Jane S Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Next season in Copehagen includes; Raymonda, produced by Nikolaj Hubbe A full-evening Queen of Spades by Liam Scarlett A new version of the Kylian evening Silk and Knife Reruns of Swan Lake, Giselle, Kim Brandstrup's Shaken Mirror, Balanchine's Nutcracker, Akram Khan's Vertical Road A new piece for the RDB School by Gregory Dean A portrain of Sorella Englund AND A week's Festival in the first week of June, including Napoli but not limited to the Bournonville repertoire. Full details here Edited April 26, 2017 by Jane S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Rewind 15 years and the programme might have been…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 So Liam Scarlett will be creating another full length work for premiere next April before his Swan Lake for the RB next May. A busy guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 As Raymonda is one of my very favourite classics I do so hope Hubbe is not going to produce it as performed in a launderette. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 It's set in the 1700s, apparently - so a rococo launderette at least. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 The Seven Years War rather than the Crusades? Hope he isn't going to lose the Hungarian influence as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I will be organizing a ballet trip for the ballet week in June. Please get in touch if you might be interested (no commitment required at this point). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lull Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, John Mallinson said: Rewind 15 years and the programme might have been…? You can! Thanks to the Wayback Machine. Link in English to the last Bournonville Festival season. https://web.archive.org/web/20040812083725fw_/http://www.kgl-teater.dk:80/dkt2002uk/ballet/repertoire/repertoire0405.htm Edited April 26, 2017 by lull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks. In 2004/05 half the RDB programmes were Bournonville though it was a festival season so maybe not typical. Do the festivals still run? In the UK we are starved of Bournonville. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Eva Kistrup gives a bit more detail about the 2017/18 season: http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/eva_kistrup/2017/04/the-time-traveller.html#more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, John Mallinson said: Thanks. In 2004/05 half the RDB programmes were Bournonville though it was a festival season so maybe not typical. Do the festivals still run? In the UK we are starved of Bournonville. I think that was probably a uniquely Bournonville-packed season, John, as they had to get so many ballets back on to the stage . The next season, so far as I remember, they only did Kermessen in Bruges and maybe one other and that has been the rule ever since. There were 3 Bournonville Festivals, 13 years apart, and #4 would have been next year - but Hubbe doesn't like the concept as he thinks it reinforces the impression in the outside world that the Danes only do Bournonville. The plan for a week that shows off a selection of work from the whole season is actually a return to an older custom and it will be interesting to see how it works. (Though I do think they might have given Napoli a run earlier in the season rather than just putting it on for 1 performance.) Edited April 26, 2017 by Jane S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Wasn't 2005 Bournonville's bi-centenary? It would have been very wrong not to mark it with something special. Shame we don't get more of the RDB performances available on DVD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Yes it was his bicentennary (and that of HC Anderson). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwellings Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 On 2017-4-26 at 21:47, Jane S said: There were 3 Bournonville Festivals, 13 years apart, and #4 would have been next year - but Hubbe doesn't like the concept as he thinks it reinforces the impression in the outside world that the Danes only do Bournonville. If this is Hubbe's thought than that is regrettable, yet understandable. The Bournonville style is a treasure, and one I would love to see more of, as would many. Another festival devoted to it would be wonderful. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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