Name: Scotch Symphony (Balanchine), La Sylphide (Bournonville)
Start: 2023-09-02
End: 2023-09-02
Location: Det Kongelige Teater (Gamle Scene)

Organization

Conductor

Martin Yates

Set designer

Mikael Melbye

Costume designer

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Michael Radl

Choreographer

Nikolaj Hübbe

August Bournonville

Anja Vang Kragh

Mia Stensgaard

Åsa Frankenberg

George Balanchine

Singer

Holly Dorger

Solo sylfide

Emma Riis-Kofoed

Jonathan Chmelensky

Solo skotte

Sebastian Pico Haynes

Tara Schaufuss

Solo skottepige

Eukene Sagues

Ditte Stoltenborg Baltzer

Dancer

Stephanie Chen Gundorph

The Sylph

Wilma Giglio

Alexander Bozinoff

James Ruben

Jon Axel Fransson

Christina Hammari

Old Madge

Esther Lee Wilkinson

Ji Min Hong

The First Sylph

Mayo Arii

Royal Danish Opera

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Det Kongelige Kapel

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Royal Danish Ballet

Scotch Symphony (Balanchine), La Sylphide (Bournonville)

Copenhagen

Denmark

Det Kongelige Teater (Gamle Scene)

Scotch Symphony (Balanchine), La Sylphide (Bournonville): Symphony Op.56 no.3 "Scottish" Mendelssohn (+1 More)

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Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56 ("Scottish")

La Sylphide

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Scotch Symphony (Balanchine), La Sylphide (Bournonville): Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op.56 ("Scottish") Mendelssohn (+1 More)

Nikolaj Hübbes opsætning af Sylfiden blev en kæmpe succes i sidste sæson blandt både publikum og anmeldere. Nu bliver der igen mulighed for at se Bournonvill...

Der er dobbelt op på ballet, når George Balanchines Skotsk symfoni  og August Bournonvilles Sylfiden indtager scenen


Det skotske højland er i centrum, når George Balanchines værk Skotsk symfoni nu for første gang danses sammen med dets inspirationskilde, August Bournonvilles ultraromantiske ballet Sylfiden. 

Balanchine tilbragte et par af sine unge år i København, og her blev han fascineret af Bournonvilles koreografi – det mimiske udtryk, den ubesværede elegance og de hurtige fødder. Dette ses tydeligt i hans ballet Skotsk symfoni, der aldrig tidligere har været danset i Danmark, og som er inspireret af det skotske landskabs storhed og af de pompøse militærparader med sækkepiber og sus i kiltene.

I Bournonvilles skotske tragedie Sylfiden sover James natten før sit bryllup i sin lænestol, da han pludselig vækkes af det mest forførende, bevingede væsen. Kan man stikke af fra sin kommende brud, fordi man brat forelsker sig i sådan et overjordisk væsen? Det kan James, for da den smukke sylfide puster blidt til ham, kan han bare ikke lade være.

Selv om Sylfiden er næsten 200 år gammel, har den stadig en friskhed, der kan fascinere os i dag. Historien om James, den sværmeriske sylfide og den onde heks er en tidløs fabel om uforløste længsler og drømme om alle de uimodståelige muligheder, der måske findes ikke så langt fra ens kedelige hverdag, hvis man tør give sig hen til dem.

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Enjoy a balletic duo when George Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony and August Bournonville’s La Sylphide take the stage

All eyes are on the Scottish Highlands when George Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony is performed for the first time in tandem with its original source of inspiration, August Bournonville’s ultra-romantic ballet, La Sylphide. 

Balanchine spent a couple of his youthful years in Copenhagen, and here he was fascinated by Bournonville’s choreography – the mime, the effortless grace and the quick steps. This is evident in his ballet Scotch Symphony that has never previously been performed in Denmark, and which is inspired by the sweeping Scottish hillscapes and by the ceremony of Scottish military tattoos complete with bagpipes and flying kilts.

In Bournonville’s Scottish tragedy, La Sylphide, James falls asleep in his armchair the night before his wedding, only to be suddenly awakened by the most seductive winged creature. Can you forsake your bride-to-be, purely because you have suddenly fallen in love with an otherworldly being? Indeed, James does, because when the alluring Sylph gently breathes on him, he simply cannot resist.

Although La Sylphide is almost 200 years old, it still shines with a freshness that fascinates us today. The story of James, the ethereal Sylph and the wicked witch is an ageless fable about unfulfilled passions where a promise to elude the boredom of common life inevitably beckons, if only one gives in to the dream.

English

Scotch Symphony (Balanchine), La Sylphide (Bournonville) by Mendelssohn, Von Løvenskiold, Sat 02 Sep 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Martin Yates, Det Kongelige Teater (Gamle Scene), Copenhagen, Denmark

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