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Epimetheus. Choreography by Russell Ducker ::
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WORLD
PREMIERE NOCHES MÁGICAS FESTIVAL - LA GRANJA-SPAIN, AUGUST, 1st,
09
Music:
Mike Oldfield, from "The music of the spheres"
Timing: 20 Minutes
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Corella
Ballet In Epimetheus Photo: Juan Martín. Festival Noches
Mágicas de la Granja
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Neoclassical choreography
inspired by one of Saturn's Moons, Epimetheus, and by Mike Oldfield's
score. Through the choreography the dancers move with a delicate
grace and energy that one could imagine in celestial bodies, an
impression of the movement of the planets travelling in their
orbits driven by gravity.
Mike Oldfield's music
used for this choreography is particularly ground breaking because
it is the first score he has produced without any electronic instruments;
an orchestral work in its purest form. Yet, the music still encompasses
Oldfield's trademark essence as famously heard in "Tubular
Bells," which was featured in the classic horror film "The
Exorcist".
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Tracy Jones & Yevgen Uzlenkov.
Photo Juan Martín. Festival Noches Mágicas de
La Granja
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The movement breaks the
confines of traditional classical dance and pushes the dancers
to discover further approach to movement, twisting axis, addressing
direction and bodily surface, so that as individuals, they might
convey together this conceptual idea.
Choreographed on Corella Ballet, the dancers have inspired the
movement, expanding this creative process. The variety of natural
movement and physical diversity is a highlight of the work and
adds yet another dimension.
Russell Ducker is a current
dancer of the Corella Ballet's corps de ballet. As choreographer
he got first place at the MacMillan, De Valois and Ursula Morton
Prizes. In 2006, he was granted with the Pamela Self Award and
NFL Choreographic Foundation. This is his first choreography for
the Corella Ballet.
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© Corella Ballet
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