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Ratmansky / Dawson / Eyal

Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Germany
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Type: Ballet
City: Munich, Germany
Starts at: 19:30
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Overview

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  • · Bilder einer Ausstellung (est. 07:30 pm - 08:05 pm ) · Interval (est. 08:05 pm - 08:35 pm ) · Dawson (est. 08:35 pm - 09:00 pm ) · Interval (est. 09:00 pm - 09:30 pm ) · Bedroom Folk (est. 09:30 pm - 10:00 pm )

Cast

  • Soloists and corps de ballet of the Bavarian State Ballet

Alexei Ratmansky is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after choreographers of our time. He has proven his talent for working with great classical companies both in his reconstructions of important classics and in his own story ballets and abstract new creations. In 2014 he created Pictures at an Exhibition for the New York City Ballet to Modest Mussorgsky’s famous composition in the original version for piano. The choreography is sensitively interwoven with the character of the respective musical numbers, sometimes celebratory shiny, sometimes heavy melancholic and then again cheerful, airy and playful. The ten dancers meet in various constellations and before the viewer’s eyes form a living connection with the stage set. The constantly transforming projections of Wassily Kandinsky’s Colour Study, Squares with Concentric Circles afford the action on the stage an additional dynamic level, while designer Adeline André’s costumes are visibly inspired by Kandinsky’s images. The result is an organic, entirely harmonised piece, which finds a new life here in Munich of all places, where Kandinsky himself lived and worked for several years.

British choreographer David Dawson is one of the few contemporary choreographers that continue to further develop classical ballet and its language of movement with their works. In his both narrative and abstract ballets he confronts dance with atmospherically charged stage worlds and consequently creates poignant contemporariness. For his creation at the Bayerisches Staatsballett Dawson works with the music of the contemporary Canadian composer, Marjan Mozetich. Affairs of the Heart is a concerto for violin and strings, a lyrically and dramatically charged composition filled with driving force.

The third choreographer of the performance will be announced at the beginning of the 2019/20 season. 

Transitory moments are also thematised in Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, especially in the musical "promenades" evoked by the composition. In 2014, Alexei Ratmansky created a choreography that is sensitively interwoven with the character of the musical numbers, sometimes solemnly brilliant, sometimes heavily melancholic and then again cheerful, airy and playful. The choreographic sequence as well as the stage and costumes are inspired by a colour study by Wassily Kandinsky. This study from 1913 belongs to the collection of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. Ratmansky´s Pictures at an Exhibition represents an artistic response to the work of the famous painter.

The Israeli Sharon Eyal created Bedroom Folk together with Gai Behar in 2015 for the Nederlands Dans Theater 1. The choreography, which caused storms of enthusiasm at the premiere, is characterised by an ecstatic character. The beginning is marked by a strict rhythm and a close group formation. Over time, the strict arrangement dissolves and reveals a whole range of individual movement patterns. A pulse is continuously given by the electronic music, which at the same time forms a powerful centre of energy, but also forces the dancers to move forward.

History

The piano cycle "Pictures of an exhibition" - memories of Victor Hartmann is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky from 1874, generally considered one Sample of program music is seen. The individual movements describe paintings and drawings of his friend Viktor Hartmann, who died last year, whom Moussorgsky had seen at a commemorative exhibition. The work was created at the suggestion of a mutual friend, the art critic Vladimir Stassov. He was also involved in the naming of the pieces and the cycle was dedicated to him.

Venue Info

Bavarian State Opera - Munich
Location   Max-Joseph-Platz 2

The Bavarian State Opera or the National Theatre (Nationaltheater) on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, is a historic opera house and the main theatre of Munich, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra, and the Bavarian State Ballet.

During its early years, the National Theatre saw the premières of a significant number of operas, including many by German composers. These included Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (1865), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868), Das Rheingold (1869) and Die Walküre (1870), after which Wagner chose to build the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth and held further premières of his works there.

During the latter part of the 19th century, it was Richard Strauss who would make his mark on the theatre in the city in which he was born in 1864. After accepting the position of conductor for a short time, Strauss returned to the theatre to become principal conductor from 1894 to 1898. In the pre-War period, his Friedenstag (1938) and Capriccio were premièred in Munich. In the post-War period, the house has seen significant productions and many world premieres.

First theatre – 1818 to 1823
The first theatre was commissioned in 1810 by King Maximilian I of Bavaria because the nearby Cuvilliés Theatre had too little space. It was designed by Karl von Fischer, with the 1782 Odéon in Paris as architectural precedent. Construction began on 26 October 1811 but was interrupted in 1813 by financing problems. In 1817 a fire occurred in the unfinished building.

The new theatre finally opened on 12 October 1818 with a performance of Die Weihe by Ferdinand Fränzl, but was soon destroyed by another fire on 14 January 1823; the stage décor caught fire during a performance of Die beyden Füchse by Étienne Méhul and the fire could not be put out because the water supply was frozen. Coincidentally the Paris Odéon itself burnt down in 1818.

Second theatre – 1825 to 1943
Designed by Leo von Klenze, the second theatre incorporated Neo-Grec features in its portico and triangular pediment and an entrance supported by Corinthian columns. In 1925 it was modified to create an enlarged stage area with updated equipment. The building was gutted in an air raid on the night of 3 October 1943.

Third theatre – 1963 to present
The third and present theatre (1963) recreates Karl von Fischer's original neo-classical design, though on a slightly larger, 2,100-seat scale. The magnificent royal box is the center of the interior rondel, decorated with two large caryatids. The new stage covers 2,500 square meters (3,000 sq yd), and is thus the world's third largest, after the Opéra Bastille in Paris and the Grand Theatre, Warsaw.

Through the consistent use of wood as a building material, the auditorium has excellent acoustics. Architect Gerhard Moritz Graubner closely preserved the original look of the foyer and main staircase. It opened on 21 November 1963 with an invitation-only performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten under the baton of Joseph Keilberth. Two nights later came the first public performance, of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, again under Keilberth.

Important Info
Type: Ballet
City: Munich, Germany
Starts at: 19:30
Duration:
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