FR | CASINO DES ESPRITS
Commande de Maurice Béjart à Gil Roman pour le 50e anniversaire de la compagnie, ce ballet est dédié à Venise, sur la musique d’Antonio Vivaldi. Cette suite chorégraphique met en scène quatre esprits qui hantent les vestiges d’une demeure aujourd’hui disparue.
Comme Nietzsche l’écrivait dans Ecce Homo: «Quand je cherche un autre mot pour exprimer le terme musique, je ne trouve jamais que le mot Venise.» Le Casino des Esprits nous entraîne dans la Venise rêvée par Gil Roman, au son lancinant de la musique du ‘Prete Rosso’.
EN | CASINO DES ESPRITS
Commissioned by Maurice Béjart for the 50th anniversary of his Company, this ballet is dedicated to Venice, with the music of Antonio Vivaldi. This choreographic suite sets the story of four spirits inhabiting the ruins of a lost city.
As Nietzsche wrote once in Ecce Homo: “When I seek another word for music I never find any other word than Venice”. “Casino des Esprits“ invites us to wander into Gil Roman’s dreamt Venice, through the haunting sound of the ‘Prete Rosso’.
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Choreography: Gil Roman
Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Citypercussion – Thierry Hochstätter & jB Meier
Sound effects: Anthony Margues
Lights: Clément Cayrol
Costumes: Henri Davila
Premiere: Espace Odyssée Lausanne-Malley – May 16, 2004
VIVALDI À DEUX | Extract of Casino des Esprits
Recorded at Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Switzerland on December 10, 2020.
Directed by Charlotte Rocchi and Wictor Hugo Pedroso
ENG | "Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime" ... today, I hear Vivaldi's lament like the emotion of a dancer who misses the stage terribly; By going back to a theater, he rediscovers himself. And, if he has tears, they are most certainly of joy. Then he decides to put his fears behind him and l...
