Modern Ballet Triple Bill by Nacho Duato: Na floresta. Duende. White Darkness Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes
The performance has 2 intermissions
Schedule for Triple Bill by Nacho Duato: Na floresta. Duende. White Darkness 2022
Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
Modern Ballet in 3 acts
Na floresta
Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Wagner Tisso Choreographer, Costume Designer: Nacho Duato Stage Designer: Walter Nobbe Lighting Designer: Nicolas Fischtel Costume Technology: Alla Marusina Choreographer’s Assistants: Tony Fabre, Gentian Doda
World premiиre: The Hague, NDT-2, 15 February 1990 Russian premiиre: Moscow Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko State Academic Music Theatre, 24 July 2009 Premiиre at the Mikhailovsky Theatre: 23 May 2013
One-act ballet Na Floresta / In the woods is set to music of Villa-Lobos, arranged by Tisso. The woods in the title are meant to be in Latin America — on the banks of the Amazon; however, there’s no ethnography in Duato’s choreography — at least, no Brazilian samba in the ballet. It’s just a cascade of intricate ensembles, duets, solos and trios showing the freedom of wild life and the elemental power of human emotions.
Duende
Music by Claude Debussy Choreography: Nacho Duato Sets: Walter Nobbe Costumes: Susan Unger Lighting Design: Nicolбs Fischtel Choreographer's Assistants: Tony Fabre, Eva Maria Lopez Crevillen
World premiиre: NDT at the AT&T Danstheater, the Hague, 21 November 1991 Russian premiиre: Mikhailovsky Theatre, 15 March 2011
Duato’s ‘ideas’ for choreography are almost always preceded by his choice of music, which characterises his working method. Maybe this applies to Duende in particular, because the music was the only source of inspiration for this ballet. Long ago, Duato fell in love with Debussy, especially with the way the composer makes nature sound in music. When he listens to this music, Duato visualises shapes, not people, relationships or events. This is why he considers Duende as an almost sculptural work: a body, a movement, that goes with the tune.
‘Duende’ literally means elf or fairy, like the ones who tidy upchildren’s toys at night, but it can also mean rascal, a naughty child. One can also possess ‘duende’, when radiating energy and great charm, almost having a magical attraction. In Andalusia flamenco is said ‘to have duende’, which can hardly be translated into another language. Flamenco has a touch of spell, one might say, like the way black music has ‘soul’.
White Darkness
Music by Karl Jenkins Choreography: Nacho Duato Stage Designer: Jaffar Chalabi Costume Designer: Lourdes Frнas Lighting Designer: Joop Caboort Costume Technology: Alla Marusina Choreographer’s Assistant: Thomas Klein Music Director, Conductor: Marius Stravinsky Assistant to Musical Director: Igor TomashevskyKarl Jenkins’ music is performed by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
World premiиre: 2001, Madrid Premiere of the production at the Mikhailovsky Theatre: 2 May 2014
“...It’s a loose reflection on drug-taking and its influence on our social behaviour, on our possibility to communicate with people around, and on our life in general. The choreographer doesn’t insist on anything, he is a witness, not a judge. His aim is to invite us to meditate on this painful and controversial subject.”
Schedule for Triple Bill by Nacho Duato: Na floresta. Duende. White Darkness 2022
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About This Video 00:52 "Duende" ballet by Nacho Duato.
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