Magifique

Created for the 40e anniversary of the Fondation de France. Commissioned by the Opéra Théâtre of Saint-Etienne, production presented with the Orchestre Symphonique of Saint-Etienne on the 30th and 31st of december 2009.

Since all performances are nourished by the experiences that they invent, « Magifique », created on the orchestral suites The Nutcraker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake of Tchaïkovski, presents itself as a link between the past and the present, like a hyphen that links reality and imagination. With a setting for a country that could be anywhere, it could be a story where the heroes and their childhood selves go through a series of trials, wandering around countries guarded by magnified shadows. No talisman, but mirrors apable of revealing dance and childhood memories under « the magic wand of the art. »

Thierry Malandain