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Swan Lake
Cette incursion dans le royaume magique des cygnes est la pièce “signature” des Trocks. Si ce ballet est le plus connu au monde, c’est sans doute grâce à son héroïne mystérieuse et pathétique évoluant dans le “glamour” du ballet russe du 19e siècle.
Swept up into the magical realm of swans (and birds), this elegiac phantasmagoria of variations and ensembles in line and music is the signature work of Les Ballets Trockadero. The story of Odette, the beautiful princess turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer, and how she is nearly saved by the love of Prince Siegfried, was not so unusual a theme when Tchaikovsky first wrote his ballet in 1877 — the metamorphosis of mortals to birds and visa versa occurs frequently in Russian folklore. The original Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow was treated unsuccessfully; a year after Tchaikovsky’s death in 1893, the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Ballet produced the version we know today. Perhaps the world’s best known ballet, its appeal seems to stem from the mysterious and pathetic qualities of the heroine juxtaposed with the canonized glamour of 19th century Russian ballet.Source: Les ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Générique
Music by Piotr Ilitch TchaïkovskiChoreography after Lev Ivanovich IvanovDance performance Les ballets Trockadero de Monte CarloCostumes Mike GonzalesSet Jason CoursonLights Kip Marsh
Video direction: Fabien PlassonProduction: Maison de la Danse – 2016
