Liam Scarlett/ Lucinda Childs / Hans van Manen
VESPERTINE/ OCEANA / TROIS GNOSSIENNES

Ballet

VESPERTINE/ OCEANA / TROIS GNOSSIENNES

Book

Date

  • Apr 5, 2024  à  8:00 PM
  • Apr 6, 2024  à  8:00 PM
  • Apr 7, 2024  à  3:00 PM [Nouveauté !]
  • Apr 9, 2024  à  8:00 PM
  • Apr 10, 2024  à  8:00 PM
  • Apr 11, 2024  à  8:00 PM

Place

Duration

2 hours with intermissions

Tariffs

€10 to €32

VESPERTINE

Liam Scarlett proposes an art of ballet in which music plays a central role. Here it is Corelli's famous Follia, arranged by Bjarte Eike, that serves as the dancer's 'script' and becomes the guiding thread of a piece in which each movement illustrates an ornamentation from the score. Like the music, which comes full circle, the choreography is both inventive and wonderfully progressive. With no sequence breaking from the previous one, Vespertine is a sumptuous choreographic loop.

OCEANA
Created in 2011 for Ballet Nice Méditerranée

From the 1960s, when she took part in performances at the Judson Church, to Oceana, which she created in 2011 for Ballet Nice Méditerranée, Lucinda Childs has never ceased to refine her quest for perpetual movement. The repetition and multiplication of gestures have led her to create a fluid dance that follows one another and finds its strength in its eternal recommencement. Yet there is nothing arid about this choreographic melody, woven from an initial fragment and unfolding in sumptuous lace.

TROIS GNOSSIENNES
Entry in the Repertoire - First performed on 5 March 1982 at the Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam

Trois gnossiennes, set to the eponymous music by Erik Satie, was originally the last piece in Hans van Manen's 'Five Short Stories' (1982). 

This piece was later integrated into the Piano Variations programme with Sarcasmen. In this suite of five ballets, Van Manen, as always, is interested in the often discordant relationships between people, and particularly between men and women. Following the vicious satire of Sarcasmen (Variations for piano II), Trois gnossiennes (Variations for piano III) appears as a temporary truce. Although it begins with repressed tension between man and woman, the atmosphere is transformed into harmony. The dancers show a natural trust in each other and complement each other perfectly. Van Manen puts the piano and the pianist on stage; they are an integral part of the choreography. He leaves the opening and closing chords to the pianist alone, the choreographer's tribute to music: his source of inspiration.

 New: "Come with your parents" for 5 to 10 year olds : While your parents are watching the show, you can discover the Opera by taking part in an original cultural activity for just €5.  Sitting for "Vespertine/ Oceana / Trois Gnossiennes": Sunday 7 April at 3pm, go to the box office for bookings, subject to availability.

VESPERTINE 
Choreography Liam Scarlett                                                                                                                              
Music Arcangelo Corelli                                                                                                                        
Arrangements Bjarte Eike

OCEANA
Choreography Lucinda Childs                                                                                                                                
Music Osvaldo Golijov


TROIS GNOSSIENNES
Choreography Han Van Manen
Music Erik Satie 

Nice Méditerranée Ballet