Compañía Nacional de Danza

Compañía Nacional de Danza will premiere Giselle, its large production of the season, at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid from December 9th to 22nd, 2020. Under the Artistic Direction and with Choreography and Staging by Joaquín De Luz, CND will present the world premiere of a Giselle viewed through the lens of Spanish romanticism and inspired by the poems of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. "For this new version offered by Compañía Nacional de Danza our wish was to envisage a Giselle viewed through the lens of Spanish romanticism: inspired by Bécquer’s poetry, we will dance the story of this maiden in love with the handsome foreign traveller whom she will love even beyond death. Without dropping any of the elements that have placed this piece among the summits of classical ballet, our Giselle also includes Spanish traditions and the bolera school of dance. And in the woods, inhabited by the Willis—those spirits of maidens who died befote marriage—the wind’s voices whisper Bécquer’s verses. The end of Giselle sees the forces of love and the forces of dance beat both death and darkness. That is the hope that guides us throughout the performance.» Joaquín De Luz Borja Ortiz de Gondra Program: Giselle - ballet in two acts Choreograpy and staging: Joaquín De Luz Choreography: Joaquín De Luz (after the original by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli) Music: Adolphe-Charles Adam (musical version: Joaquín De Luz and Oliver Díaz) Musical Direction: Oliver Díaz Dramaturgy: Borja Ortiz de Gondra Set Design: Ana Garay Costume Design: Rosa García Andújar Lighting Design and Video Creation: Pedro CHamizo Booklet: Borja Ortiz de Gondra and Joaquín De Luz (after the original by Jules Henry Vernoy and Theóphile Gautier) Duration: 2h 30 ORCAM. Orchestra Director: César Álvarez World premiere: Compañía Nacional de Danza at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (Spain), December 9th 2020.

Compañía Nacional de Danza will perform at the Teatro Real in Madrid from November 19th to 21st, 2020. The program will consist of the premiere of the choreographies Apollo by George Balanchine and Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, along with the recovery of White Darkness, by Nacho Duato.   PROGRAM: APOLLO / George Balanchine Choreography: George Balanchine Music: Igor Stravinsky - Apollon Musagéte (1928) Original musical editor : Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd. Ballet Master: Nanette Glushak Duration: 28 minutes World premiere: Premiered by the Ballets Diaghilev's Russians at the Sarah Bernhardt Theater in Paris (France), on June 12, 1928 Premiere by the Compañía Nacional de Danza at Teatro Real de Madrod (Spain), on November 19, 2020. CONCERTO DSCH / Alexei Ratmansky Choreography : Alexei Ratmansky Music: Dmitri Shostakovich - Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 (1957) Original musical editor : Musikverlag Hans Sikorski, Hamburg Costume Design: Holly Hynes Lighting Design: Mark Stanley Assistant choreographer: Tatiana Ratmansky Ballet Masters: Ema Jovanovich, Joan Boada, Joaquín De Luz Duration: 22 minutes World premiere: Premiered by the New York City Ballet, in New York (USA), on May 29, 2008 Premiere by Compañía Nacional de Danza at the Teatro Real de Madrid (Spain), on November 19, 2020. WHITE DARKNESS / Nacho Duato Choreography: Nacho Duato Music: Karl Jenkins (Adiemus Variations –Adiemus-Songs of Sanctuary-, String Quartet nº 2, Passacaglia) Original musical editor: Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishing, London. Set Design: Jaffar Chalabi Costume design: Lourdes Frías Lighting design: Joop Caboort Ballet Masters: Yoko Taira, Isaac Montllor Duration: 24 '50 ”World premiere: Compañía Nacional de Danza at Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid on November 16, 2001

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