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Here is the new Hungarian National Ballet mixed bill! – PHOTOS, VIDEOS
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For the first time in front of a live Budapest audience, the Hungarian National Ballet presents Don Juan by renowned French choreographer Thierry Malandain, and Firebirds by Seregi Award winner Marianna Venekei in their new mixed bill. In Balance also features popular repertoire pieces, Petite Mort and Six Dances by Jiří Kylián at the OPERA’s Eiffel Art Studios from 3 June 2022.
“Women innately find their own amorous nourishment like birds find seeds or fish.” The quote taken from Salve by Sándor Márai served as an inspiration for Marianna Venekei to create her own choreography set to Firebird, the renowned ballet music by Igor Stravinsky. The show without a plot transfers the witty, ironic mood from Márai’s words in depicting the relationships between men and women by introducing seven types of females: the dynamic amazon, the elegant diva, the passionate lover, the shy damsel, the know-it-all dame, the woman living in the world of opposites, and the ever-tortured lover.
The visual design and the movements of the thirty-minute show are determined by an abstract set dominating the stage.
Set designers Éva Szendrényi and Fruzsina Augusztinyi were inspired by a relic found on display at the Aquincum Museum. The stylized bird-shaped Celtic clasp (fibula) also becomes a character in the choreography as the dancers occupy it on the revolving stage. The spectacle also features costumes by Krisztina Berzsenyi and lighting designed by Balázs Csontos, the choreographer was assisted by Ágnes Sárközi-Holler. The cast includes members of the Hungarian National Ballet: Lea Földi, Cristina Balaban, Inés Furuhashi-Huber, Miyu Takamory, Ágnes Kelemen, Artemisz Pisla, Yuka Asai, Gaetano Cottonaro, Balázs Majoros, Carlos Taravillo Mahillo, Noel Ágoston Kovács, Dénes Darab, András Rónai and Francesco Sardella.
The second part of the bill is the premiere of Don Juan by Thierry Malandain, an extraordinary artist of the French dance scene. The legend of Don Juan, a dangerous and daring philanderer whose joyride was cut short by a statue that grabs him and descends to Hell with his prisoner, has been a beloved topic by artists of different genres for five decades.
