KARLSSON, M.: Play [Ballet] (Paris Opera Ballet, 2017)
Play
Composer: Karlsson, Mikael
Ballet Company: Paris National Opera Ballet
Choreographer: Ekman, Alexander
danseur etoile: Bullion, Stephane
premier danseur: Chaillet, Vincent
premiere danseuse: Zusperreguy, Muriel
Television Director: Pascal, Tommy
Lighting Designer: Visser, Thomas
Set Designer: Ekman, Alexander
Costumer Designer: Ekman, Alexander
Costumer Designer: Ronze, Xavier
Date of Production: 12-2017
Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris
Playing Time: 01:45:11
Catalogue Number: BAC155
UPC: 3760115301559
A sparkling personality on the contemporary dance scene, Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman has been invited for the first time to work with the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. His language, both visceral and tinged with humour, combining theatricality, and classical and contemporary vocabulary alike, perfectly resonates with the incredible versatility and stage presence of the Ballet: the result is Play, a piece that evokes the world of childhood and its careless pleasures. But beyond pure entertainment, this performance contemplates the meaning and the importance of play when we become adults...
Best known for the spectacular quality of his pieces and their dreamlike imagery, like for instance his Midsummer Night's Dream, the Swedish choreographer fills the stage of the Palais Garnier with an entrancing energy. The metallic structures, dancers suspended in space, and the elevations are but a few of the powerful images that will strike the audience's imagination!
For this new creation, Alexander Ekman worked with his acolyte composer Mikael Karlsson, but also with a talented team of instrumentalists not often seen on the stage of the Palais Garnier, among which gospel singer Callie Day, or the incredible drums and marimba player Adelaide Ferriere. An unexpected performance, carried along by enticing rhythms and communicative energy!
