Béjart, 3 Regards is a celebration of Maurice Béjart‘s unique and universal choreographic vision, bringing together three rarely performed works that reveal very different sides of one of the most influential choreographers of the twentieth century. Presented by the Béjart…
The first-ever recording on film of Maurice Béjart‘s Ninth Symphony! Fifty years after its premiere, the Tokyo Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne present Maurice Béjart‘s groundbreaking choreography to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Tokyo’s NHK Hall. With nearly 200 artists…
The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is the instrument of a major choreographer of the 20th century. Maurice Béjart an extraordinary artist, a genius of dance, a master of ballet. This shows that Stadsschouwburg Antwerp is delighted to be able to present…
Piaf, it’s primarily a voice, stupendous, omnipresent, immortal, that goes beyond time and boundaries. Which female dancer, which actress can embody Piaf?She is without substance; she is only love, an adored presence and agonizing to the other. Crossing the mirrors…
What is Ku?In an ever-changing world.The sun rises from the east in the morning and sets in the west in the evening.The moon then rises and its shape changes every cycle.The cherry blossom loses its flowers in the wind 10…
A little over thirty years ago, in between Berlioz surprising music interspersed with bombing and the sound of machine guns, an unconventional Friar Lawrence cried out to Jorge Donn and Hitomi Asakawa: “Make love, not war!” Today, Gil Roman, who…
Early 1979At John Neumeier‘s request, I am thinking about a piece destined for the Hamburg Ballet. I choose Vivaldi, a misunderstood musician, particularly in his religious music. The musical montage is done. I hesitate between two titles: Light or Caro…
He may have whittled things down to four characters and kept it short but Tony Fabre‘s Histoire d’eux, inspired by the Greek myth of Dido and Aeneas has much to admire. It’s a beautifully played out picture of the couple.…
