From August 8 to 11, the internationally renowned Italian Scala Opera Ballet will debut at the National Grand Theater with its works "Pirates" and " Giselle ", presenting an exquisite ballet feast to Beijing audiences with an all-star lineup, unveiling the 2019 National Grand Theater Dance Festival.
htmlOn the morning of the 7th, Minister of the Performance Department of the National Grand Theater, Wang Wei, , General Manager of the Scala Opera, Maria Difreda, Art Director of the Ballet Frederick Olivieri, Opera Director David Coleman, and Chief Dancer Nicoleta Manni, Dimofi Andreashenko, Martina Alduino, Claudio Coviello, and solo dancers Victoria Valerio and Marco Agostino attended the media meeting.As the most famous ballet troupe in Italy, the Scala Opera Ballet is famous for its long history spanning the century, internationally renowned star actors, and profound artistic attainments. It is a well-deserved shining pearl among the world's ballet troupes. This visit to China is not only the Scala Opera Ballet again visited the capital after thirteen years, but also the first time the dance troupe has appeared on the National Grand Theater. This performance is also the only stop for the troupe's Asian tour.
The Pirates, which will be performed in the Opera House from August 8 to 9, is a new version that the Scala Opera House Ballet premiered in April last year. This is also the first time that it has met with Chinese audiences. The Scarla version of "Pirates" was created and edited by ballet master Anna Mary Holmes in 1998. This version of "Pirates" is not only popular among world-renowned ballet companies, but also won the Emmy Award for Holmes in 2000. In order to rehearse this classic work, the dance troupe redesigned the dance style and costumes, truly restoring the spectacular and gorgeous Turkish-style scenes and the realistic and atmospheric palace sets, which made the audience overwhelmed and amazed. This time he appeared on the National Grand Theater, the dance troupe sent a strong lineup for the premiere in 2018. Among them, the dance troupe's chief stars Nicoleta Manni and Martina Alduino will play the night of the premiere on the 8th and the 9th, and the dance troupe's chief star Timofe Andreashenko will play Conrad on the 8th. The couple will perform a loving interpretation with tacit cooperation; and the actor of Conrad on the 9th is Marco Agostino, the highly-watched solo dancer.
"Giselle", which appeared on stage from August 10 to 11, was co-written by choreographers Jane Colari and Jur Perot. Since its debut in 1841, the play has become one of the classic dance dramas with the most performances and the highest attendance rates in ballet troupes in the world, and has the reputation of "the crown of ballet". In this performance, the Scala Opera Ballet will reproduce the classic original version 178 years ago "original" and use the 1950 French ballet superstar Evette Shovelle to restore the classic to the greatest extent in terms of work structure, action style, stage costumes, etc. In terms of the cast, Nicoleta Manny and Timofe Andreashenko will play Giselle and Albert on the 10th; on the 11th, solo dancer Victoria Valerio will play Giselle and Albert with the chief star Claudio Coviello, known as the "successor of Roberto Burre", respectively.
As the first performance of the 2019 National Grand Theater Dance Festival, the Scala Opera Ballet will unveil this year's dance festival. This dance festival is themed "Happy Dance". During the 122-day period, it will present 18 35 wonderful performances to the audience, and will combine a variety of popularization activities to allow the audience to experience the charm of dance up close. This year's dance festival is divided into three major sections, "Beautiful China", "Beautiful and Beautiful" and "New Voice of the Times". It not only includes classic ballets brought by world-famous troupes and modern dance works with great contemporary thinking, but also a concentrated display of Chinese dances that tell Chinese stories, inherit national culture, and promote the main theme. Through dance art, positive energy is conveyed and the Chinese spirit is demonstrated, and the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China is celebrated.
