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Preljocaj: MC14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) / Le Songe de Médée
Angelin Preljocaj and Mauro Lanza join forces to produce two spiritual and carnal ballets: MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) and Le Songe de Médée.
This double bill from one of the world’s leading choreographers offers two of his major works, danced by the Paris Opera Ballet. The dreamlike Songe de Médée, with music by Mauro Lanza and freely based on the Greek myth of Medea, explores a woman’s soul, portraying her, paradoxically, as a tender loving mother and a tormented victim who sacrifices everything, including her children, for love.
MC14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) is a meeting of the spiritual and the carnal, drawing on St Mark’s version of The Last Supper in the Bible: ‘Take, eat: this is my body’. Created for twelve male dancers, Preljocaj’s ‘Apostles of Movement’, and with soundscapes by Tedd Zahmal, this powerfully sensual and passionate work is a hymn to the male body, stripped down to its deepest reality, juxtaposing the glorification of strength and the condemnation of force.
CONTENU ADDITIONNEL : Interviews with Brigitte Lefèvre, Angelin Preljocaj and Maura Lanza
Preljocaj: MC14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) / Le Songe de Médée [DVD]
Music: Maura Lanza (*1975)
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
MC14/22 (Ceci est mon corps)
Dancer / Singer : Sylvain Groud
Soundscapes: Tedd Zahmal
Costumes: Daniel Jasiak
Lighting design: Patrick Riou
Le Songe de Médée
Médée: Marie-Agnès Gillot (danseuse étoile)
Créüse, fille de Créon: Eleonora Abbagnato (danseuse étoile)
Jason: Wilfried Romoli (danseur étoile)
Les Enfants: Constance Nicolas, Carl Van Gotdsenhoven
Sets: Thierry Leproust
Costumes : Gilles Rosier
Lighting design: Patrick Riou
Premiers Danseurs et Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
Ensemble Court-Circuit
Conductor: Pierre-André Valade
“Marie-Agnès Gillot in the title role is impressive not only because she is the tallest woman in the company, but also through the amplitude of her movements. Eleonora Abbagnato has more lyrical steps, while Wilfried Romoli’s stern visage softens occasionally when dancing with Abbagnato. The handmade score by Mauro Lanza is played by the Ensemble Court-Circuit (short circuit) but has passed through the arms of the IRCAM Computer Music Designer, Serge Lemouton.” – FANFARE
HD recording : Opéra national de Paris (Palais Garnier) | 11/2005
TV direction : Denis Caïozzi
Release date : 1 August 2007
Distribution : Naxos Distribution
1 DVD
Reference : OA0981D
Barcode : 809478009818
Running time: 118 min.
Subtitles (bonus) : FR / ENG / ITA / GER / SPA
Image : Color , 16/9, NTSC
Sound : Dolby Digital 2.0 et 5.1
Region code : 0
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<b>Angelin Preljocaj </b>and <b>Mauro Lanza </b>join forces to produce two spiritual and carnal ballets:<em><b> MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) </b></em>and <b><em>Le Songe de Médée</em>. </b>With <strong>Marie-Agnès Gillot, Eleonora Abbagnato, Wilfried Romoli</strong> and the <strong>Paris Opera Ballet</strong>.){kind=link}