This Carmen takes the music, and switches up the story to a gritty, bloody, working class revenge tragedy…ballet. Ready?
Two Truths and a Lie
We’ve been doing a little research on Georges Bizet (composer of Carmen) and we have uncovered some absolutely too good to be true tidbits about him… exactly the sort of racy gossip you would expect of the man who composed the world’s most successful opera featuring a decidedly amoral female protagonist. Some of the tidbits… Read More
Your Daily Dance Break: Carmen… with a cigar
Continuing our week of Carmens, we present you with: Shiny skirts, big black balls and Carmen with a cigar… delicious.
Your Daily Dance Break: A Ballet Bullfight
Christopher Stowell will be choreographing an all new world-premiere ballet set to the music of Bizet’s Carmen. Will it be set in Spain? He won’t say. Will Carmen be a cigarette factory girl? He won’t say. He will say that he and Nicolo Fonte (choreographing the world premiere Petrouchka that will share the same program… Read More
Daily Dance Break: Nicolo Fonte Explains the Hows and Whys of Choreography
Ever wonder what inspires a choreographer to create a particular piece in a particular way? Here’s a quick video from choreographer Nicolo Fonte (who’s Left Unsaid will be performed as part of our Song & Dance program in April and who will be world premiering Petrouchka as part of our season opening performance next year)… Read More
