The Australian Ballet - Swan Lake

Published on Aug 19, 2015

The Australian Ballet - Swan Lake

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: October 17-18, 2015

Venue: Opera House of NCPA

Prices: 160, 220, 280, 380, 550, 600, 680, 880


Features: Swan Lake, one of the most beloved and recognized ballets of all time, comes to the stage of NCPA in Beijing from October 17th-18th with a new production by Graeme Murphy from The Australian Ballet.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Graeme Murphy’s modern-day classic is a Swan Lake for the 21st century, charged with sensuality and heartbreak. The Australian Ballet’s most performed and most successful work has swept the world, reaping standing ovations and storms of tears in London, Paris, Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles, and this powerful production will comes to Beijing for the first time in October 2015.


The romance of Odette and Prince Siegfried is updated (and complicated) to a contemporary love triangle with the addition of the Baroness von Rothbart, a slinky mistress who has no intention of releasing her freshly married lover. Murphy’s breathtaking pas de deux and massed swans are framed by legendary designer Kristian Fredrikson’s darkly sparkling lake, contrasted with the glittering magnificence of regal weddings and ballrooms.


The Australian Ballet is the national ballet company in Australia. Founded in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, Dame Peggy van Praagh as its artistic director. Now under the guidance of Artistic Director David McAllister, The Australian Ballet presents a diverse mix of ballets every year. The dancers regularly make us gasp in wonder at the prowess of the human body in motion. But their athleticism is tempered with an aesthetic regard for the quality of the movement and its ability to communicate emotion. The company is recognized as one of the world's major international ballet companies.


Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake

Suite en blanc
Choreography: Serge Lifar
Music: Edouard Lalo, arranged Serge Lifar
Original Lighting design: William Akers


"Suite en blanc exhilarates with Lifar’s penchant for graceful lines and demanding technical expertise." --- Australian Stage


Unspoken Dialogues
Choreography: Stephen Baynes
Music: Alfred Schnittke
Costume and Set Design: Michael Pearce
Original Lighting Design: Rachel Burke


"a superb work that should become a showcase/test piece for generations of dancers." --- The Age


In the Upper Room
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Music: Philip Glass
Staged by Shelley Washington
Original Costume Design: Norma Kamali
Lighting originally by Jennifer Tipton


"every inch of stage space, every bounce and jog, is rigorously calibrated, and the choreography demands from the dancers something akin to Olympic perfection of form." --- The New York Times


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Opera House of Beijing National Grand Theatre

Opera House of NCPA

West of Tiananmen Square, Beijing

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