Autumn begins to the sound of Vivaldi's great Four Seasons and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7! With these luminous pieces, choreographers Mauro Bigonzetti and Uwe Sholz dare the impossible and take up the enormous challenge of expressing something new through these famous classical pieces. Mauro Bigonzetti draws out the internal seasons of Man in all his moods and swings. And the exceptionally talented German choreographer signs one of his masterworks on a piece that Richard Wagner described as "the apotheosis of the dance. With remarkable musicality, these ballets on pointe, as finely cut as a diamond, sweep away everything in their path. A memorable evening of music and dance!
Total duration: 2h03, including a 20 minute intermission.
SYMPHONY NO 7
Choreography: Uwe Scholz
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Scenography And Costumes: Uwe Scholz
Assistant To The Choreographer: Roser Munoz
Adaptation: Ivan Cavallari
Lighting Design: Marc Parent
Orchestra Conductor: Dina Gilbert
Duration: 50 minutes
Structured in four movements that form a succession of different colors and rhythms, Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 was presented for the first time in 1813, during the terrible time of the Napoleonic Wars. Characterized by Richard Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance”, Symphony No 7, dionysian in inspiration, fascinates both in its rigorous classicism and its sheer energy. The German choreographer Uwe Scholz (1958-2004), who was director of dance at the Leipzig Opera, relished creating dances to great symphonic works. During his short lifetime, he was responsible for some 100 choreographies for leading European companies. His choreographic adaptation of the Seventh, of great complexity and originally created for the Stuttgart Ballet, is considered his masterwork. It displays his finesse, his inventiveness and his exceptional musicality, and the work is now part of Les Grands Ballets’ repertoire.
THE FOUR SEASONS
Choreographer: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Costumes: Helena de Medeiros
Lighting Design: Marc Parent
Orchestra Conductor: Dina Gilbert
Solo Violin: Julie Triquet
Duration: 53 minutes
Created in May 2007 for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, the second part of this double program is danced on Vivaldi's four concertos for violin and orchestra, each painting a season and divided into three movements: Allegro - Adagio (or Largo) - Allegro (or Presto). By appropriating this worldwide hit, the Roman choreographer creates a contemporary ballet integrating arduous work on pointe and inventing a universe of his own. He explores the different facets and inner impulses of human beings. The bodies of the dancers become real instruments that bind and unbind. The dancers deploy a bubbling gesture and a theatricality crossed by humor, joy, and desire. The carnal impact is overflowing: the bodies are aligning, embracing, and repelling each other with impertinence.
Distribution
1st movement
Soloist couple: Rachele Buriassi, Roddy Doble
Demi-soloist couples: Graeme Fuhrman, Anna Ishii, Mai Kono, Esnel Ramos
André Santos, Antoine Bertran, Bernardo Betancor, Giuseppe Canale, Alexandra Eccles, Kiara Felder, Kiara Flavin, Maude Fleury, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme, François Gagné, Emma Garau Cima, Enno Kleinehanding, Tatiana Lerebours, Carrigan MacDonald, José Morales, Felixovich Morante, Hamilton Nieh, Théodore Poubeau, Calista Shepheard, Rose Trahan, Angel Vizcaino.
2nd movement
Soloist couple:
22/09 - Roddy Doble, Maude Sabourin
23 and 24/09 - Raphaël Bouchard, Myriam Simon
Couples: Graeme Fuhrman, James Lyttle, Anya Nesvitaylo, Yui Sugawara
Antoine Bertran, Maude Fleury, Enno Kleinehanding, Tatiana Lerebours, Jose Morales, Calista Shepheard.
3rd movement
Pas de deux: André Santos et Angel Vizcaíno, Anna Ishii et Stephen Satterfield, Mai Kono, Felixovich Morante.
Antoine Bertran, Bernardo Betancor, Giuseppe Canale, Alexandra Eccles, Kiara Flavin, Maude Fleury, Enno Kleinehanding, Tatiana Lerebours, Carrigan MacDonald, Hamilton Nieh, Rose Trahan.
4th movement
Soloist couple:
22 and 24/09 - Roddy Doble, Yui Sugawara
23/09 - Kiara DeNae Felder, Hamilton Nieh
Antoine Bertran, Bernardo Betancor, Giuseppe Canale, Alexandra Eccles, Kiara Flavin, Maude Fleury, Graeme Fuhrman, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme, Emma Garau Cima, Anna Ishii, Enno Kleinehanding, Mai Kono, Tatiana Lerebours, Carrigan MacDonald, José Morales, Felixovich Morante, Anya Nesvitaylo, Théodore Poubeau, André Santos, Calista Shepheard, Rose Trahan, Angel Vizcaino.
Spring
Soloist couple 1st and 2nd movements:
22 and 24/09 - Vanesa G.R. Montoya, Hamilton Nieh
23/09 - Graeme Fuhrman, Anya Nesvitaylo
Antoine Bertran, Giuseppe Canale, Alexandra Eccles, Kiara Felder, Kiara Flavin, Maude Fleury, Graeme Fuhrman, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme, Anna Ishii, Enno Kleinehanding, Mai Kono, Tatiana Lerebours, James Lyttle, Carrigan MacDonald, José Morales, Felixovich Morante, Théodore Poubeau, André Santos, Stephen Satterfield, Calista Shepheard, Rose Trahan, Angel Vizcaino.
Summer
Soloist couple 1st movement:
22 and 24/09 - Raphaël Bouchard, Rachele Buriassi
23/09 - Raphaël Bouchard, Mai Kono
Solo 2nd movement:
22 and 24/09 - Yui Sugawara
23/09 - Maude Sabourin
Antoine Bertran, Bernardo Betancor, Giuseppe Canale, Bernard Dubois II, Graeme Fuhrman, François Gagné, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme, Enno Kleinehanding, James Lyttle, José Morales, Felixovich Morante, Hamilton Nieh, Théodore Poubeau, André Santos, Stephen Satterfield, Angel Vizcaino.
Fall
Soloist couple 1st movement:
22 and 24/09 - Emma Garau Cima, Enno Kleinehanding
23/09 - Giuseppe Canale, Anna Ishii
Solo 2nd movement:
André Santos
Alexandra Eccles, Kiara Felder, Kiara Flavin, Maude Fleury, Anna Ishii, Mai Kono, Carrigan MacDonald, Tatiana Martyanova, Anya Nesvitaylo, Maude Sabourin, Calista Shepheard, Yui Sugawara, Rose Trahan.
Winter
Soloist couple 1st movement:
22 and 24/09 - Roddy Doble, Maude Sabourin
23/09 - Étienne Gagnon-Delorme, Yui Sugawara
Solo 2nd movement:
22 and 24/09 - Esnel Ramos
23/09 - Roddy Doble
Antoine Bertran, Giuseppe Canale, Bernard Dubois II, Alexandra Eccles, Kiara Felder, Kiara Flavin, Maude Fleury, Graeme Fuhrman, Anna Ishii, Enno Kleinehanding, Mai Kono, Tatiana Lerebours, James Lyttle, Carrigan MacDonald, José Morales, Anya Nevitaylo, Hamilton Nieh, Théodore Poubeau, André Santos, Calista Shepheard, Rose Trahan, Angel Vizcaino.
A true work of goldsmithery by Mauro Bigonzetti
Amélie Revert, Métro
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