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KURT WEILL
Polish premiere Ballet in two parts by Krzysztof Pastor (2001)
Running time: 2 hours 15 min
Polish National Ballet, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
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Kurt Weill composed The Threepenny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins. After Hitler’s rise to power he emigrated to the United States. He composed symphony, film and theatre music, songs. He drew on jazz and cabaret, and was not averse to the foxtrot, shimmy, waltz and tango. Krzysztof Pastor came up with an unusual idea. With Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam, he produced a multimedia show in the form of a collage of dance images (2001). Taking the music of Kurt Weill, he created a vibrant ballet fresco, inspiring in its dance expressiveness, diversity of music forms and vocal hits, encouraging reflection on the social experience of the composer’s times, the changeable fate of artists, symptoms of intolerance, and constant longing for love. British critic Maggie Foyer agreed this was „a great work by Pastor, demonstrating choreographic and staging talent. The dance and music setting, she added, was extensive, stretching from a Berlin bar to Broadway; a gigantic project by the choreographer”. In the Netherlands this production was hailed as the event of the season and nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award.The premiere of Kurt Weill by the Polish National Ballet also aroused a lot of interest among audiences and Polish critics. The Warsaw production of Krzysztof Pastor’s ballet includes a special attraction: a guest performance by the Dutch dance star Rubi Pronk. [pch] Photo: Ewa Krasucka
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