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Opening Holland Festival 2012

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Alain Platel, les ballets C de la B, Teatro Real Madrid

In these times of growing nationalism in Europe, Belgian choreographer/director Alain Platel stages a large-scale production in order to examine the ‘dangerous beauty’ of the masses. In a living tableau, the 150 strong choir and orchestra of the Madrid Teatro Real perform music of Verdi and Wagner. Opposite them, ten dancers of les ballets C de la B, who represent our individuality. Inspired by Jonathan Littell’s bestseller The Kindly Ones, the performance raises questions about the responsibility of the individual in the group and asks how we as 21st century spectators deal with the irresistible emotion that continues to speak from Wagner’s and Verdi’s choral works.

dates

Fri June 1 2012 10:00 PM

Sat June 2 2012 10:00 PM

Sun June 3 2012 10:00 PM

Mon June 4 2012 10:00 PM

information

  • Duration of performance unknown (zonder pauze)

  • © Javier del Real

  • © Javier del Real

  • © Javier del Real

credits

concept Alain Platel direction Alain Platel choreography Alain Platel dance Ido Batash, Daisy Ransom Phillips, Dara Guissé, Lisi Torres, Bérengère Bodin, Vanessa Court, Juliana Neves, Arturas Bumšteinas, Ville Rusanen, Lisi Estaras choir Teatro Real Madrid orchestra Teatro Real Madrid Direction assistant Sara Vanderiec dramaturgy Hildegard De Vuyst conductor Marc Piollet chorus conductor Andrés Máspero music dramaturgy Jan Vandenhouwe additional music Steven Prengels light design Carlo Bourguignon sound design Bart Uyttersprot concept set Alain Platel set construction les ballets C de la B costumes Dorine Demuynck production management Eline Vanfleteren production Teatro Real Madrid thanks to Concertgebouw Brugge, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Holland Festival

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