November 20, 2009




Polish premiere
Ballet in two parts by Krzysztof Pastor (2001)
Libretto, musical script, staging and choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Conductor: Pacien Mazzagatti
Design and visual concept: Krzysztof Pastor, Bert Dalhuysen
Costumes: Maciej Zień
Chorus Master: Bogdan Gola
Projections and lights: Bert Dalhuysen
Assistant choreographers: Charlotte Chapelier, Steven Etienne, Natalia Hoffmann

Running time: 2 hours 15 min

Polish National Ballet, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera

Weill composed The Threepenny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins. After Hitler’s rise to power he emigrated to the United States. He composed symphony, film and theatre music, songs. He drew on jazz and cabaret, and was not averse to the foxtrot, shimmy, waltz and tango. Krzysztof Pastor came up with an unusual idea. With Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam, he produced a multimedia show in the form of a collage of dance images. Taking the music of Kurt Weill, he created a vibrant ballet fresco, inspiring in its dance expressiveness, diversity of music forms and vocal hits, encouraging reflection on the social experience of the composer’s times, the changeable fate of artists, symptoms of intolerance, and constant longing for love. British critic Maggie Foyer agreed this was a great work by Pastor, demonstrating choreographic and staging talent. The dance and music setting, she added, was extensive, stretching from a Berlin bar to Broadway; a gigantic project by the young choreographer. In the Netherlands this production was hailed as the event of the season and nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award.

cast:
The soloists are:

Barbara Bartnik, Magdalena Ciechowicz, Joanna Drabik,
Dagmara Dryl, Marta Fiedler, Dominika Krysztoforska,
Iwona Kurowska, Aleksandra Liaszenko, Anna Lorenc,
Ewa Nowak, Agnieszka Pietyra, Karolina Sapun, Emilia Stachurska,
Izabela Szylińska, Natalia Wojciechowska, Maria Żuk

Bartosz Anczykowski, Siergiej Basałajew, Robert Bondara,
Petr Borchenko, Władimir Jaroszenko, Paweł Koncewoj,
Adam Kozal, Carlos Martín Pérez, Egor Menshikov,
Klaudiusz Paradziński, Sergey Popov, Remigiusz Smoliński,
Sebastian Solecki, Wojciech Ślęzak, Oskar Świtała,
Michał Tużnik, Jacek Tyski, Kurusz Wojeński,
Maksim Wojtiul, Jarosław Zaniewicz, Bartosz Zyśk

and special guest:
RUBI PRONK

Vocal soloists:
Lada Biriucov
Katarzyna Trylnik
Małgorzata Walewska
Robert Gierlach
Angelo Antonio Poli

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