géraud Wielick
- 4. Paar
- Alexey Popov
lux umbra
- Choreography
- Andrey Kaydanovskiy
- Musik
- Christof Dienz (Auftragskomposition)
- Stage and costume design
- Karoline Hogl
- Lighting design
- Christian Kass
- Musical direction
- Gerrit Prießnitz
- Solist
- Masayu Kimoto
- Solistin
- Claudine Schoch
- Solist
- Lourenço Ferreira
In Sonne verwandelt
- Choreography
- Martin Schläpfer
- Musik
- Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 58 von Ludwig van Beethoven
- Set design
- Marcus Spyros Bertermann
- Costume design
- Hélène Vergnes
- Lighting design
- Stefan Bolliger
- Musical direction
- Gerrit Prießnitz
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Hyo-Jung Kang
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Claudine Schoch
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Yuko Kato
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Helen Clare Kinney
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Eszter Ledán
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Rashaen Arts
- Tänzerinnen und Tänzer
- Calogero Failla
- Klavier
- Johannes Piirto