Lille Opera
LES BALLETS C. DE LA B. / ALAIN PLATEL & FABRIZIO CASSOL
vsprsIntroduction
Vsprs, choreographer Alain Platel’s new creation,
joyfully plunges a piece of sacred music by Monteverdi (Maria Vespers) into swing music
improvised with gypsy and baroque sounds. The singer and instrumentalists evolve on stage with a serenity that is in vivid contrast with the gestural
and existential frenzy running through the dancers.
Cast
The artistic team
Alain Platel : Concept and director
Fabrizio Cassol : Music
Wim Becu & Tcha Limberger : In collaboration with
Kaat De Windt : Based on Maria Vespers (1610) by Claudio Monteverdi / Musical dramaturgy
Hildegard De Vuyst : Dramaturgy
Juliana Neves : Assistant to the director
Peter De Blieck : Stage design
Lies Van Assche : Costumes
Carlo Bourguignon : Lighting
Alexandre Fostier : Sound
Price
Duration
1 hr 30 mins
Production
Co-produced by les ballets c. de la b., kunstenfestivaldesarts-théâtre royal de la monnaie (bruxelles), le grand théâtre de luxembourg, ruhrtriennale, staatsoper unter der linden (berlin), torinodanza, holland festival (amsterdam), sadler4s wells (londres), théâtre de la ville (paris).
in collaboration with kvs (bruxelles), théâtre de la ville (paris), vooruit (gent) and ntgand with support from the communauté de la flandre orientale, from la ville de gand
and from la loterie nationale.
vsprs is an official contribution to the artistic and cultural programm of the fifa world cup 2006. les ballets c. de la b. are cultural ambassador to unesco, ihe, institute for water eduction.
