Autumn rolls in to the sound of Vivaldi's great Four Seasons! This triple bill will mark two great returns for Les Grands Ballets, that of Mauro Bigonzetti's ballet The Four Seasons, set to Vivaldi's iconic score of the same name, and also a new collaboration with Quebec choreographer Edouard Lock! The evening opens with ECHO, a solo created by Edouard Lock for one of our dancers, then Rule 26 ½ by Montreal choreographer Gaby Baars, and finally The Fours Seasons by Mauro Bigonzetti.
Be advised that the piece Rule 26 ½ contains a stroboscope light effect.
Please note that, despite the latest government announcements regarding performance hall capacity, Les Grands Ballets will maintain the physical distance of one meter between seats for all performances of Les Quatre Saisons. The company wishes to respect the seating plan as it was presented to its audience at the time of sale. Future shows will be held at full capacity.
More over, mask wearing will now be mandatory, even when seated, as per the latest government recommendations.
ECHO
by Edouard Lock
Recognized internationally for his remarkable career spanning more than five decades, Edouard Lock had not created for Les Grands Ballets for over twenty years. In a long-overdue collaboration, he presents an electrifying solo, the fruit of a choreographic reflection during the pandemic, created for our first dancer Rachele Buriassi.
Two world premieres, one cinematic and one choreographic, occurring on the same stage and on the same night, both authored by Edouard Lock.
A dance intertwined in reflections and shadows, presented in a cinematographic hall of mirrors.
Then the same choreography will follow on stage in one continuous performance, spanning two mediums.
Duration : 28 minutes
ECHO
A Film by Édouard Lock
Post-Production
“Alone and Unalone”
Film Distribution and International Sales: PHI Studio
Édouard Lock is the recipient of a creative residency from Danse Danse
at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts
A production of PHI STUDIO
This film is protected by copyright laws and any other applicable laws.
ECHO
© 2021 All Rights Reserved
Rule 26 ½
by Gaby Baars
Emerging Montreal choreographer Gaby Baars, of Dutch origin, presented last spring the pas de deux Dans ma main to music of the same name by Quebec pianist Jean-Michel Blais. He now returns with his first longer-length creation for Les Grands Ballets, Rule 26 ½. In this new piece, he approaches with a frank gaze the inevitable repetitions of everyday life, through which come together the impulses that we all share: desire, loneliness, love, abandonment. While all are carried away by the complexity of the everyday mundane, one thing remains: the intrinsic desire to unite, to love each other.
Be advised that this piece includes a stroboscope light effect.
Recorded music
Duration : 34 minutes
The Four Seasons
by Mauro Bigonzetti
To close this triptych, Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti returns with his luminous piece for 33 dancers, The Four Seasons, presented for the first time in North America by Les Grands Ballets in 2007, and again in 2011.
Mauro Bigonzetti, golden boy of Italian dance and resident choreographer at Aterballetto, successfully carries off the major challenge of expressing something new with the master of Venice’s extremely well-known score, drawing out the internal seasons of man, in all his moods and swings.
“The four seasons are endlessly multiplied within man. Isn't it in this that we see nature? "
North American premiere on May 24, 2007, at Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
With Les Grands Ballets Orchestra
Conductor Jean-Claude Picard
Violins I Véronica Thomas, Céline Arcand (assistante), Pascale Frenette, Daniel Godin, Élise Lortie
Duration : 42 minutes
With Les Grands Ballets Orchestra
Our orchestra features 21 musicians and superior soloists, and has been playing a major role in the success of Les Grands Ballets for more than 30 years.
Casting
Subject to change
Rachele Buriassi
October 14, 15, 16, 22, 23 PM
METAL
Maude Sabourin
INTERLUDIO
Red: Maude Sabourin
Black: Rachele Buriassi
Red trio: Anya Nesvitaylo, Anna Ishii, Yui Sugawara
DANS MA MAIN
Rachele Buriassi, Graeme Fuhrman
A HEARTBEAT AWAY
Black: Rachele Buriassi, Hamilton Nieh
Red: Maude Sabourin, Esnel Ramos
ON THE ROAD
Melih Mertel, Maude Sabourin
FALL
Melih Mertel
October 21 PM & October 23 AM
METAL
Éline Malègue
INTERLUDIO
Red: Éline Malègue
Black: Maude Sabourin
Red trio: Anya Nesvitaylo, Anna Ishii, Yui Sugawara
DANS MA MAIN
Maude Sabourin, Esnel Ramos
A HEARTBEAT AWAY
Black: Maude Sabourin, Esnel Ramos
Red: Éline Malègue, Roddy Doble
ON THE ROAD
André Santos, Kiara DeNae Felder
FALL
André Santos
October 14, 16, 22 PM & October 23 AM
SPRING
1st movement
2nd movement
Vanesa G.R. Montoya, Hamilton Nieh
3rd movement
Hamilton Nieh
Stefano Russiello, Jean-Sebastien Couture
Kiara Flavin, Anna Ishii
SUMMER
1st movement
Rachele Buriassi, Celestin Boutin
2nd movement
Maude Sabourin
FALL
1st movement
Anna Ishii, Jean-Sebastien Couture
2nd movement
Stefano Russiello
3rd movement
Éline Malègue
Yui Sugawara
Kiara DeNae Felder
WINTER
1st movement
Éline Malègue, Roddy Doble
2nd movement
Esnel Ramos
3rd movement
Kiara DeNae Felder, Stefano Russiello
Catherine Toupin, Jean-Sebastien Couture
October 15, 21 & 23 PM
SPRING
1st movement
2nd movement
Anya Nesvitaylo, Graeme Fuhrman.
3rd movement
Graeme Fuhrman
José Carlos Losada, Giuseppe Canale
Catherine Toupin, Tatiana Lerebours
SUMMER
1st movement
Sahra Maira, Jean-Sebastien Couture
2nd movement
Yui Sugawara
FALL
1st movement
Kiara DeNae Felder, Enno Kleinenhanding
2nd movement
André Santos
3rd movement
Yui Sugawara
Maude Sabourin
Kiara Flavin
WINTER
1st movement
Yui Sugawara, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme
2nd movement
Roddy Doble
3rd movement
Kiara DeNae Felder, Stefano Russiello
Catherine Toupin, Jean-Sebastien Couture
Total duration: 2h04, including a 20-minute intermission.
Full Credits
Costume Designer: Mélanie Ferrero
Head Stage Carpenter: Kenneth Gregg
Artistic Director: Ivan Cavallari
Executive Director: Marc Lalonde
President Emeritus: Constance V. Pathy, C.M., C.Q., DMus.
Founder: Ludmilla Chiriaeff
Artistic Director Emeritus: Gradimir Pankov
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