02 December 2018 (Sun), 19:30 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre) - Stars of the Stars Classical Ballet Evening of one-act ballets. Marguerite and Armand. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort.
Schedule for Evening of one-act ballets. Marguerite and Armand. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort. 2022
Dancer: Anastasia Kolegova Percussion: Arseny Shuplyakov
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Composer: Ferencz Liszt Choreography: Roland Petit Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort is one of the earliest and most famous works by Roland Petit. The ballet was staged in post-war Paris in 1946 for the recently established company Les Ballets des Champs-Elysees. The ballet by Roland Petit which we know today is considered based on mime drama by Jean Cocteau. In actual fact, both the theme of relationships between an artist and death and the very image of a girl as death and lovers as death were key themes for Cocteau; he had his own accounts to settle with women and he himself was an artist.
Marguerite and Armand
CREDITS
Music by Franz Liszt (Piano Sonata in B Minor)
Orchestrated by Dudley Simpson
Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Production Coach at the Mariinsky Theatre: Grant Coyle
Set Designs and Costumes: Cecil Beaton
Original Lighting Concept: John B. Read
World premiere: 12 March 1963, The Royal Ballet of Great Britain, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 8 July 2014
Running time: 30 minutes
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
CREDITS
To music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Libretto by Jean Cocteau
Choreography by Roland Petit
Production Choreographer: Luigi Bonino
Lighting Designer: Jean-Michel Desire
Set Designer: Georges Wakhevitch
Costume Designer: Karinska
Running time 16 minutes
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort is one of the earliest and most famous works by Roland Petit. The ballet was staged in post-war Paris in 1946 for the recently established company Les Ballets des Champs-Йlysйes. The ballet by Roland Petit which we know today is considered based on mime drama by Jean Cocteau. In actual fact, both the theme of relationships between an artist and death and the very image of a girl as death and lovers as death were key themes for Cocteau; he had his own accounts to settle with women and he himself was an artist.
A studio. The artist is unable to relax as he waits in torment. A woman appears: mysterious, sharp and heartless – the typical crafty Parisian woman – and during her brief visit, she prompts the Youth to commit suicide. Moreover, she is, in fact, Death itself, its unique and original personification.
Production Sponsor: Toshihiko Takahashi
Schedule for Evening of one-act ballets. Marguerite and Armand. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort. 2022
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