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REPERTOIRE O Domina Nostra
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youtube, interview with Nacho Duato: In the theatre: http://www.alhma.com/realaudio/domina/domina.htm
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Music: Henryk Górecki (O Domina Nostra, opus 55 (1982-1985/90); Sarah Leonard, soprano; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ)
Sets: Nacho Duato and Odeon
Costumes: Francis Montesinos
Light Design: Joop Caboort
Worldpremiere by Compañía Nacional de Danza at Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, July 21st, 2008.
Nacho Duato is inspired tightly by the music of Górecki, under the same title. O Domina Nostra was conceived by the Polish composer in 1982, in celebration of the 600th anniversary of the Black Virgin of Jasnogora – a sacred symbol of Polish independence to whom, in times of crisisi, Poland’s prayers are addressed. As in his wont, Górecki revised the piece in 1985 and again, for this recording, in 1990. It is scored for the combination of solo organ and intoning voice (soprano). It is precisely, the figure of the Virgin as the mother of Jesuschrist, as a link between the divine and eternal, and man and telluric force, what Duato wants to enphasize with this ballet, composed to be danced by ten men and a woman.
