Causa Carmen

Tha National Theatre

Premiere: November 1, 2007

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Music: Percossa
Choreography: Johan Greben / Uri Ivgi
Staging: Lena Wennergren – Juras / Pompea Santoro
Choreographer’s Assistant: Michaela Černá / Jan Kodet
Stage design: Jan Dušek
Costumes: Johan Greben / Uri Ivgi
Lights: Yaron Abulafia

Carmen

Music: Georges Bizet / Rodion Scedrin
Choreography: Mats Ek
Staging: Lena Wennergren – Juras / Pompea Santoro
Choreographer’s Assistant: Veronika Iblová / Igor Žukov
Stage design: Marie-Louise Ekman
Costumes: Marie-Louise Ekman
Lights: Jörgen Jansson

The performance is made up of two differing one-act ballets. In the first half of the evening the creative duo Johan Greben (Netherlands) and Uri Ivgi (Israel) will introduce themselves with a new original choreography specially created for the corps de ballet of the National Theatre. The pair have created a host of high-quality and singular works for various ensembles worldwide. Their work has its roots in the tumultuous and dynamic development of contemporary Israeli dance theatre over the past decade. The second part of the evening will comprise the ballet Carmen from the workshop of the Swedish choreographer and stage director Mats Ek, one of the foremost representatives of contemporary dance theatre. To date, he has created some forty full-length and shorter ballets of both a narrative and abstract nature. He has shifted away from the classical literary version of Mérimée–Bizet and developed this emotional drama between a man and a woman in a new way. His Carmen is endowed with the features of a treacherous deceiver, as well as a strongly independent woman guided by innermost feelings.

Running time: 2 hours and 20 minuts