MALANDAIN BALLET BIARRITZ
The exciting challenge of merging two works with the same name, one a benchmark piece and the other unknown, with little else in common.
All on the same programme, Thierry Malandain merges The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, one of the best known and most played pieces of all time, and The Four Seasons composed by his contemporary and fellow countryman Giovanni Antonio Guido, which is practically unknown. Bringing both compositions into the same programme is a risk because, apart from belonging to the same era and celebrating nature, they have nothing else in common. The Biarritz choreographer’s next creation is therefore an exciting challenge, where he meticulously attempts to keep both the score and the musicality intact, according to how it was written.
With The Seasons, Thierry Malandain follows the consistent path he began in his latest ballets on humanity’s relations with living beings and nature. Malandain is behind over 80 choreographies and continues to add to this coherent repertoire, deeply tied to Ballet, where he prioritises the dancing body, its power, virtuosity, humanity and sensuality. The search for meaning and aesthetics are the basis for a timeless sober style that has brought him vast international prestige.
The team
Costumes: Jorge Gallardo.
Lighting: François Menou.
Costume design: Véronique Murat, Charlotte Margnoux with Anaïs Abel help.
Decoration : Frédéric Vadé Accessories: Annie Onchalo Decorated and daring helpers: Nicolas Rochais, Gorka Arpajou, Félix Vermandé, Raphaël Jeanneret, Christof t’Siolle, Txomin Laborde-Peyre, Maruschka Miramon, Karine Prins, Sandrine Mestas Gleizes, Fanny Sudres et Fantine Goulot Ballet masters: Richard Coudray, Giuseppe Chiavaro, Frederik Deberdt.
Ballet: for 22 ballet dancers.
Passes
Day 20 – 19:00 h.
Prices
18 - 36€ /discounts
Friends of Arriaga:from 25% to 35% DISCOUNT.
Groups, young people, over-65s, unemployed, large families and people with 33%+ disability:
25% DISCOUNT.
Dance professionals:
25% DISCOUNT.
Last minute discount (for above-mentioned groups, except Friends of Arriaga and groups):
50% DISCOUNT.
Last minute discount for Young Friends of Arriaga:
70% DISCOUNT.
People with disabilities who use wheelchairs:
50% DISCOUNT (in proscenium balcony and one accompanying person)
Duration
60 min.