H. van Manen / / E. Satie / J. Inger / A. Pärt / M. Ravel / J. Kylián / S. Reich / A. Ekman / M. Karlsson / A. Brun
1st Steps
Ballet evening in three parts
A breathtaking dance piece that confronts our own desires and fears: eight women’s stories of female existence and, in the end, a whirling piece on the nature of beauty. Created to Maurice Ravel’s Bolero and the music of Steve Reich, Erik Satie and others, the choreographies of the 1st Steps show address facets of life that affect us all in the irresistibly thrilling language of dance of Hans van Manen, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián and Alexander Ekman. This September will see the premieres of previous years, Trois Gnossiennes, Falling Angels and Walking Mad, joined by the new production Episode 31, and it is with these masterpieces that the Hungarian National Ballet will be taking its own “first steps” in this season of 2019/2020.
“Walking Mad is an uneasy rethinking of Ravel’s Bolero made all the more surreal by its sultry eroticism. (…) The premiere of this psychologically charged piece performed by Tamás Solymosi’s company exceeded its own limits by a very large measure." (Krisztina Horeczky, Népszabadság online)
“I got the chance to see two different female versions of Falling Angels – and both evenings were marvellously successful.” (Graham Watts, Bachtrack)
Alexander Ekman and Mikael Karlsson are represented by Stepping Grounds Arts/CultureManagement. www.steppinggrounds.com
Details
- Location
- Erkel Theatre
- Date
- Sept. 6, 2019
- Start time
- 19:00
- End time
- 21:20
Trois Gnossiennes
Ballet in one act
Cast
- Solo female
- Lili Felméry
- Solo male
- Mikalai Radziush
- Featuring on piano
- Başak Dilara Özdemir Lakatos
Credits
- Choreographer
- Hans van Manen
- Composer
- Erik Satie
- Set designer
- Hans van Manen
- Costume designer
- Hans van Manen / Joop Stokvis
- Lighting designer
- Jan Hofstra
- Répétiteurs
- Mária Aradi / Tamás Solymosi
- Rehearsals supervised by
- Igone de Jongh
- Company répétiteurs
- Tamás Solymosi / Mária Aradi
- Premiere
- Oct. 20, 2017
Walking Mad
Ballet in one act
Cast
- 1st girl
- Ágnes Kelemen
- 2nd girl
- Lea Földi
- 3rd girl
- Cristina Balaban
- 1st boy
- Dmitry Timofeev
- 2nd boy
- Gaetano Cottonaro
- 3rd boy
- Ricardo Vila M.
- 4th boy
- Gergely Leblanc
- 5th boy
- Iurii Kekalo
- 6th boy
- Balázs Majoros
Credits
- Choreographer
- Johan Inger
- Composer
- Arvo Pärt / Maurice Ravel
- Set and costume designer
- Johan Inger
- Lighting designer
- Erik Berglund
- Répétiteur
- Carl Inger
- Coach and staging ballet master
- Yvan Dubreuil
- Company répétiteur
- Edit Rujsz
- Premiere
- Sept. 19, 2015
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
- Company répétiteur
- Edit Rujsz
- Premiere
- Jan. 29, 2016
Episode 31
Ballet in one act
Hungarian premiere
Cast
- Male duet
- Balázs Majoros / András Rónai
- Girls on pointe
- Nika Crnić / Miyu Takamori
- Walking men
- Kristóf Morvai / Iurii Kekalo
- Tapper
- Dávid Molnár
Credits
- Choreographer
- Alexander Ekman
- Set designer
- Alexander Ekman
- Video designer
- Alexander Ekman
- Composer
- Ane Brun / Erik Satie / Mikael Karlsson
- Costume and makeup designer
- Luke Simcock
- Lighting designer
- Nicole Pearce
- Répétiteur
- Fernando Troya
- Company répétiteur
- Marianna Venekei
- Premiere
- Sept. 6, 2019
