Despite this blog reported already some events outside Bulgaria, as exhibitions in Vienna or Milan,
this will be the first publication in the 10th years history of the
blog in English, however for everything sooner or later there is a first time. As I’m spending some time in Munich past
months I would like to tell about some ballet performances of the Munich state
ballet (Bayerisches Staatsballett).
photo: Munich state ballet |
Some guests
of the city might consider going to a ballet as life is not just work or study.
This season
2019/2020, I saw Anna Karenina and The Lady with the camellias.
In October
I looked on Anna Karenina, a ballet
by Christian Spuck on the novel by Lew Tolstoy; choreography Christian Spuck, composer
Sergej Rachmaninow, Witold Lutoslawski.
Christian
Spuck’s adaptation premiered at the Zurich Ballet in 2014. The Bayerisches
Staatsballett dances his Anna Karenina as of November 2017.
I know Anna
Karenina’s love story by hearth and saw it told exhaustively in the ballet-dancers acting.
The ensemble danced with grace, passion, sadness and many other emotions
corresponding to different episodes of the story.
I didn’t
like the fact that the stage was mostly empty; Spuck’s intention maybe was to
present that characters are as lost in the empty scenery as they are lost in
real life. Instead some video projections point towards the action. The
audience could feel the psychological process and inner turmoil of Anna through
the dance and the darkness coming from the stage. The music was heavy to my taste, in unison with the tragedy through
the story; I was familiar with the music of only the first two pieces in the
second act.
I didn’t
like much the music and the lack of scenery; however I did like very much the dancers’
performance and the costumes; the women in splendid gowns.
Yesterday I
saw The Lady with the camellias, a ballet
on the novel by Alexandre Dumas; choreography John Neumeier, composer Frédéric
Chopin. The novel “La dame aux camellias” has served as model for one of my
favorite operas (La Traviata) as well as films and ballets. I saw long time ago
an interpretation of The Lady with the camellias of the Sofia opera and ballet
and like it very.
In this
interpretation the ensemble danced with grace, passion, sadness and many other
emotions corresponding to different episodes of the story; we saw lots of
emotions but a little bit unclear story. The story is told from backward and forward and if
you do not know the synopsis, barely follow the thread.
The main character Marguerite
Gautier did not seem to me a courtesan. I didn’t like the lack of scenery. I
admired the colours of the costumes, the splendid gowns; I admired the ladies
flying over the stage. As a whole
I liked the abundance of emotions, beauty and grace on the stage. As a lady beside me said: it is wonderful. The audience applauded
long after the last act. This performance was a sensuous feast.
If you have to choose
between both ballets I would recommend and would prefer the lighthearted The
Lady with the camellias.
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