Kurt Weill in The Polish National Opera 2010

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Ballet in two parts by Krzysztof Pastor (2001)
Libretto, musical script, staging and choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Conductor: Pacien Mazzagatti
Design and visual concept: Krzysztof Pastor, Bert Dalhuysen
Costumes: Maciej Zień
Chorus Master: Bogdan Gola
Projections and lights: Bert Dalhuysen
Assistant choreographers: Charlotte Chapelier, Steven Etienne, Natalia Hoffmann

Polish National Ballet, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera

Nathalie Fernandez, Marta Fiedler, Dominika Krysztoforska, Aleksandra Liashenko, Natalia Wojciechowska, Maria Żuk, Sergey Basalaev, Robert Bondara, Robert Gabdullin, Adam Kozal, Carlos Martin Pérez, Egor Menshikov, Sergey Popov, Maksim Wojtiul

Lada Biriucov (soprano)
Katarzyna Trylnik (soprano)
Małgorzata Walewska (mezzo-soprano)
Brenden Patrick Gunnell (tenor)
Robert Gierlach (baritone)

Kurt Weill composed The Threepenny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins. After Hitler’s rise to power he emigrated to the United States. He composed symphony, film and theatre music, songs. He drew on jazz and cabaret, and was not averse to the foxtrot, shimmy, waltz and tango. Krzysztof Pastor came up with an unusual idea. With Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam, he produced a multimedia show in the form of a collage of dance images (2001). Taking the music of Kurt Weill, he created a vibrant ballet fresco, inspiring in its dance expressiveness, diversity of music forms and vocal hits, encouraging reflection on the social experience of the composer’s times, the changeable fate of artists, symptoms of intolerance, and constant longing for love. British critic Maggie Foyer agreed this was „a great work by Pastor, demonstrating choreographic and staging talent. The dance and music setting, she added, was extensive, stretching from a Berlin bar to Broadway; a gigantic project by the choreographer”. In the Netherlands this production was hailed as the event of the season and nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award. The premiere of Kurt Weill by the Polish National Ballet also aroused a lot of interest among audiences and Polish critics. The Warsaw production of Krzysztof Pastor’s ballet includes a special attraction: a guest performance by the Dutch dance star Rubi Pronk.

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Kurt Weill - Polski Balet Narodowy

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