Dance
- Date:
17 October 8 p.m.
- Duration: 70 min
- Hall: Main Auditorium
Dancing with nature
“No man loves the countryside more than I” wrote Ludwig van Beethoven in a letter to Thérèse Malfatti in 1807. His Pastoral symphony is the proof. It is often presented as a musical description of nature but in reality the Pastoral is not so much an exercise in imitation as the expression inspired by birdsongs and storms or the idea of the innocence and purity of flowery paths.
This is the Pastoral of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz, a show which premiered in 2019 and which invokes Hellenic Antiquity and its aspiration towards an ideal of plasticity and beauty in search of grace and light.
With choreography by Thierry Malandain and a ballet corps which celebrates the sensuality and humanity of the body, this very beautiful spectacle revitalizes classical dance with a contemporary vision of nature that is as energetic as it is subdued.
Created for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Choreography and direction: Thierry Malandain
- Set: Jorge Gallardo
- Lighting design: François Menou
- Costume design: Véronique Murat / Charlotte Margnoux
- Ballet masters: Giuseppe Chiavaro / Richard Coudray
Production by Loïc Durand and Frédéric Vadé
Photo: Olivier Houeix
- Lui: Hugo Layer
- Eux: Claire Lonchampt, Frederik Deberdt, Irma Hoffren, Mickaël Conte
- Les Numineux: Noé Ballot, Guillaume Lillo
- Les Lumineux: Giuditta Banchetti, Clémence Chevillotte, Jeshua Costa, Julie Bruneau, Loan Frantz, Alessia Peschiulli, Ismael Turel Yagüe, Patricia Velázquez, Allegra Vianello, Julen Rodríguez Flores, Yui Uwaha, Alejandro Sánchez Bretones, Laurine Viel, Hugo Layer
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Choreography and direction
Thierry Malandain
Autor de más de 80 coreografías, sigue creando un repertorio coherente, profundamente ligado al Ballet, en el que la prioridad es el cuerpo danzante, su potencia, su virtuosidad, su humanidad y su sensualidad. La búsqueda del sentido y de la estética es la base de un estilo intemporal y sobrio. Estilo que puede ser grave o impertinente y cuya riqueza se basa tanto en las raíces como en una visión renovada de la danza académica.
The press says
Malandain Ballet Biarritz baila la naturaleza en el Maestranza de Sevilla el 17 de octubre
... con 'La Pastorale', producción de Loïc Durand y Frédéric Vadé creada en el marco del 250 cumpleaños de Ludwig van Beethoven.
La Pastoral de Beethoven en un hermoso poema bailado
El Malandain Ballet Biarritz presentó en el teatro de la Maestranza la obra del coreógrafo Thierry Malandain
Un esteticista y luminoso viaje al Olimpo
Thierry Malandain idealiza a la naturaleza mediante un homenaje a la antigua cultura helénica...