GIF (Girls in Focus)
The Hungarian National Ballet’s programme GIF (Girls in Focus) offers a selection of gems from the contemporary repertoire that place the female ballet artists – and their versatility, strength and sensitivity – in the spotlight.
After presenting Hans van Manen’s sensitive pas de deux Trois Gnossiennes, the “amazons” will perform the choreography Troy Game, originally written for male dancers, demonstrating that they too can handle sequences of movements that are difficult enough for men. The following piece, Falling Angels, is an evocative choreography showing the link between the challenges of female existence and the dancers’ efforts to attain perfection. Closing the show is van Manen’s fierily energetic work composed to the work of Astor Piazzolla, 5 Tangos.
Details
- Location
- Eiffel Art Studios
- Date
- April 13, 2019
- Start time
- 11:00
- End time
- 12:40
Trois Gnossiennes
Ballet in one act
Cast
- Solo female
- Tatiana Melnik
- Solo male
- Iurii Kekalo
- Featuring on piano
- György Lázár
Credits
- Choreographer
- Hans van Manen
- Composer
- Erik Satie
- Set designer
- Hans van Manen
- Costume designer
- Joop Stokvis / Hans van Manen
- Lighting designer
- Jan Hofstra
- Répétiteurs
- Tamás Solymosi / Mária Aradi
- Rehearsals supervised by
- Igone de Jongh
- Company répétiteurs
- Mária Aradi
- Premiere
- Oct. 20, 2017
Troy Game – with Amazons
All-male ballet parody in one act – female version
Cast
- 1st girl
- Ágnes Kelemen
- 2nd girl
- Liudmila Mizinova
- 3rd girl
- Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova
- 4th girl
- Cristina Balaban
- 5th girl
- Emi Uehara
- 6th girl
- Lea Földi
- 7th girl
- Kateryna Tarasova
- 8th girl
- Yourim Lee
Credits
- Choreographer
- Robert North
- Composer
- Bob Downes
- Costume designer
- Peter Farmer
- Stager
- Julian Moss
- Répétiteur
- Edit Rujsz
- Lighting designer
- Kirk Bookman
- Premiere
- Sept. 27, 2014
Falling Angels
Ballet in one act
Cast
- 1st girl
- Kristina Starostina
- 2nd girl
- Jessica Carulla Leon
- 3rd girl
- Miyu Takamori
- 4th girl
- Cristina Balaban
- 5th girl
- Futaba Ishizaki
- 6th girl
- Anri Okada
- 7th girl
- Anna Krupp
- 8th girl
- Yourim Lee
Credits
- Choreographer
- Jiří Kylián
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Set designer
- Jiří Kylián
- Costume designer
- Joke Visser
- Lighting designer
- Jiří Kylián
- Light realisation
- Joop Caboort
- Technical adaptation
- Joost Biegelaar
- Coach and staging ballet master
- Roslyn Anderson
- Répétiteur
- Edit Rujsz
- Premiere
- Jan. 29, 2016
5 Tangos
Ballet in one act
Cast
- Solo couple female
- Karina Sarkissova
- Solo couple male
- Gergő Ármin Balázsi
- Solo couple female
- Lea Földi / Yuka Asai
- Solo couple male
- Miklós Dávid Kerényi / Boris Myasnikov
Credits
- Choreographer
- Hans van Manen
- Composer
- Astor Piazzolla
- Lighting designer
- Jan Hofstra
- Set and costume designer
- Jean-Paul Vroom
- Répétiteurs
- Rachel Beaujean
- Company répétiteurs
- György Szirb / Edit Rujsz
- Premiere
- Oct. 20, 2017