Monday, October 24, 2011

Bizet - Carmen / Mats Ek, The Cullberg Ballet

Bizet - Carmen / Mats Ek, The Cullberg Ballet Review



Carmen: ANA LAGUNA
José: MARC HWANG
Escamillo: YVAN AUZELY
M: POMPEA SANTORO
Officer: GEORGE ELKIN
Gypsy: BOAZ COHEM

With the hot glow of her cigar, the piercing intensity of her gaze, and her unabashed sexuality, Carmen radiates defiance. She's a woman who knows what she wants and is ruthless in pursuing it. She takes and discards lovers as she pleases. Mats Ek's International Emmy Award-winning version of the fiery tale of passion and murderous jealousy is an exciting, suspenseful mix of bravura dancing and inventive, powerful storytelling. Set to Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite, the Russian composer's arrangement of Bizet's perenially popular opera music, this stylish production features award-winning dancer Ana Laguna as a mesmerizing and irresistible Carmen, with Yvan Auzely and Marc Hwang as her rival lovers: macho bullfighter Escamillo and romantic young soldier Jose.

Choreography MATS EK
Technical Director NICKE NYQUIST
Set and Costume Designer MARIE-LUISE EKMAN


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