Ballet Nacional De España (Spain)
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FARRUCA: World Premiere on 4 August 1984 by Ballet Nacional de España (Spain) at the International Classical Theatre Festival of Mérida – Bailaor and choreographer Juan Quintero, unforgettable in his role as Creonte in Medea, is the author of this piece for three bailaores (flamenco dancers). Over the years it has been performed by several of the leading dancers of the Company. Sombre and elegant in trunk and arm movements, the piece saves its most exquisite flourishes for the footwork in the zapateado. It is a perfect example of how flamenco choreographed for an ensemble must be performed, with respect for the group dance yet at the same time allowing each bailaor to express his or her unique personality. BOLÉRO:World Premiere on 7 September 1988 by Ballet Nacional de España (Spain) at Teatro del Liceu de Barcelona – Maurice Ravel´s haunting melody into visual form has provided a challenge for more than one choreographers. Boléro is in fact the result of a commission from ballerina Ida Rubinstein. The first performance took place in the Paris Opera on 22 November 1928. For the occasion Bronislava Nijinska created a ballet in which Ida Rubinstein, surrounded by two dozen enraptured men, interpreted a solo on the table of a Spainish tavern. Many choreographies have been created for Boléro but especially important are those created by Serge Lifar, Pilar López, La Argentinita, Dolin, Dore Hoyer, Maurice Béjart, Nacho Duato and now José Granero´s which was first performed in homage to Ravel in the Grand Theatre of Bordeaux on 9 October 1987. MEDEA: World Premiere on 13 July 1984 by Ballet Nacional de España (Spain) at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid – This is one of Spanish ballet’s masterpieces of the recent decades. Few choreographies have managed to display such high quality dance in the precise portrayal of Seneca’s myth of Medea. José Granero, Manolo Sanlúcar and Miguel Narros created this great ballet premiered by Manuela Vargas and Antonio Alonso, in the roles of Medea and Jason, accompanied by Maribel Gallardo, Juan Quintero and Victoria Eugenia. These are classic characters in the recent history of Spanish dance have been interpreted in subsequent years by the most eminent dancers from the company. Sanlúcar’s notes enrich Granero’s choreographic genius: Medea’s long arms twist and twine as she prepares her spell and recreates her destructive passion for Jason. This great Spanish ballet conveys one of those timeless stories of universal theatre which via flamenco’s deep expression of feeling reveals itself to be even more startling.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Dance Yearbook 2013" published by Hong Kong Dance Sector Joint Conference.
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