S. Eyal / G. Behar / O. Lichtik / J. Kylián / W. A. Mozart / H.van Manen / A. Piazzolla
KFM
Ballet evening in three acts
How can aggression, sexuality, silence, vulnerability, interdependence and eternal human beauty all exist side by side? How can the language of dance be both serious and zany at the same time? How is the human body capable of communicating extreme thoughts and emotions? These choreographies from Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen and the team of Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar will shed light on the answers. Bedroom Folk, first premiered in Amsterdam, and 5 tango for Piazzolla's music, and Six Dances - Petite Mort, both set to the music of Mozart, have been captivating audiences at the Erkel Theatre for years, and we hope they gonna do to the Eiffel' audiences too.
“This piece originally choreographed for four men and four women was, in one of the HNB’s performances (…) presented for five women and three men, in that répétiteur and stager Olivia Ancona was inspired by Kristina Starostina, who danced female and male parts at the same time. (…) It is a welcome development that the company and its dancer spurred Sharon Eyal’s colleague to innovate further.” (Bedroom Folk, Krisztina Horeczky, Tánckritika.hu)
“Throughout the piece, the dancers are lighted from above, as if the choreography were taking place from a different perspective. This made for a space of light cut out from the dark background in which the figures appeared, creating a remarkable aura around the dancers.” (Bedroom Folk, Borbála Várkonyi, Kultúra és Kritika)
"The master himself came to visit Budapest for the premiere, even attending the final few stage rehearsals. He had profuse praise for what he had seen. And coming from him, this is no mere matter of courtesy, but a statement of fact. And it is a fact, because the dancers were taught by the very best company répétiteurs imaginable." (András Kenessei, Tánckritika.hu)
“Six Dances means that the Hungarian National Ballet’s repertoire has (once again) been expanded with another piece that will be enjoyable for audiences. The opulent choreographic material and quality dancing might even have been enough to convince apostates that classical ballet training is not necessarily the same thing as the simple aesthetic of the finely developed body and that beauty (whether flashing its lyrical, tragic or more upbeat face) has a place in contemporary art.” (Annamária Szoboszlai, Tánckritika.hu)
Due to the construction delays in completing the Eiffel Art Studios and the resulting difficulties with rescheduling our performances, we will unfortunately be unable to present the premiere of Wayne McGregor's Chroma during the 2019/20 season. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Bedroom Folk
Ballet in one act
General cast
- First girl
- Viktória Rohonczi / Yuka Asai
- Second girl
- Miyu Takamori / Emi Uehara
- Third girl
- Kateryna Tarasova / Artemisz Pisla
- Fourth girl
- Ágnes Kelemen / Futaba Ishizaki
- First boy
- Dénes Darab / Iurii Kekalo
- Second boy
- Maksym Kovtun / Kristina Starostina
- Third boy
- Kristóf Morvai / Balázs Majoros
- Fourth boy
- Carlos Taravillo Mahillo / Dávid Molnár
Credits
- Choreographer and Set Designer
- Sharon Eyal
- Co-creator (choreography and set)
- Gai Behar
- Sound artist and music
- Ori Lichtik
- Lighting designer
- Thierry Dreyfus
- Costume designer
- Rebecca Hytting
- Staging ballet master
- Olivia Ancona
- Company répétiteur
- Marianna Venekei
- Premiere
- Oct. 12, 2018
5 Tangos
Ballet in one act
General cast
- Solo couple female
- Minjung Kim / Elizaveta Cheprasova
- Solo couple male
- Gergely Leblanc / Gergő Ármin Balázsi
- Solo couple female
- Kristina Starostina / Lea Földi / Inés Furuhashi-Huber / Ellina Pokhodnykh
- Male pas de quatre
- Gaetano Cottonaro / Dmitry Diachkov / Boris Myasnikov / Miklós Dávid Kerényi
Credits
- Choreographer
- Hans van Manen
- Composer
- Astor Piazzolla
- Lighting designer
- Jan Hofstra
- Set and costume designer
- Jean-Paul Vroom
- Répétiteurs
- Rachel Beaujean
- Company répétiteurs
- Edit Rujsz
- Premiere
- Oct. 20, 2017
Petite Mort
Ballet in one act
General cast
- 1st girl
- Yuka Asai / Ildikó Boros
- 2nd girl
- Lili Felméry / Anna Krupp
- 3rd girl
- Aliya Tanykpayeva / Artemisz Pisla
- 4th girl
- Karina Sarkissova / Tatiana Melnik
- 5th girl
- Emi Uehara / Jessica Carulla Leon
- 6th girl
- Kristina Starostina / Cristina Balaban
- 1st boy
- Kristóf Morvai / Miklós Dávid Kerényi
- 2nd boy
- Balázs Majoros / Vladyslav Melnyk
- 3rd boy
- Gergely Leblanc / Dénes Darab
- 4th boy
- Gergő Ármin Balázsi / Carlos Taravillo Mahillo
- 5th boy
- András Rónai / Zoltán Oláh
- 6th boy
- Iurii Kekalo / Dmitry Timofeev
Credits
- Choreographer
- Jiří Kylián
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Set designer
- Jiří Kylián
- Costume designer
- Joke Visser
- Lighting designer
- Joop Caboort / Jiří Kylián
- Lighting/Technical adaptation
- Kees Tjebbes
- Répétiteurs
- Elke Schepers / Cora Bos-Kroese
- Company répétiteurs
- Irina Prokofieva / Aliya Tanykpayeva
- Premiere
- May 25, 2013
Six Dances
Ballet in one act
General cast
- 1st girl
- Rita Hangya / Kristina Starostina
- 2nd girl
- Ildikó Boros / Yuka Asai
- 3rd girl
- Kateryna Tarasova / Emi Uehara
- 4th boy
- Réka Sári / Ágnes Kelemen
- 1st boy
- Dénes Darab / Dávid Molnár
- 2nd boy
- Carlos Taravillo Mahillo / Balázs Majoros
- 3rd boy
- Miklós Dávid Kerényi / Kristóf Morvai
- 4th boy
- Ievgen Lagunov / András Rónai
Credits
- Choreographer
- Jiří Kylián
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Set designer
- Jiří Kylián
- Costume designer
- Jiří Kylián
- Lighting designer
- Joop Caboort / Jiří Kylián
- Lighting/Technical adaptation
- Kees Tjebbes
- Répétiteur
- Yvan Dubreuil
- Company répétiteur
- Marianna Venekei
- Premiere
- Oct. 20, 2001