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VenuePlayhouse Theatre
Also: The Boards
TownEdinburgh
CountyEdinburgh
From27th August 2015
To29th August 2015
Playhouse Theatre (V602)
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  • Date of change: 28 Aug 15 - T01838748168
  • Date of change: 19 Mar 15 - T01838748168

Ballet Zurich - Kairos/Sonett

Ballet Zurich

Work:: Ballet Zurich (S01817952461)


Production:: Kairos/Sonett (T01838748168)

McGregor's new work Kairos is a seamless marriage of design and structure set to Max Richter's celebrated reimagining of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and features striking designs by leading British artist Idris Khan. In Sonett Ballett Z?rich's Artistic Director Christian Spuck plunges into the mysterious world of William Shakespeare's late sonnets weaving together music, dance and language with his customary theatrical flair and passion. Spuck returns to Edinburgh following his highly successful 2009 visit with The Return of Ulysses from the Royal Ballet of Flanders. As a dancer he performed with Jan Lauwers's Needcompany and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's Rosas before going on to become choreographer in residence at Stuttgart Ballet and Director of Ballett Zurich. Wayne McGregor is internationally renowned for his physically testing choreography and ground breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. In 1992 he founded Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and in 2006 was appointed Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet. He has created works for Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, New York City Ballet, Australian Ballet, English National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and Rambert. Language: Sonnets in French with English supertitles.
Choreographer Wayne McGregor
Choreographer Christian Spuck
Music Max Richter
Music Philip Glass
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Design Idris Khan
Performer Giulia Tonelli
Performer Katja Wunsche
Performer Juliette Brunner
Performer Viktorina Kapitonova
Performer Melissa Ligurgo
Performer Alexander Jones
Performer Denis Vieira
Performer Tars Vandebeek
Performer Manuel Renard

Listing:: L0546235078

Part of Edinburgh International Festival



Kairos/Sonett

McGregor's new work Kairos is a seamless marriage of design and structure set to Max Richter's celebrated reimagining of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and features striking designs by leading British artist Idris Khan. In Sonett Ballett Z?rich's Artistic Director Christian Spuck plunges into the mysterious world of William Shakespeare's late sonnets weaving together music, dance and language with his customary theatrical flair and passion. Spuck returns to Edinburgh following his highly successful 2009 visit with The Return of Ulysses from the Royal Ballet of Flanders. As a dancer he performed with Jan Lauwers's Needcompany and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's Rosas before going on to become choreographer in residence at Stuttgart Ballet and Director of Ballett Zurich. Wayne McGregor is internationally renowned for his physically testing choreography and ground breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. In 1992 he founded Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and in 2006 was appointed Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet. He has created works for Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, New York City Ballet, Australian Ballet, English National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and Rambert. Language: Sonnets in French with English supertitles. Part of Edinburgh International Festival

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