Sunday, 3rd November 2019  at 7:30pm

 

Greenwood Theatre 

55 Weston Street

London
SE1 3RA

 

PATRICK CHUNG 

Patron

 

Come to witness the famous scenes from ballet masterpieces, reenacted for audiences in search of timeless storytelling.

 

This is a tribute not only to the CLASSICS of ballet, but to its fans - old and new, the experienced and the curious, the teachers and its students.

 

Everyone is welcome on this journey across the ballet canon. A breathless dance from the classic to contemporary, from West to East, from the iconic to the newly imagined.

 

The production consists of six parts, combined to capture the universe of emotions, themes and styles inside the evolving art of ballet:

 

1. Classical Ballet

 

Relieve some of the most captivating scenes from the great heritage of Western artistic dance, including SWAN LAKE, NUTCRACKER and SLEEPING BEAUTY.

 

Celebrate the elaborate choreography of DON QUIXOTER, LE COSAIRE and LA BAYADERE that push dancers to their limits.

 

2. Dramatic Ballet

 

Ballet ROMEO AND JULIET is originally Shakespeare's play. Frederick Ashton, then artistic director of the Royal Ballet,  he first suggested the subject to composer Sergey Radlov, in September 1935 to their scenario which followed the precepts of "drambalet" (Dramatised Ballet).

 

Dance and drama were combined to tell the unforgettable story of love and hate. Our tribute revisits the famous balcony duet that captures the spontaneity of triumphant love.

 

3. Contemporary Ballet

 

We revisit Antony Tudor’s JARDIN AUX LILAS and Jerome Robbins’ FANCY FREE - two landmark achievements in the development of ballet as a universal language.

 

JARDIN AUX LILAS(Lilac Gaeden)  is considered to be the first of the genre of psychological ballets

 

And a passionate pas de deux from FANCY FREE,  there are some lifting moves, it is test the dancer's technique.

 

4. Neoclassical Ballet

 

Neoclassical Ballet is the style of 20th-century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine. 

 

The term "neoclassical ballet" appears in the 1920s with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in response to the excesses of romanticism and post-romantic modernism.

 

It draws on the advanced technique of 19th-century Russian Imperial dance, but strips it of its detailed narrative and heavy theatrical setting. What is left is the dance itself, sophisticated but sleekly modern, retaining the pointe shoe aesthetic, but eschewing the well-upholstered drama and mime of the full-length story ballet.

 

5. Musical Ballet

 

THE DYING SWAN fuses the inspirational power of poetry with the graceful beauty of nature. For over a hundred years now, this short ballet continues to fascinate and inspire dancers, compelling them to imbue their performance art with a preciousness of the final expiration. Inspiration gets dramatised through the choreography in 

 

Chopin's NOCTURNE  - an original scenario by Terrie Tai that depicts an enthralling meeting between the composer and the Muse. New creative impulses ensue.

 

6. Chinese Ballet

 

A scene from the Chinese ballet classic RED WOMEN SOLDIERS will be performed to recreate the charismatic energy of camaraderie united by a single purpose. Imagine an army of dancers preparing to conquer the audience with a charm offensive.

 

For a production dedicated to making ballet easily accessible to all, this is a fitting finale. A tribute to the essentials - individual skill, teamwork, authentic vision - which make the whole of ballet a force for good. 

 

 

Pas de Quatre

 

Sophie Megaliyev,  

Lolita Mohr

Claire Guntrip

Natasha Trigg

 

"Swan Lake" is a timeless love story that mixes magic, tragedy, and romance into four acts. It features Prince Siegfried and a lovely swan princess named Odette. Under the spell of a sorcerer, Odette spends her days as a swan swimming on a lake of tears and her nights in her beautiful human form.

 

 

This scene is described is Prince Siegfried finds a lake, and he sees beautiful swans dance upon the lake and its shore.

 

3rd Shade: 

Chloe Fisher

 

The action takes place in the royal court of ancient India, a beautiful temple dancer Nikiya she is in love with a young warrior named Solor and he is in love with her—but their love is not to be. The enduring tale of love, betrayal , and redemption is considered one of the best-loved classical ballets of all time.

 

From the first performance the ballet was universally hailed by contemporary critics as one of the choreographer Petipa's supreme masterpieces, particularly the scene from the ballet known as The Kingdom of the Shades, which became one of the most celebrated pieces in all of classical marble ballet.

 

Here is 3RD SHADE‘s solo piece.

 

Ali:

Yassaui Megaliyev

 

Travel to a faraway land for the adventures of a dashing pirate, Conrad, and his feisty girlfriend Medora. Will they outfox evil schemers and find happiness on the high seas? From a vibrant market square to a moonlit cave and a lavish palace, get swept away by this epic ballet escapade.

 

Le Corsaire (The Pirate) is a ballet in three acts, with a libretto based on the poem The Corsair by Lord Byron. Originally

choreographed by the Balletmaster Joseph Mazilier to the music of Adolphe Adam. 

 

The ballet has many celebrated passages which are often extracted and performed independently. This Ali variation is the solo dancers often choose to perform.

 

Fairy of Bravery

Sophie Megaliyev

 

The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts. 

 

King Florestan XXIV and his Queen have welcomed their first child, Princess Aurora, and declare a grand christening ceremony to honor her. Six fairies are invited to the ceremony to bestow gifts on the child. Each fairy brings a gift of a virtue or positive trait, such as beauty, courage, sweetness, musical talent, and mischief. 

 

But the evil fairy Carabosse arrives with her minions, she furiously asks the King and Queen why she had not received an invitation to the christening, and  placing a curse upon the baby princess as revenge, Aurora will prick her finger on a Spindle and die, on her sixteenth birthday.

 

the Lilac Fairy  alters it, allowing the spindle to cause a peaceful 100-year sleep for the princess, rather than death. At the end of those 100 years, she will be woken by the kiss of a handsome prince. Relieved that Aurora's life will ultimately be spared..

 

Sugar Plum Fairy: 

Natasha Trigg

 

Prince: 

Thomas Snee

 

The Nutcracker is another classic written by Tchaikovsky. The Nutcracker is a Christmas story that starts with Clara, a girl who gets a present as a nutcracker. That night, Clara sleeps next to her new toy and has a dream, from here begins a great adventure.

 

The Sugar Plum Fairy is the ruler of the Land of Sweets. She welcomes the Nutcracker Prince and his love Clara to her land and orders the festivities.

 

Kitri:

Lolita Mohr

 

Don Quixote and his servant Sancho Panza set out to have a chivalrous adventure. They meet Kitri and Basilio, a young couple who cannot marry because Kitri's father is determined to marry her off to the wealthy Gamache. Don Quixote decides to intervene.

 

With Don Quixote's help, Kitri and Basilio convince her father to let them marry. Don Quixote also persuades Gamache that he would prefer to marry the barmaid anyway. Kitri and Basilio celebrate, and everyone cheers Don Quixote on his way.

 

Cops de Ballet 

Sophie Megaliyev 

Chloe Fisher

Laura Glare

Lolita Mohr

Claire Guntrip

Natasha Trigg

Casey Mokomis

Ebony  Kitts

 

The Snowflakes Waltz is the best-loved scenes inThe Nutcracker. The Corps de ballet start dance, Hans-Peter takes Clara’s hand and they walk through the drifting snowflakes, the magician summons his magical carriage, driven by an angel, and helps the couple on board. 

 

Romeo: 

Orlando Bond

 

Juliet: ,

Casey Mokomis

 

The art thou Romeo, – perhaps the most famous line in English literature, and part of one of Shakespeare’s most captivating love scenes. 

 

This duet later became the basis for his full-length ballet, and one of the most iconic love pas de deux in the repertory.

 

Groom

Yassaui Megaliyev

 

Bride

 

Laura Glare

 

Male Lover

 

Thomas Snee

 

Female Lover

Natasha Trigg

 

Jardin aux lilas is a ballet in one act choreographed by Antony Tudor to a composition by Ernest Chausson entitled Poème. It is considered to be the first of the genre of psychological ballets.

 

Set at a garden party and consisting of brief encounters and hasty partings, ''Jardin aux Lilas'' shows how Caroline, a young woman about to enter upon a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love, tries to spend a few moments with the man she does love. Among the other party guests is her fiance's former mistress, still desperately in love with him.

 

Sailor:

James Kay

 

Girl:

Chloe Fisher

 

In 1944, Jerome Robbins — then a young dancer with Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre)— choreographed his first ballet, a collaboration with up-and-coming composer Leonard Bernstein. The two wanted to bring a modern American sensibility to ballet。

 

The premiere performance of Fancy Free has become legendary, with two dozen curtain calls for the stunned cast, composer, and choreographer, and raves from the bowled-over critics. Fancy Free that a creative vision that was unique in the world of theater.

 

A solo piece choreographed and performed by Yassaui Megaliev.

The joyous feeling of welcoming a  precious new day is captured and immediately channeled into a new art form. 

Inner inspiration is translated into a physical spectacle. Classical and contemporary dance movements are combined.

By shedding all narrative scaffolding, the performance invites the audience to immerse themselves in the mystery. 

You are encouraged to freely use your own imagination as you find your way to appreciation and understanding.

 

Neoclassical Ballet is the style of 20th-century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine. 

 

The term "neoclassical ballet" appears in the 1920s with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in response to the excesses of romanticism and post-romantic modernism.

 

It draws on the advanced technique of 19th-century Russian Imperial dance, but strips it of its detailed narrative and heavy theatrical setting. What is left is the dance itself, sophisticated but sleekly modern, retaining the pointe shoe aesthetic, but eschewing the well-upholstered drama and mime of the full-length story ballet.

 

Solo

Claire Guntrip

 

The Dying Swan (originally The Swan) is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux, follows the last moments in the life of a swan.

 

Chopin:

Thomas Snee

 

MUSES:

Chloe Fisher

Sophie Megaliyev 

Claire Guntrip

Natasha Trigg

Lolita Mohr

Casey Mokomis

Laura Glare

Ebony kitts

 

Chopin's Nocturne - an original scenario by Terrie Tai that depicts an enthralling meeting between the composer and the Muse. New creative impulses ensue.

 

Leader

Yassaui Megaliyev

 

Corps de Ballet

All dancers

 

A scene from the classic Red Women Army will be performed to recreate the charismatic energy of camaraderie united by a single purpose. Imagine an army of dancers preparing to conquer the audience with a charm offensive.

 

Performed by the students from TG Ballet School

 

It is the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival. The peasant girl, Xi'er, she is waiting for her father to return home to celebrate the Spring Festival together.

Her girl friends come to bring her paper cuttings with which they decorate the windows.

The debt collector comes for the farm land rent which Yang has been unable to pay. They kill Yang Bailao, and take away Xi'er by force.

 

Xi'er escapes to the mountains, and in the following years, she lives in a cave, gathers offerings for food from a nearby temple. She fights attacking wolves and other beasts. Dachun finally finds her in the cave with her hair turned white. They reunite and rejoice.

 

Original play by Terrie

 

Describe the story of old Shanghai

 

 

End