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Balanchine and Beyond     (Ballet   Performance )

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The Hong Kong Ballet
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Date 2006/10/13-15
Venue Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre
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Synopsis A mixed bill programme designed to showcase the dazzling technique, sophistication and versatility of the Company. There were four ballets in a single programme: Theme and Variations – George Balanchine reveled in the musical variations Tchaikovsky had created in the finale to his orchestral Suite No 3. In revisiting the opulence of the Imperial Ballet, he evoked a lost world;Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux - Balanchine created this work in 1960. In responding to ballet’s classical purity and bravura possibilities, he creates a perfect marriage of music and movement, distilled for just two dancers; Hush - Set to Philip Glass’ hypnotic rhythms and lush melodies, Stephen Mills’ Hush made its Asian début. A dance for four young couples, it is a highly sensuous and romantic work; yeah yeah XI MEN QING – a fresh new work by the imaginative homegrown choreographer Yuri Ng, who took on the challenge to adapt the Chinese classic Jin Ping Mei together with Hong Kong composer Yu Yat-yiu and designer Ewing Chan. Exploring aspects of male attitudes towards female sexuality, this pure dance work leads audiences to the fantasy world of the lustful social climber Xi Men Qing and his women.
Providing a direct link with Balanchine himself, The Hong Kong Ballet invited virtuoso ballerina Merrill Ashley as guest teacher and repetiteur for the Balanchine ballets and live accompaniment of Yuri Ng and Balanchine’s works was played by Hong Kong Sinfonietta under the baton of Yip Wing-Sie.
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Number of Performance 4
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Number of dancers / participants 43
Number of Audience 2965
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