George Balanchine - Ballet - Season 19/20 Programming

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George Balanchine

Opéra Bastille - from 03 February to 01 April 2020

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George Balanchine

Ballet

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Opéra Bastille - from 03 February to 01 April 2020

2h00 with 1 interval

About

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This tribute to the art of Balanchine brings together three works of pure dance from the choreographer’s first American period. Three ensemble ballets in which bodies resonate like the instruments of an orchestra. Set to the music of Bach, Concerto Barocco crossfades a succession of forms beckoning to the gaze like the decorative components of a baroque architecture. The Four Temperaments offers a visual counterpoint to Paul Hindemith’s variations. Like the moods that transfuse humans, this fluid and mercurial ballet combines consonance and dissonance in a composition at once rigorous yet unimpeded. In Serenade, Balanchine evokes the Russian heritage of Tchaikovsky his master, and the modern bodies of the young New Yorkers he met on his arrival in the United States. A snapshot of its times, the ballet’s romantic atmosphere also evokes Les Sylphides by Fokine, another master revered by Balanchine.

Opening
First act 20 mn
Intermission 20 mn
Second act 30 mn
End

Sérénade

Music :

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski - Sérénade en ut majeur pour orchestre à cordes, op. 48

Choreography :

George Balanchine

Costume design :

Barbara Karinska
Concerto Barocco

Music :

Jean-Sébastien Bach - Concerto pour deux violons en ré mineur, BWV 1043

Choreography :

George Balanchine
Les quatre tempéraments

Music :

Paul Hindemith - Thème avec quatre variations pour orchestre à cordes et piano

Choreography :

George Balanchine
Les Étoiles, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris

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Gallery

1/8 :

2/8 :

Les Quatre Tempéraments (c)Sébastien Mathé OnP 630-047

3/8 :

Les Quatre Tempéraments (c)Sébastien Mathé OnP629-035

4/8 :

Les Quatre Tempéraments (c)Sébastien Mathé OnP629-072

5/8 :

SERENADE (c)Sebastien Mathe OnP 2012-13-SERE-012

6/8 :

SERENADE (c)Sebastien Mathe OnP 2012-13-SERE-017

7/8 :

SERENADE (c)Sebastien Mathe OnP 2012-13-SERE-123

8/8 :

Concerto Barocco, Les quatre tempéraments & Sérénade by G. Balanchine

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